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This Virginia Town Is So Cheap, You Can Live On Nothing But Social Security

There’s a small city in Virginia where your Social Security check doesn’t just survive, it actually thrives, and its name is Hopewell. Most retirement advice sounds like it was written by someone who has never actually tried to live on a fixed income. “Downsize your expectations,” they say,...

Hopewell, VA · 7d
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Retirees Moving To Williamsburg Are Filling The Calendar At Williamsburg Landing

Some retirees spend years planning the move, and a few spend years on a waiting list for it. In Williamsburg, Virginia, one retirement community has drawn so much interest that longtime locals are following their friends through the front door. The appeal goes beyond a new address. Residents talk about...

Williamsburg, VA · 1d
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Bonaventure Grows Williamsburg Footprint to 524 Units With Colonial Towne Buy

Bonaventure Multifamily Income Trust has added another Williamsburg apartment community to its growing Hampton Roads portfolio, acquiring an interest in Colonial Towne through a 1031 exchange that pushes the firm's local footprint to 524 units across three properties. The deal closed as regional vacancy rates tighten and rents keep climbing across the Hampton Roads multifamily market.

Williamsburg, VA · 2d
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Virginia Mercury

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Newport News to create $9.5 million seafood market, revamp industrial park

Drive to the eastern end of Jefferson Avenue in Newport News and you’ll mainly find warehouses, industrial buildings and parking lots before the roadway terminates at the James River. But in a few years, this area will play host to a revamped waterside seafood market, where citizens can eat the catch of the day as […]

Newport News, VA · 3d

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America’s oldest brick house hides a diamond-etched love note in rural Virginia

Bacon’s Castle sits in the quiet farmland of Surry County, Virginia, and it has stood there since 1665. A wealthy planter named Arthur Allen built it along the James River, and today it stands as the oldest documented brick house in the United States. The name sounds dramatic, and...

Surry County, VA · 2d

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Community ‘food forest’ finally breaks ground in Newport News

Nonprofit leaders are working to transform a plot of land in the Southeast neighborhood into a “food forest” where neighbors can roam through greenery and pluck produce for free. The Newport News Green Foundation recently broke ground on the $1 million Sarfan Food Forest, which has been in...

Newport News, VA · 3d

WTKR

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Hampton Roads business still feeling fuel costs despite national gas prices falling below $4

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The national average price for regular gasoline has dropped below $4 a gallon for the first time since July, offering some relief to drivers. But for businesses that rely on fuel to operate, the impact of higher gas prices is still being felt. For Bryant Edwards,...

Hampton Roads, VA · 2d

Bay Net

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Commission Sets Lower Limits On Chesapeake Bay Menhaden Harvest

Facing mounting pressure to protect struggling ospreys and Maryland watermen, East Coast fishery managers reached a “compromise” to reduce the commercial menhaden harvest in the Chesapeake Bay. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission voted Nov. 11 in Newport, RI, to limit industrial-scale menhaden harvest in the Bay to...

Chesapeake Bay, VA · 11h

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🏛️🐾 Thoroughgood House in Virginia Beach, VA – A 300-Year-Old Colonial Home With a Surprising History!

Simba and I visited the historic Thoroughgood House in Virginia Beach, Virginia, one of the oldest surviving colonial homes in the region! Built around 1719, this remarkable brick residence has stood for more than 300 years, preserving an extraordinary connection to early American history, colonial architecture, and the development of what would eventually become Virginia Beach.

Virginia Beach, VA · 3d

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Virginia Beach Inventory Rises as List Prices Climb Above National Median

Median list price $425K ↑ +4.4% vs. last October Days on market 45 days ↑ +2.3% YoY Listings with price cuts 23% ↑ 0.7 pts YoY. More homes were available in the Virginia Beach metro area. Buyers in Virginia Beach had notably more to choose from last...

Virginia Beach, VA · 3d

Chowan Herald

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ECSU aviation team posts best-ever finish at regional competition

Elizabeth City State University’s aviation team placed second at the National Intercollegiate Flying Association’s Region X Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference, the best finish in the team’s history. The competition, known as SAFECON, was held Oct. 7-10 at Chesapeake Regional Airport in Chesapeake, Virginia. Along with the team finish, the Vikings won first place in two events, and the team’s coach, Raine Caverly-Horn, was named Region X Coach of the Year. Hosted by Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 339, the regional competition tests students’ knowledge and skills in ground, simulator and flight events against other collegiate aviation programs from across the region. In Preflight Inspection, Jaydin Hobbs took first place, and Benjamin England finished fifth. Mateo Lannaman placed second in Aircraft Recognition, Colbyn Underwood was fourth in the E6B Test and Garrett Erickson was fifth in Ground Trainer. Cameron Putman and England won first place in Message Drop, and Noah Swinney and Nicholas Louloudes finished fourth in the same event. In flight events, Atreyu Cooper placed third in Short Field Landings and fourth in Power-off Landings. Swinney was fifth in Power-off Landings. James Littlefair finished fourth in the Simulated Comprehensive Aircraft Navigation Test. In Unlimited Navigation, Hobbs and Shekinah Otieno placed

Elizabeth City, NC · 1d

Bay Journal

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Commission sets lower limits on Chesapeake Bay menhaden harvest

Facing mounting pressure to protect struggling ospreys and Maryland watermen, East Coast fishery managers reached a “compromise” to reduce the commercial menhaden harvest in the Chesapeake Bay. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission voted Nov. 11 in Newport, RI, to limit industrial-scale menhaden harvest in the Bay to...

Chesapeake Bay, VA · 3d

WAVY News 10

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Alaska Airlines to fly from ORF to Seattle

Norfolk, VA · 3d

WAVY News 10

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Alaska Airlines will begin flying from ORF to Seattle in 2027

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Alaska Airlines will begin flying direct from Norfolk International Airport to Seattle in 2027 as part of an expansion of the airline’s nonstop services. The new service will begin June 10, according to the airline’s website, marking the first time the carrier has offered flights from Hampton Roads. This also brings […]

Norfolk, VA · 3d

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NRHA claims it doesn’t have money to renovate its units. Leaving them vacant may cost federal funding.

At the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority board meeting in November 2025, then-executive director Nathan Simms highlighted the progress on refreshing the aging apartments in the Young Terrace and Grandy Village public housing communities for rental. "We've completed a total of 86 unit turn/refresh activities, 47 at Grandy, 39 at...

Norfolk, VA · 6d

WBOC

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Menhaden debate pits Chesapeake Bay conservation concerns against fears of job losses

CHESAPEAKE BAY - A regional fisheries board is weighing whether to cut the amount of Atlantic menhaden that commercial vessels can harvest from the Chesapeake Bay as both concerned conservationists and fishing advocates weigh in. Supporters of new harvesting limits say tightening the menhaden catch quotas could leave more food...

Chesapeake Bay, VA · 5d

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Justin Maitland Joins MuleHide as Territory Manager for Southern Virginia

Beloit, WI – Low-slope roofing manufacturer MuleHide has hired Justin Maitland as territory manager for Southern Virginia. He is the company’s lead contact with customers in the territory, which includes Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Richmond, Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton and Suffolk. Maitland's responsibilities include helping ensure that projects are...

Virginia Beach, VA · 4d

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This Charming Virginia Bookshop Fills A Historic Gas Station With 10,000 Books And A Cozy Coffee Café

A former gas station now holds more than 10,000 books, and the old service garage has become part of a charming literary destination. That’s a pretty wonderful second chapter for a building once devoted to automobiles. The Virginia bookstore occupies a renovated property that began as a Pure Oil...

Cape Charles, VA · 7d