One night, Patty Elliott woke up to a strange noise in her bedroom. She thought someone had broken into her home. An intruder had definitely entered her bedroom but it wasn’t a person. It was [Read More…]
Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew’s love of policing comes honestly. His grandfather was police chief in New Madrid, Ohio, a community with 800 people and two police officers. As a child, Drew watched intently [Read More…]
Jen Watson’s happy place is a purple room with ambient low lights. It’s a space where she heals, helps and finds great joy in making people feel better. Watson owns Firm Touch Therapeutic. She works [Read More…]
At 93, Bill Grace is the picture of what everyone yearns to be in their tenth decade of life. He is youthful in his looks and words, as sharp and as caring and thoughtful as [Read More…]
Some people just know what they want to be when they grow up. Kelly Peck is one of those. She has been in the banking business since the 90s, climbing up through the ranks and [Read More…]
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…]
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