When Sherry Earley left local government after working in it for many years, she thought she would never look back. Little did she know, it would pull her back into the fold sooner rather than [Read More…]
Robert Criner is a dream builder. For more than four decades, Criner has turned people’s visions into a reality, making their homes their oasis. He has perfected taking a remodeling idea and building it into [Read More…]
When Dr. Towuanna Porter Brannon first stepped onto the Thomas Nelson Community College (TNCC) campus, it was true love. “I felt like I was home when I got here,” says Brannon, who took over as [Read More…]
Dominion Energy is working diligently on plans to blow away the competition for energy innovation. Really. The energy company is slated to build the largest offshore wind farm in the United States. Called Coastal Virginia [Read More…]
Noelle Mangus has spent her entire career making a positive impact on young people. And the proof of her hard work can be seen in the healthy smiles she has helped create all over the [Read More…]
When Aanal Vora was on vacation in Miami Beach several years ago, she looked beyond the beauty of the area and saw something that bothered her immensely: plastic waste scattered along the shoreline. “You see [Read More…]
To see works of art, people often must venture to museums or art galleries. Not in Newport News. That’s because the city itself is an open-air art gallery. Really. There are 22 pieces of public [Read More…]
Carolyn Abbitt is proud to show off the Peninsula School at the Faison Center in Oyster Point. She knows first-hand the huge impact that it makes in children’s lives, as her grandson went to school [Read More…]
If Serve the City–Peninsula was being rated by its “customers,” it likely would receive five stars. The organization, known as STC, has, by all accounts, made a huge difference on the Virginia Peninsula. The group [Read More…]
Five years ago, Martha Goodson was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. The devastating illness not only changed her life, but also the life of her family. But the concern went even further. Martha’s husband, Royden, is chief [Read More…]
Sometimes, cherished gifts are found in the most unexpected places. However, no one would ever anticipate stumbling upon such a gift in a dog park. But, it happened in Newport News at Fido Field, which [Read More…]
Holly Koons has at her fingertips what every artist in the world would love: 83,000 square feet of space to make art come alive. Basically, Koons is in charge of a blank canvas, just waiting [Read More…]
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