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Grunow’s Kitchen: Happy customers and big plans

February 26, 2020 Tess Goldblatt 0

Randy Brown is a really happy customer. He finishes a satisfying serving of chicken salad and says he would eat at Grunow’s Kitchen every day, if he could. He goes on to say that he [Read More…]

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Karen Keast: What a doll!

January 27, 2020 Tess Goldblatt 0

Karen Keast cuddles in her lap, Eddie, her most expensive doll ever. Keast explains that the previous owner, Ed, was ill and needed to raise money for his healthcare. Paying $2,000 (for a doll valued [Read More…]

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Total Home Improvements: They build it, people come

January 27, 2020 Christian Chance 0

“We’re not your typical remodeling company. We have a design coordinator on staff; we have a sales team, not just one sales person; we have two owners; and if you need to answer your questions, [Read More…]

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Hampton Roads Academy: Taking the next step

December 17, 2019 Nancy P. Sykes 0

On January 7, Hampton Roads Academy (HRA) will have a ribbon-cutting grand opening for its new 28,000-square-foot building. It has been a year since the project was announced. The largest expansion in HRA’s 50-year history, [Read More…]

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Virginia Living Museum: Protecting our precious natural world

September 26, 2019 Cathy Welch 0

“I was always outside digging in the dirt and collecting rocks,” Rebecca Kleinhample, executive director of Virginia Living Museum (VLM), says of her Pennsylvania childhood. “Now, I marry my experience and skills with my love [Read More…]

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Hampton Sheet Metal, Inc.: Opportunity and craftsmanship

August 27, 2019 Karen Eure Wilson 0

Sheet metal and stainless steel don’t traditionally bring about feelings of welcome, warmth and teamwork. But, Hampton Sheet Metal, Inc. forges beyond the traditional ideas of industrial and construction work to create spaces, embellish familiar [Read More…]

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Frank and Shapiro Real Estate, Inc.: The biggest little real estate company

June 25, 2019 Nancy P. Sykes 0

“We are like a family here,” says Leonard Frank, owner and president of Frank and Shapiro (pronounced shuh-pie-roe) Real Estate Inc. The 10 employees have a combined total of 150 years of experience in the [Read More…]

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Randolph Real Estate Services Company: Helping clients find a home

May 27, 2019 Cathy Welch 0

“I have a level of expertise born from 30 years in this business,” Alonzo R. Bell, Jr., CCIM, principal broker of Randolph Real Estate Services Company, says. “Our goal is to provide a full range [Read More…]

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Tom McGrath’s Motorcycle Law Group: Two-wheeled law

April 10, 2019 Christian Chance 0

When Tom McGrath began riding motorcycles in the early nineties, he was working as a prosecutor for the Commonwealth’s Attorney Office in Richmond. Around the same time, the state introduced High Occupancy Vehicle travel lanes, [Read More…]

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Mariners’ Museum and Park: Steady as she goes

January 25, 2019 Terilyn Goins, Ph.D. 0

Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where [Read More…]

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Michael Surveying & Mapping, P.C.: Small business flexibility, large company quality

December 17, 2018 Abigail Barna 0

Most individuals today are familiar with driving down the road and seeing men and women, hard at work, marking the sides of the street with bright paint or digging deep into the ground, preparing the [Read More…]

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Jimmy Da Greek’s Deli: Making people happy

October 19, 2018 Cathy Welch 0

“We put a lot of heart in our food,” Jimmy Alimonos, owner and face of Jimmy Da Greek’s Deli in York County, says. “You come here for the experience—getting big food of fresh quality with [Read More…]

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