Stretching the Point

Ben Scott and LaMar Smith are two Newport News locals who met as coworkers and became fast friends. Both are artists and graphic designers, and their shared interests and expertise have led them into an [Read More…]

Serving Newport News, Hampton, Poquoson and York County, the 30,000-square-foot Peninsula Regional Animal Shelter (PRAS) hosts guests from as far away as northern Virginia. Operated by the City of Newport News, the shelter is open [Read More…]

Some artists create their masterpieces on canvas. Karen Freidt is not one of them. Her canvas is pie. Yes, pie. Freidt has quickly discovered that her talent is bakeable. And the world is on to [Read More…]

Steve Jobs once said, “I am convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” There’s probably no better way to describe Rhonda Huff, owner of Rhonda Huff [Read More…]

Tucked behind Hilton Shopping Center off Warwick Boulevard is an unassuming building. Inside the plain white windowless façade is 20,000 square feet of wholesale art supplies. Fred Worthington, owner, who is not an artist, was [Read More…]

Pets may be animals, but to so many people they are members of their families. For all the love that they give and the smiles they create, it is important that they be well taken [Read More…]

“I have spent most of my life on the water,” says Doreen Kopacz (rhymes with “topaz”). She is harbormaster at the Seafood Industrial Park (SIP). Wearing many hats, Kopacz says, “I have a lot of [Read More…]

“If you build it, they will come,” a popular line from a movie, fits the divine narrative that encapsulates the 25 years that Lackey Clinic has cared for uninsured adults on the Virginia Peninsula. As [Read More…]

“It’s about the academics, but also about the students as a whole,” says Kevin Goetz, head of school at Trinity Lutheran, when asked about the school’s motto, “Building Foundations for Life.” “Our students have a [Read More…]

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…]