Leadership lessons don’t always come from boardrooms, classrooms or training seminars. Sometimes they arrive in a bustling marketplace halfway around the world, on a winding train through unfamiliar countryside or while trying to navigate a [Read More…]
Kayla Brundick has been named social media manager with Oyster Pointer. She will be responsible for facilitating the flow of internet traffic to the publication’s homepage, using feature stories, columns and photos to foster interest [Read More…]
For many people, skincare is about looking better. For Tyvonna Sears, it is about helping people feel better, too. As owner of Skyn Stuff Esthetics, Sears helps clients improve their skin health while also educating [Read More…]
“What if I recorded interviews with a client’s family member?” J.C. Cloonan, founder/owner of LifeMarks Media proposes. “Foster real conversations about their lives, their struggles and the world they grew up in and preserve that [Read More…]
New Student Representatives to the School Board take office Cameron Smith, a senior at Warwick High School, will serve as the student representative to the Newport News School Board for the 2026–2027 school year. Hopeton [Read More…]
When I was a little girl, I used to sit beside my grandmother while she wrote. She always composed her poems and stories by hand, and one of my jobs was to type them for [Read More…]
Matayo grew up in a refugee camp in Tanzania. Now a Newport News resident, he is studying for the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). Matayo is eager to enlist in the military and serve [Read More…]
Family-owned and operated for more than 50 years, National Exterminating Company, Inc. has grown from a small local business founded by Randy and Carol Abbitt in 1975 into one of the most respected pest management [Read More…]
Smith Brothers Hardwood Flooring, established in 1946, has by all accounts been very successful throughout its years of operation. Troy Smith Jr., its owner, is adamant that the key to this success is the business’s [Read More…]
Cape Town is one of the most popular cities on the African continent. With an urban national park, a long, glorious coastline and vineyards on the doorstep, the “Mother City” (known by this moniker because [Read More…]
As little as 50 years ago, physically and mentally disabled people were rarely seen outside the home. Often, they were relegated to group homes or institutions. Medical doctors had determined that they were not only [Read More…]
A few months ago I said I’d start including Fitness into my “To Your Health” column topics. My reason: The top causes of Health concerns in the U.S. are cardiovascular disease and stroke, cancer, obesity [Read More…]
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