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Charlottesville couple get national attention for tea and jam businesses
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Jam According to Daniel and Fairweather Farm Tea share the same workspace: their Charlottesville home. You can find Daniel and Rachel Perry at farmers markets on the weekend—the place where they originally found each other. “We met each other at market,” said Rachel, founder of...
In Fredericksburg’s Mayfield neighborhood, current events fuel efforts to educate residents about petroleum pipeline
The neighbor that Mayfield residents never asked for had been lurking 36 inches beneath the surface for nearly six decades, and Sabrina Johnson was ready to bring it to light. On a recent Wednesday afternoon, Johnson, the Environmental and Climate Justice chair for the Fredericksburg branch of the NAACP, straightened four stacks of papers on a picnic table under a covered shelter outside the Mayfield Community Center.
UVA engineering students mentor local high schoolers
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - UVA engineering students were at Charlottesville High School Friday, August 23, meeting with students interested in the profession. UVA’s Link Lab partnered with CHS for the second year in a row to put on this weeks-long mentorship program. CHS students and their new mentors will...
Casey named Priest-in-Charge at Madison’s Grace Episcopal
Piedmont Episcopal in Madison and Grace Episcopal in Stanardsville has a new priest-in-charge, the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia announced Friday. Reverend Becki Casey, a recent graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, was named to her new churches August 1. She replaces Anne West who retired in June. Rev. Casey...
Charlotte Court House gets new businesses approved by county
Charlotte Court House will soon have two new businesses. During their Wednesday, Aug. 14 meeting, Charlotte County supervisors signed off on both projects, which had previously received unanimous endorsement from the planning commission. Setting up shop in Charlotte Court House The first business will be a retail store run by Tobias Hertzler, located at 439 […] The post Charlotte Court House gets new businesses approved by county appeared first on The Charlotte Gazette.
Roanoke College Consumer Report shows a rise in consumer sentiment
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – Roanoke College released its quarterly Virginia Consumer Spending Report which shows a rise in consumer sentiment over the last year. Since their last report in May of this year, consumer sentiment has gone up almost 4.5 points, which Dr. Alice Kassens, who heads the report, is optimistic about.
Virginia Issues Draft of Cell Phone-Free Policies for Schools
Virginia is moving closer to restricting cell phone use in schools after the Virginia Department of Education published a draft of its “cell phone-free” guidelines on Thursday after a series of public input events. The draft defines “cell phone-free” education as “bell-to-bell,” meaning phones should be turned off and stored away from the first school […]
Miyares demands action on missing migrant children
(The Center Square) — Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is again demanding action from the federal government as information concerning the unknown whereabouts of thousands of migrant minors continues to come to light. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General released a report this week revealing “significant failures in the oversight and management of unaccompanied migrant children, contributing to thousands of children going missing after being released from federal custody,” according to a press release from Miyares’ office. ...
Central Virginia: $4M cocaine operation shut down, kingpin to serve 16 years
A Hopewell man was sentenced Friday to 16 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine throughout the tri-cities region of Central Virginia. Cleveland Lamont Parson, 51, conspired with Aaron Larde Heath, 39, of Chester, and others to...
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