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business chesapeake Chesapeake named a Best Bank to Work For … again (12/27/2023) - Chesapeake Bank has been named one of the 2023 Best Banks to Work For. This is the 11th consecutive year that Chesapeake Bank has received the honor. American Banker has…
business sentara Open house held in Gloucester for Sentara Home Health and Hospice (12/27/2023) - Sentara held an open house for its new Home Health and Hospice location in Gloucester on Tuesday, Dec. 12. The business will provide accessible and high-quality nursing to residents of…
bay aging Bay Aging gathers gifts for 70+ area seniors (12/27/2023) - Bay Aging made the holidays a little brighter for more than 70 low-income older adults in the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula. Through the support of local residents, churches and…
BayPort supports renewable energy tech program in Va. Beach (12/27/2023) - BayPort Credit Union recently announced the official opening of the new Renewable Energy Technology Program for high school students at the Virginia Beach City Public Schools Advanced Technology Center. The…
business education foundation run Chesapeake title sponsor for Ed Foundation run (12/20/2023) - Chesapeake Bank/Chesapeake Wealth Management will be the title sponsor for the Gloucester County Public Schools Educational Foundation’s 13th annual 8K and 3K run/walk, which will be held on Saturday, March…
business kandy fisk new cbrar president New CBRAR president (12/20/2023) - Kandy Fisk, at left, an associate broker with Abbitt Realty, was recently elected president of the Chesapeake Bay and Rivers Association of Realtors. She is shown with CBRAR’s 2023 outgoing…
Mobjack Bay Seafood sold (12/20/2023) - Mobjack Bay Seafood, a longstanding Gloucester business, has been sold to Atlantic Aqua Farms USA of Eliot, Maine. The company is a division of Atlantic Aquafarms of Prince Edward, Canada.…
Taylor’s Do it Center gives $15,000 to Wreaths Across America (12/20/2023) - Taylor’s Do it Center presented a $15,325 check last week to Team Bear’s Wreaths Across America fundraising effort. Team Bear is a local fundraising group for Wreaths Across America, a…
point mistletoe and munchies Mistletoe and Munchies (12/13/2023) - Upsy Daisy Creative Reuse Center, Hayes, held its open house, “Mistletoe and Munchies,” on Saturday. Upsy Daisy volunteers Judy Burner, Dawn Cluts and Cathy Raines, from left, show off all…
Bay’s ‘dead zone’ smallest since monitoring began (12/13/2023) - This year, the Chesapeake Bay’s summer “dead zone” was the smallest it’s been since monitoring began in 1985, according to data released by the Chesapeake Bay Program’s monitoring partners: The…
‘Get real’ this season with a Virginia-grown tree (12/13/2023) - If you’re having a hard time choosing your Christmas tree from one of Virginia’s 500 tree farms this season, just stop and listen. “You come here, walk around, and decide…
Gambling-related gifts inappropriate for children (12/13/2023) - The Virginia Council on Problem Gambling has partnered with Virginia Lottery to remind adults that lottery scratch tickets are not appropriate gifts for children. Virginia Lottery’s interim director Tony Russell…
Va. farmers prepare to shape agricultural policy at convention (12/13/2023) - Virginia Farm Bureau Federation members will join thousands of other Farm Bureau producers from across the country as they discuss and adopt national agriculture-related policies during the upcoming American Farm…
Gloucester Brewing Co. to celebrate anniversary Sunday (12/6/2023) - Gloucester Brewing Company will celebrate its five-year anniversary this Sunday, from 1-8 p. m. There will be music under a large tent with The Jason Cale Band and Bobby BlackHat.…
business gmhs donation GMHS donation (12/6/2023) - Toni Wisen (center) and Trinidy Goff (right) dropped off pet food, supplies and a $787 cash donation from Belroi Marketplace’s fundraiser on Sunday at the Gloucester Moose Lodge pavilion to…
business coastal kitchen american idol At Coastal Kitchen (12/6/2023) - American Idol contestant Sam L. Smith will perform at Coastal Kitchen, Hayes, on Friday, Dec. 29 from 6-7:30 p.m. This is the country singer’s first performance in Virginia. The Kentucky…
business sewlovelee Gratitude & Giving (12/6/2023) - Sewlovelee, a female-owned small business in Irvington, recently completed its Gratitude & Giving quilt drive, collecting 55 quilts, donating them all to The Haven in Warsaw. Also, the shop’s Gratitude…
business locks of love Locks of Love (12/6/2023) - Claire Kramer, a senior at Mathews High School, donated over 14 inches of her hair for Locks for Love last Thursday at Hair Creations, a salon in Mathews. Kramer is…
Rappahannock Record wins Farm Bureau Journalism Award (12/6/2023) - For a 17th time in the history of Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Journalism Awards, the staff at the Kilmarnock-based Rappahannock Record submitted a winning entry in the division for weekly…
neighbors bay rivers telehealth Telehealth Alliance celebrates 20th anniversary (12/6/2023) - Regional leaders of rural health services gathered on Nov. 15 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Bay Rivers Telehealth Alliance and to celebrate National Rural Health Day. BRTA is…
business consociate media Shortt named partner at Consociate Media (12/6/2023) - Consociate Media has named Amanda Shortt as its newest partner. Shortt has been an Operations Director at the Gloucester-based media, marketing and management firm since August 2020. “I am thrilled.…
Business Carlos Britos Carlos Britos finishing up first year at Edward Jones office in Hayes (11/29/2023) - Financial advisor Carlos Britos, who runs the Edward Jones office at Hayes, is winding up his first year at the firm, and will celebrate with an open house on Dec.…
mathews black friday cattails Black Friday (11/29/2023) - Members of the Bullock family were in Mathews on Black Friday while visiting with the family matriarch, Lydia Wetterling of Susan. They stopped by Cattails to search for gifts. Shown,…
business chesapeake wealth management John Sadler to step down as Chesapeake Wealth Management president (11/29/2023) - John Sadler, president of Chesapeake Wealth Management, will be stepping down from his role by the end of 2023 and returning to practicing law, CWM announced this week. He will…
Virginia-grown oysters dominate East Coast production (11/29/2023) - Chris Buck found the ideal spot for growing oysters on Virginia’s lower Eastern Shore at Cherrystone Creek, where the Chesapeake Bay meets the Atlantic. “Geography is an important factor,” said…

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