Nov 15 '12 East Coast Greenway Virginia Guide Now Available So what is the East Coast Greenway? Imagine a mostly flat, 3000 mile Appalachian Trail system starting in Calais, Maine and ending in Key West, Florida, when completed, the ECG will be nearly 3000 miles long and connect the major cities along the Atlantic Coast. Plans call for 90% of the trail to be off […]
Nov 15 '12 Do professional photos make a difference on home listings ? Do you have your home listed for sale ? Have you checked to see how it looks on the web ? How it looks really matters since most home buyers are going to see your home on the internet before they see it in person. In fact for home buyers and agents alike the internet […]
Nov 14 '12 New off campus housing website @ W&M launches Thanks to an innovative bunch of business students at William and Mary I now have a place to send all the students who contact me looking for off campus housing . Zilify, has launched and is ready to help W&M students find off campus housing. Together the founders spent countless hours aimlessly driving around campus […]
Nov 13 '12 W&M President’s report 2012 The 2012 William and Mary President’s Report is now available on their website. The report, issued each fall, is available online as both an“ezine flipbook” and in PDF format. It includes a message from President Taylor Reveley, a review of William & Mary’s top news stories from September 2011 to September 2012, in-depth features about […]
Nov 13 '12 Hampton Roads real estate market continues it’s recovery November 2012 Promising real estate trends in Hampton Roads continued through October 2012, with double digit percentage increases in sales and homes under contract compared to October 2011 October 2012 saw a 13.8% year-over-year increase in closed sales. This marks the eighth time this year that settled sales have increased year-over-year. Suffolk and Portsmouth experienced […]
Nov 11 '12 Local residents encouraged to attend VDOT I-64 hearings How many times have you gotten caught in a traffic back up on I 64 ? If you are a daily commuter from Williamsburg to Hampton or Newport News you probably can’t count that high. Traffic on secondary roads around the Williamsburg VA area is typically not that bad. Where we do have an issue […]
Nov 11 '12 Christmas Town opens for 4th season at Busch Gardens This year marks the fourth season of Christmas Town and we’re decking the halls with six million twinkling lights. It’s a Christmas tradition like no other, and this year we’re expanding by transforming Festa Italia into Holiday Hills– a nostalgic nod to the classic American Christmas. We’re opening many rides, including Verbolten and our steam-powered […]
Nov 5 '12 James City County recognizes Kingsmill Resort James City County’s Board of Supervisors and Economic Development Authority (EDA) recognized Kingsmill Resort at its 19th annual Celebration of Business. Kingsmill Resort was this year’s recipient of the Captain John Smith Award, given by the County’s economic development team to a business, organization or individual for exemplary contributions in the James City County (JCC) […]
Nov 2 '12 Va. court: Insurance doesn’t cover drywall damages Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn A Virginia Supreme Court Judge handed down a decision Thursday that legal experts say closes the door on Virginia homeowners’ attempts to obtain payments from their insurance companies for damages caused by defective Chinese drywall. The court agreed with an earlier ruling that damage caused by drywall in Larry Ward’s Virginia […]
Oct 30 '12 Power Outages few in Hampton Roads and Williamsburg VA About 115,000 Dominion Virginia Power customers remain without power this morning in the wake of Hurricane Sandy’s winds and rains. Most of the outages, more than 108,000, are in Northern Virginia. About 4,700 were without power in the Shenandoah Valley, 1,100 in the Gloucester/Middle Peninsula Northern Neck and 800 in south eastern Virginia, at approximately […]