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Married Navy veterans expand their coffee roaster business in VB
Seven percent of businesses in the area are owned by veterans. That's nearly three times the national average, according to Old Dominion University's Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy.
Chesapeake mayor issues historic first Pride Month proclamation
CHESAPEAKE — All those attending Chesapeake’s annual Pride in the ’Peake event this weekend also may be celebrating the city’s first proclamation formally recognizing Pride Month and the value of the LGBTQ+ community. For the month of June, Mayor Rick West signed a proclamation stating “LGBTQIA+ individuals have had immeasurable impact to the cultural, civic and economic successes of our ...
Virginia Beach punts on collective bargaining referendum; launches study
VIRGINIA BEACH — The pros and cons of allowing city employees to collectively bargain for better wages and working conditions will be hashed out in a study. Mayor Bobby Dyer called for the analysis and had the support of enough colleagues for the proposal to advance Tuesday. He had suggested studying the matter last month, but the decision walks back his previous call to include a collective ...
Local WWII veteran remembers his time in the war
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Horace Savage was almost 20 years old when he arrived on the beaches of Normandy in 1944. It was months after D-Day, but Savage said that doesn’t mean the area was calm. It was still war. Savage, who turns 99 on July 1, was...
Luck, faith and family: 99-year-old WWII veteran reflects on time served
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Thursday marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, and the events in the months that followed would ultimately lead to the end of World War II. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, about 119,000 of the 16.5 million Americans who served are still alive, and some are right here in our backyard.
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