Job-seekers use expo to explore new opportunities
When an apprenticeship career expo night was held in Norfolk on July 26, more than 700 job-seekers showed up to meet with 27 companies. Overwhelmed by the response, organizers had to have about 200...
View ArticleBotanical Garden tour director is dubbed No. 1
NORFOLK If you’ve rolled along the lush paths of Norfolk Botanical Garden on the tram you may have ridden with the city’s Tour Guide of the Year. VisitNorfolk, the city’s convention and visitors...
View ArticleStudents sharpen showmanship at camp
The boom of bass drums echoed through the parking lot at Booker T. Washington High. About 100 students lifted their knees at 90 degrees to march in place while practicing pop tunes for upcoming shows.
View ArticleOil prices rise as Isaac plows through Gulf
Oil rose as Isaac gathered strength on its way into the heart of the Gulf of Mexico's oil and refinery operations. The price got a boost after midday when forecasters said Isaac had strengthened into a...
View ArticleAt 89, community center worker still going strong
Ellen P. Harvey works part-time hours at Lamberts Point Community Center, but she carries a full-time presence. Harvey is a food service worker, greeter and mentor. She serves meals and checks in...
View ArticleCelebration will mark 31 years of tips, cash
Crime doesn’t pay, but talking about it can. The Norfolk Crime Line, which offers up rewards of up to $1,000 for tips leading to an arrest, will celebrate 31 years in operation at a special event Tuesday.
View ArticleKids and canines click at unique book club
Rico Suave, Como and Muchni are stirring up some excitement at Barron F. Black Branch Library. They aren't singers or cartoon characters. The three are certified therapy dogs, and last week they joined...
View Article'Norfolk's Jim Thorpe' pens his story from sports to war
Norfolk in the late 1930s and early '40s was a gritty town that harbored what was to become the world's most formidable Navy and a corps of hard-nosed teenage athletes whose names still resonate in...
View ArticleLike to paint? So sumi-e!
When Joe Nicholas took East Asian brush-painting classes – or sumi-e – while stationed in Korea in the 1980s, his professor only knew a few words of English. Unfortunately for Nicholas, two of those...
View ArticleChallenges of second child's birth become local author's latest tale
To call Ghent resident Danielle Leibovici an author would be pigeonholing her in a dramatic fashion. The Los Angeles native has been practicing psychology for more than 10 years, but it wasn't until a...
View ArticleSchool record is absent one item: a missed day
Two thousand, five hundred and twenty. That's how many days of school Katie Harris has attended, since pre-kindergarten, for 14 years. She's never missed a day. Perhaps perfect attendance makes a...
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