Garner Air Conditioning & Heating named Small Business of Year (1/15/2025) - Tommy Garner Air Conditioning & Heating, Newport News, was recently honored as the 2024 Small Business of the Year by the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce. The award recognized the… …
Gloucester Main Street awards $35,000+ in grants (1/15/2025) - Gloucester Main Street awarded more than $35,000 in grants in its 2024 Façade and Interior Grant Program. The year’s recipients, awarded in December, were Ware Neck Produce, Mariposa Medical Spa,… …Atlantic Union Bank offers 50 paid internship grants (1/15/2025) - Atlantic Union Bank’s Future Community Impact Makers continues to accept grant applications for nonprofits and community-based organizations to support 2025 paid summer internship programs. The applications opened on Dec. 16,… …
Magnolia ribbon cutting (1/15/2025) - Ryan Homes held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house for Magnolia, a new housing community in West Point, on Friday at 330 Pointers Drive. These single-family homes include two-car garages,… …Williamsburg Restaurant Week returns Sunday (1/8/2025) - Williamsburg Restaurant Week is back for 2025, returning this Sunday and continuing until the following Sunday, Jan. 19. This popular annual event showcases the culinary talents of Greater Williamsburg’s top… …
Virginia’s River Realm Restaurant Week starts today (1/8/2025) - Restaurants in Irvington, Kilmarnock, Tappahannock, Deltaville, Urbanna, Saluda and Topping will be offering special prix-fixe menus and other specials beginning today for Virginia’s River Realm Restaurant Week, an 11-day celebration… …
Ramoneda appointed to Chesapeake board (1/8/2025) - Chesapeake Financial Shares announced this week the appointment of Dede Ramoneda to its board of directors. Ramoneda’s career spans multiple industries, including financial services, energy, and consulting, making her a… …Mathews EDA offers financial help to businesses, nonprofits (1/8/2025) - The Mathews Economic Development Authority wants businesses and nonprofits to know that there’s financial help available for existing county businesses and for companies that want to locate in Mathews. “We’re… …
New president named at Gloucester Chamber (1/8/2025) - Sarah Burney will assume a new position as the president of the Gloucester Chamber of Commerce. Burney, who had served as a director on the chamber’s board, said she was… …USDA Makes $2B available for specialty crop producers (1/2/2025) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency’s $2 billion Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops program, aimed at helping producers expand markets and manage higher costs, is accepting applications through… …
GMHS donation (1/2/2025) - Throughout December, the Smile Group, with the help of its patients, has been collecting donations for local animal shelters. Through its efforts, the Smile Group was able to donate a… …
Dunkin’ to open later this month at Gloucester Point (1/2/2025) - Dunkin’ is expected to officially open later this month at Gloucester Point. The new location of the popular go-to place for coffee, donuts and much more, is located near the… …
Pointers to hold Jan. 17 soft opening (1/2/2025) - Pointers Country Mart, a country store/convenience store in northern Gloucester, will hold a soft opening for its new location on Friday, Jan. 17. Located at the intersection of Ark and… …Atlantic Union collects nearly 7,000 lbs. of food donations (12/26/2024) - The holidays are a season for giving, and this season Atlantic Union Bank is helping to fill families’ tables with the generous donations from its company-wide food drive. Thanks to… …
Business Facilities magazine names Virginia ‘State of the Year’ (12/26/2024) - Virginia was named Business Facilities magazine’s 2024 State of the Year, according to a release from Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office. This honor recognizes a state that has demonstrated leadership as… …
Rural health award (12/26/2024) - The Bay Rivers Telehealth Alliance, a nonprofit telehealth network based in Tappahannock that supports virtual health projects to improve health and health care in eastern Virginia communities, was the recipient… …
Christmas at Ware Market attracts 1,100 visitors (12/26/2024) - The Christmas at Ware Market, held on a windy and cold Saturday, Dec. 14, attracted more than 1,100 visitors (along many with four-legged mascots) and 62 vendors, according to church… …Renovations underway for Main Street special event center (12/18/2024) - Renovations are underway for the new special event center that is coming to Gloucester’s Main Street. The Vault on Main, owned by Steward Charles Smith, will be going in the… …
TOMCO offers equipment rental services (12/18/2024) - The Other Moving Company is now offering equipment rental services at its Hayes location, located right off George Washington Memorial Highway. TOMCO Rental started offering these services earlier this month.… …
Rebecca Hudgins launches C & C Marketing (12/18/2024) - After nearly five years in the marketing industry, Rebecca Hudgins of Cobbs Creek, launched her new business, C & C Marketing, on Nov. 1. “After the loss of my daughter,… …Two Hayes businesses join forces to spread Christmas joy to storm victims (12/18/2024) - More than 30 bikes and 2,500 toys were collected for those affected by Hurricane Helene, the September storm that caused widespread catastrophic damage throughout the southeastern U.S., bringing some Christmas… …
Dominion awards $32,500 in grants to local nonprofits (12/18/2024) - The Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, which supports nonprofit causes that meet basic human needs, protect the environment, promote education and encourage community vitality, recently awarded $32,500 to four local nonprofit… …
Tourism programs receive public-private marketing funds (12/11/2024) - More than $581,607 in matching grant funds will be awarded to 108 small businesses, destination marketing organizations, downtown business associations, and chambers of commerce as part of the Virginia Tourism… …
Rappahannock Record wins Farm Bureau award (12/11/2024) - The Rappahannock Record, a weekly newspaper based in Kilmarnock, was recognized Dec. 3 with Virginia Farm Bureau Federation’s 2024 Ishee-Quann Award for Media Excellence, the top honor in Farm Bureau’s… …
Christmas at Ware (12/11/2024) - A special Christmas at Ware market will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Ware Episcopal Church, Gloucester. Sixty-plus vendors will be on the church grounds in… …