Virginia travel, real estate & services

11+ hour, 14+ min ago   (280+ words) Winchester businesses can now apply for up to £3,000 in Green Business Grants to support carbon-cutting upgrades. Winchester City Council says the grants will help businesses cut energy use, transport costs and emissions, or switch to renewable energy. Eligible projects can…...

3+ hour, 42+ min ago   (309+ words) The company's latest acquisition establishes its footprint in Winchester, Virginia, and brings Linden’s portfolio to 19 assets and more than 3,000 apartment units under management across the Mid-Atlantic. Located at 221 Peppertree Lane, Peppertree Apartments sits near the interchange of Interstate 81 and Interstate…...

10+ hour, 46+ min ago   (249+ words) ALEXANDRIA, VA — The Alexandria NAACP’s Freedom Fund Dinner will put familiar city leadership and a national search-and-advocacy organization in the spotlight Thursday, Oct. 1. Mayor Alyia Gaskins and the Black and Missing Foundation are among this year’s “Breaking Barriers” honorees, while…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (34+ words) The International Sand Sculpting Championship display in Virginia Beach will not open to the public this year. The International Sand Sculpting Championship display in Virginia Beach will not open to the public this year....

12+ hour, 39+ min ago   (108+ words) NEWPORT, N.C. (WNCT) — The Town of Newport has received a new Pet Microchip Scanning Station. The station provides free access to anyone who finds a lost pet to help reunite them with their family. Th... NEWPORT, N.C. (WNCT) -- The Town of…...

6+ hour, 16+ min ago   (24+ words) The two aviators successfully ejected as “a mishap occurred during aircraft recovery operations” and were rescued by search and rescue personnel, the Navy said....

2+ hour, 25+ min ago   (311+ words) Singha Thai has quietly opened for business in the Williamsburg Shopping Center, serving up pad Thai, drunken noodles and panang curry from a snug 639-square-foot storefront at 2900 N. Sycamore Street. The restaurant soft-opened on September 15, and it's already built a small…...

7+ hour, 16+ min ago   (236+ words) PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth City Council advanced proposed changes to Riverfront Campground fees Monday, but several long-term campers urged council members to reconsider the size of the increases and preserve options for extended stays. Council voted 5-1 to give the proposed ordinance…...

14+ hour, 33+ min ago   (517+ words) The Virginia Board of Education has approved new rules for assessing student learning in subjects without statewide Standards of Learning tests, giving schools another way to measure whether students have mastered the required material. Last year, state lawmakers overhauled the…...

15+ hour, 11+ min ago   (327+ words) Mary Wadland is the Publisher and Editor in Chief of The Zebra Press, the award-winning Alexandria news publication she founded in 2010 with a mission of celebrating community, culture, and all the good news happening across the city. A longtime community…...