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Back-to-school brew: teachers, administrators can get a free cup of coffee from Wawa
Wawa is providing teachers and administrators in the Mid-Atlantic with the perfect post Labor Day back to school pick-me-up in the form of a free cup of coffee. Here's when and how teachers and admins can get their free cup of coffee this week. ...
Virginia school district expands to 200-day year
The hottest days of summer vacation are stopped cold in the capital of Virginia.While most schools nationwide are just starting the academic year, Richmond Public Schools opened the school year for some of its elementary schools on July 22. The city started to experiment with a longer school year in 2023 in an attempt to make up for learning loss as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.School officials said the first year was so successful that they expanded to more schools for the 2024-2025 school year.Student and parent reactionFairfield Court Elementary is one of the schools already in month two...
Harvest season for ginseng, a highly-regulated plant in Virginia, is almost here
Ginseng harvest season in Virginia begins on Sept. 1. For those interested in collecting this valued plant, there's several regulations to be aware of -- because violating them could result in hefty fines, jail time or both.
A Federal Push for Offshore Wind Energy Could Impact Delmarva's Coast Once Again
CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. -- The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management(BOEM) now has it's eyes set on a massive area in the Atlantic Ocean. The feds are looking to open up more lease areas for potential projects. BOEM made the announcement earlier this month, highlighting it's efforts to meet the Biden-Harris administrations...
Dorris Mae Takes to the Skies Again: TBM Avenger Rejoins the CAF Capital Wing’s 2024 Tour
After months of dedicated maintenance, the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Capital Wing has announced that their TBM Avenger, affectionately known as Dorris Mae, is back in flight status. Following a series of successful flight tests, Dorris Mae is set to rejoin the Capital Wing’s 2024 Tour, with stops planned in several cities along the Mid-Atlantic Coast. The Wing members and crew are elated to have this iconic aircraft back in action.
Two Virginia schools, two different approaches to students' phones
Each morning, students at Martin Luther King Middle School in Richmond, Virginia, begin their day with a lesson in restraint — by handing in their phones. "I'm not worried about the notifications I'm getting and who's texting me or what's going on on social media," 8th grader Jazmine Anderson said.The school began piloting a program last year to lock up cellphones in special pouches made by the company Yondr and store them in a supervised backpack. When the school first started using the locked pouches, they'd let students hold onto them. But that didn't quite work, 8th grade English teacher...
Final: UVA waits out thunder, lightning, dispatches Richmond in opener, 34-13
Year 3 of the Tony Elliott era opens Saturday for the UVA Football program with the ‘Hoos hosting Richmond, a 2023 FCS playoff team. Rain is in the forecast here in Charlottesville for the 6-9:15 p.m. ET game window, and there are storms in the area, so, beware. The...
Wahoo Preview: Virginia hopes to get off to good start against Richmond
Virginia is a three-touchdown favorite in its season opener tonight against Richmond (6 p.m., Scott Stadium, ACCNX/ESPN+), but don’t expect the Cavaliers to be overconfident. Tony Elliott has talked to his team about how well-coached the visiting Spiders are, coming off a 9-4 season that included the FCS playoffs,...
Men’s soccer buries St. Joseph’s beneath scoring flurry
It seemed for a while like a simple case of one team commanding but never fully separating, one of those games that never feels as close as the final scoreline. Then the eruption happened. Virginia rammed home two goals in two minutes and then another one less than 12 minutes later, turning a nonchalant affair into a 5-0 drubbing of St. Joseph’s on Thursday at Klockner Stadium, a game rescheduled to 3 p.m. from 7 p.m. due to thunderstorm forecasts.
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