VIRGINIA’S BEST HALLOWEEN EVENT Included with park admission. Scares start at 6 pm. Fill fall nights with fright at Busch Gardens Howl-O-Scream. This year we are celebrating 20 years of fears and an all-new Era of Terror with more scares than ever. Fear awaits in the Virginia theme park’s collection of elaborate haunted houses, […]
FOODIES REJOICE: BUSCH GARDENS– FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL BEGINS May 25, 2018
FOODIES REJOICE: BUSCH GARDENS® FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL BEGINS NEXT FRIDAY Big Flavors, Big-Name Concerts and a Celebrity Chef Highlight This Year’s Festival WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia (May 17, 2018) – Mark your calendars. Busch Gardens® Food & Wine Festival is just around the corner. Daily operations at Busch Gardens begin Friday, May 18, and the festival starts […]
Healthier financial picture at Colonial Williamsburg for 2018
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation president Mitchell Reiss said the changes it has made to enhance and streamline programming while downsizing its staffing have put it in a healthier financial situation. Reiss, speaking to the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation board of directors at their semi-annual meeting, said Colonial Williamsburg’s financial performance is running ahead of projections, ticket sales are […]
Foreclosed and Short Sale Listings Lowest Recorded in Hampton Roads
It’s been a good Spring market for real estate in the Hampton Roads region with strong residential pending and settled sales in April 2018. Both metrics increased year-over-year between 10-20%. Countering this increase in sales, the area’s active supply of inventory and months’ supply of inventory have once again decreased year-over-year. An encouraging change with […]
Coming Soon to Williamsburg: Casa Pearl-Restaurant, Home of the Oyster
This fall, Williamsburg’s Merrimac Trail will become home to a unique new restaurant, Casa Pearl. Although its name suggests a Mexican eatery, it will not be just a chips-and-salsa kind of place. Rather, Casa Pearl — loosely translated as House of Oysters — will offer a playful, eclectic menu focused mainly on fresh local […]
Foreclosure Alert-Skipwith Farms-Williamsburg VA
205 Robert Elliffe Road, Williamsburg, VA 23185 Beautiful home, City taxes, an established neighborhood. This very spacious brick home sits on approx 1/3 acre. Magnificent wood flooring! Main level consists of master bedroom suite/bath, 2 addt’l bedrooms & full bath, living & dining rooms, & eat-in kitchen with newer appliances. French doors lead to full […]
Queens Lake residents combat anticipated runoff from I-64 widening
Cutting through a swath of woods and newly sprouted, bright-green skunk cabbage in the Queens Lake neighborhood is a black sheet of silt fence 180 feet long, running parallel to Interstate 64 a few hundred feet away. Decades ago, this swath was underwater, part of the 20 acres of Queens Lake that’s been lost to […]
Williamsburg VA Real Estate Sales Recap March 2018
While new listings were up 8.3% in the Williamsburg, Virginia area for March compared to the same time last year, closed sales were off just under 3%, according to the latest home sales report published by the Williamsburg VA Area Association of REALTORS®. On the positive side, inventory levels are better, which is great news […]
Talk of the Colony is out for April 2018
Folks considering a move to Fords Colony in Williamsburg VA should read the latest issue of the “Talk of The Colony for April 2018″ Talk of the Colony is the monthly magazine for Fords Colony property owners. It contains articles from their Board, committees, and neighbors on Colony-specific and general interest issues. Potential homeowners can […]
Hampton Roads Real Estate Sales Recap March 2018
Though residential sales in the Hampton Roads VA region continue to exhibit year-over-year increases, the margins for those increases were noticeably reduced in March 2018. Contributing factors most likely stem from the prolonged decline in active inventory. Residential active listings in Hampton Roads were down 8.67% year-over-year in March 2018, with 9,244 available homes. Despite this being 348 […]
Villages of Gloucester rezoning approved
After nearly two decades in the works, the Villages of Gloucester, cleared a major regulatory hurdle Tuesday night. The Gloucester County VA Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a rezoning request for the planned unit development during its April 3rd meeting. The approval revises proffers that had been included when the project was originally approved in […]
Foreclosure Alert!-Olde Port Cove, Yorktown VA
117 Chinquapin Orchard in Olde Port Cove, Yorktown VA 4 Bedrooms. 2.5 Baths 3,374 Sq Feet A GORGEOUS UPDATED & SPACIOUS HOME! GOURMET EAT-IN KITCHEN W/GRANITE COUNTERTOPS. MASTER BEDROOM SUITE W/JETTED TUB W/LARGE BATHROOM. SUNKEN DEN WITH A GAS FIREPLACE. SPACIOUS SUNROOM LOTS OF STORAGE SPACE A foreclosure sale is scheduled on the Front steps […]
James City County real estate tax will decrease with proposed budget
James City County proposed budget for 2019 would cut the real estate tax by 2 cents and fund new school buses and public safety positions. James City County’s Interim County Administrator Bill Porter released his proposed Fiscal Year 2019-20 financial plan for James City County on March 30. The proposed plan for FY2019 is 4.2% over […]