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O’Kresik, Taylor named to SNHU president’s list
Kiersten O’Kresik, of Capron, and Jesse Taylor, of Windsor, have been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s Summer 2024 President’s List. The summer terms run from May to August. A university news release noted that full-time undergraduate students at SNHU who have earned a grade-point average of 3.700 or greater for the reporting term are […] The post O’Kresik, Taylor named to SNHU president’s list appeared first on The Tidewater News.
Inflatable art resembling clouds, trees expected to mesmerize viewers this weekend at ODU Public Arts Festival
The Old Dominion University Public Arts Festival is known for its annual display of large-scale art, and this year’s inflatable trees and clouds are part of the environment-themed festival, “Pneuhaus.” Friday and Saturday at the Barry Art Museum, it will feature immersive and interactive art displays centered on Earth science. The event is organized around four exhibition displays called ...
Community helps Ed’s Repair aid storm victims
The community of Southampton County-Franklin stepped up in North Carolina residents’ time of need last week. From Sept. 30-Oct. 4, members of that community donated supplies and money to Crystle Cline and Ed O’Donnell, of the Sedley-based automotive business Ed’s Repair, so they could use some of their equipment to deliver that aid to people […] The post Community helps Ed’s Repair aid storm victims appeared first on The Tidewater News.
Alfred Dreyfus, Holocaust survivor who founded ECPI University in Hampton Roads, dies at 100
Alfred Dreyfus, who founded ECPI University in Hampton Roads, lived for a century. He died on Oct. 4, just four years after retiring from ECPI’s board in 2020, his family said. In his 100 years, Sam Dreyfus, ECPI’s vice president of strategic initiatives, said his grandfather lived almost three different lives. Alfred Dreyfus immigrated to the U.S. at age 24 in 1947. He arrived in New York ...
Community input needed for Chesapeake Bay TMDL Action Plan Draft
The City of Suffolk has announced a public comment period on the Draft Phase III Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Action Plan. Public input for the comprehensive action plan will be open from Friday, Oct. 11 through Monday, Oct. 28. The plan has been developed in compliance with the 2023-2028 General Permit for […] The post Community input needed for Chesapeake Bay TMDL Action Plan Draft appeared first on The Suffolk News-Herald.
Mobile Clinic returns from NC after Hurricane Helene
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Chesapeake Regional Healthcare’s Mobile Clinic is back from providing aid in Western North Carolina, and they say this was an experience they were blessed to have. “If we weren’t working on the bus with inventorying supplies, we were working in the store with helping them organize and organize their own supplies […]
Hurrah Players will open 40th anniversary season with beloved ‘Cinderella’
It’s hard to find a person who doesn’t enjoy a fairy tale — especially one with a charming prince, obnoxious stepsisters, a fairy godmother or two, and a down-on-her-luck heroine. The Hurrah Players opens its 40th anniversary season this weekend with “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella.” The show runs Friday through Sunday at the TCC Roper Performing Arts Center in Norfolk, and next Saturday, ...
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