Ellen Latham’s lifelong passion for fitness led her to create Orangetheory Fitness (OTF) in 2010, with partners David Long, Jerome Kern and David Hardy. OTF believes in changing the world one heartbeat at a time. [Read More…]
“Our name is our history,” Shannon Towler says. Dawna D’Urso begins to weave the engaging picture about the salon’s genesis and name: “The three of us ‘older’ ones were groupies to a band called Red [Read More…]
The building on 30th Street in downtown Newport News looks like any other building: brick and fairly nondescript. But venture inside, and there is nothing standard going on. Filled with an awe-inspiring amount of technology, [Read More…]
Most families are familiar with a special piece of furniture passed down from generation to generation. Perhaps it is an old rocking chair that your grandparents handed down to your parents. Or maybe it is [Read More…]
There are a wide variety of reasons to step into practicing yoga. Perhaps you need a way to destress, grow your spirituality, discover a new cardiovascular exercise or find a gentle way to increase your [Read More…]
“Kids have a voice, If you don’t answer their questions, they don’t feel like they have a voice. Answer their questions so they know that their voice matters, but make sure it’s an answer that [Read More…]
By Kelly (McCarthy) Kennedy, Sentara Healthcare It is not unusual for patients to be prescribed medication when they are first diagnosed with congestive heart failure. A new pilot program at Sentara CarePlex Hospital in Hampton, [Read More…]
The Apprentice School in Newport News has been training men and women to work at Newport News Shipbuilding since 1919. While the school’s mission and guiding principles have remained the same over the century that [Read More…]
Crystal Wojciechowski fell in love the minute she took her first Pure Barre class in Northern Virginia in 2014. There was just something about it that appealed to her, spoke to her mind and body [Read More…]
“When a new resident joins our community here at The Hidenwood, we consider his or her whole family to be included,” says Zsavonne (pronounced ZsaZsa) Perryman, director of community relations. “Family members are always welcome [Read More…]
By Veronica Edwards Shocked at her mother’s diagnosis of dementia six years ago, Lisa Machamer instantly sought professional care to meet her mother’s growing level of need. Machamer found that the 1:12 ratio in memory [Read More…]
Creating the right atmosphere to make memories, “the tool that you use is music,” says the owner of MixxStar DJs, Bobby Dunston, aka “DJ Bobby D!” From backyard gatherings to swanky soirees, the right music, [Read More…]
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