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Jamestown-Scotland Ferry service back on track
A state-run ferry crosses the James River between Surry and James City County in July 2019. (Sarah Vogelsong/Virginia Mercury) Passengers worried their summer travel plans would be disrupted by a schedule change to the ferry service over the James River will now have smooth sailing after all. Last month, the...
Williamsburg-James City County School Board reviews $1.5M request to purchase school buses
The Williamsburg-James City County School Board on Tuesday is considering buying 10 new school buses for the next school year. Ten school buses, part of a school bus replacement system developed by the county, would cost $1.5 million. Most of the funds would come from the fiscal year 2025 Capital...
James City County report details what it takes to split shared school system
James City County Supervisors now have a blueprint for decoupling the nearly 70-year-old Williamsburg-James City County joint school division. “It sounds complicated because it is,” said David Gaston, the author of the feasibility study and transition plan for James City County. The question of separation arose in June 2023...
Column: On SOL testing, let’s remove ‘fail’ from the equation
“I didn’t even try because I always fail.” Fail. This heartbreaking statement is from a student in a Williamsburg-James City County middle school who recently took their Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) standardized tests. In 2024, 1 in 6 children in the U.S. experienced a mental health disorder. Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s new “Right Help, Right Now” mental health initiative is a good start, but it only addresses symptoms, not the root causes. We need to acknowledge standardized testing’s role in the youth mental health crisis within our schools.
Police: Man wanted on rape charge in JCC turns self in
JAMES CITY COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) — A man charged with rape and forcible sodomy in James City County turned himself in at the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail Monday, police said. Damecus Demory White, 33, was wanted by James City County Police following a months-long investigation into multiple alleged sex...
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