For more than 36 years, communities worldwide have joined together to honor and remember loved ones affected by cancer, fighting toward a cure. The 2023 American Cancer Society (ACS) Relay for Life Peninsula will take [Read More…]
“Mental health was prevalent in my childhood home,” Nicole Jackson, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and owner of Anchor Counseling and Consulting, says. “I was taught the value of counseling and talking after endless conversations.” From [Read More…]
Ricardo Soni came from Mexico to the United States when he was 16: first to Long Island, then later with wife Claudia, son Nathan (18), daughter Ari (14) and stepson Angel (9) to Newport News. [Read More…]
“Terri Bowden and I came together through our passion for helping people and paying forward our life knowledge and gifts,” Lynne Finding says. “My mum always looked for ways to help others as best she [Read More…]
“I think my vocation is a result of being with the sisters, seeing how happy they were and their love for children,” says Sister David Ann Niski, executive director of the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Foundation, Inc. [Read More…]
“These people knew authentic Turkish cuisine, especially the Gyro Adana kebab,” Handan Utguran says of Hampton Roads locals previously stationed in Turkey. Handan’s husband and co-owner of Mediterranean Kebab & Pizza House, Mustafa, grew up [Read More…]
When you see the two-tiered fountain on your left, heading south on Warwick Boulevard through Hilton Village, make a U-turn like José Fuentes did a few years ago. You won’t regret it. Fuentes, owner of [Read More…]
Respect, professionalism and highly-skilled technicians are hallmarks at family-owned and operated Comfort Technology Heating & Air Conditioning. It all started with a woman in distress. Kearney & Sons Heating & Air Conditioning sent employee Lee [Read More…]
Intrepid USA Healthcare Services is a healthcare and hospice service provider committed to sustaining a culture of togetherness, diversity and inclusion. The organization’s hospice division has 19 locations in 17 states; six in Virginia. It [Read More…]
“When you’re part of a community, you have more of a vested interest in local development,” Rob Mann, LS (licensed land surveyor), Newport News resident and survey group leader at Timmons Group’s Oyster Point office, [Read More…]
For 20 years — from 1966 to 1986 — Charles Yost worked as a manufacturing engineer for General Electric after his tour with the United States Navy. He left when his company planned to move him from its Suffolk [Read More…]
“I always loved art, biology and people,” Dr. Benjamin T. Watson, DDS, MAGD, says. “Working in dentistry seemed to put all three things together.” While earning his Bachelor of Science degree in biology at the [Read More…]
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