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Your Better Beach

An ideal collection of beach treasures should consist of seashells and sand dollars, not shards of glass, cigarette butts or...

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NASCAR Driver Macy Causey

Photo by Brian Freer Macy Causey, a 16-year-old York County native knew from her earliest years spent at the track...

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Camp Kesem in Williamsburg

Children dealing with a parent’s cancer treatment bear burdens and worries well beyond their years. They worry about their parent,...

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Melo Lion Mead

Zeb Johnston is minding his own beeswax. Literally. The Yorktown beekeeper began his beekeeping business, Zeb’s Bees, both as a...

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Sustainable, Turf-Free Lawns are Catching On

“Slowly we’re learning about the environmental damage done in the name of the Great American Lawn—the wasted water, the fertilizers...

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The Village Blacksmith

I’ve always admired people who work with their hands—those who can look at any given medium and visualize its potential,...

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How Students Can Increase Their SAT Scores

The first question that comes to mind in regard to taking a Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) has to be, “Is...

The New American Revolution Museum at Yorktown

Many lifelong Coastal Virginia residents have memories of visiting one of the region’s many history museums, if not recently, then...

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Why Students Should Consider Careers in the Medical Field

"The doctor will be with you shortly." With a looming shortage of physicians to take care of a growing number...

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Austin Saunders Went From Shaping Surfboards to Crafting Pens

Austin Saunders is a ghost. No one in Virginia Beach’s surf community seems to have a good phone number for...

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