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James City County maintains positive bond rating

Two major national credit rating agencies, Fitch Rating, Moody’s Investor Service, Poor all renewed James City County’s triple-A credit rating.  In addition, Moody’s Investors Service affirmed its Aa1 rating for General Obligation Bonds and revised its outlook to positive. The positive outlook represents an improvement in Moody’s rating from its previous Aa1 which had no […]

Ice Rink Skating Into New Town in Williamsburg

  James City County is going to have a white Christmas even if there’s no snow. The County  is currently collecting bids to set up a synthetic ice rink in New Town this winter.   "The goal is to provide a healthy, safe and enjoyable family activity for local residents and visitors, and increase visitation […]

Hinckley lawyer wants to quit after 20 years

Barry Levine , The lawyer who has spent almost two decades representing John Hinckley Jr. is quitting after Hinckley’s family said it would no longer pay the legal bills for his quest to spend more time at his mother’s Kingsmill home in Williamsburg, Virginia. Levine submitted a motion Friday afternoon seeking to end his participation […]

Williamsburg not ranked among Money’s Best Places to Live in Virginia

Why isn’t Williamsburg on this list ? Well, it seems that we don’t fit the parameters from a population standpoint. This week, CNN Money Magazine published their annual list of “America’s Best Small Cities. Four Virginia communities were ranked among Money magazine’s Best Places to Live. The annual list of 100 small cities includes: No. […]

Neighborhood Pool opens in New Town

GREAT NEWS for New Town residents. The neighborhood pool in New Town pool has passed all inspections and is now open for regular use. The pool is a 25 meter six lane pool with a zero entry splash area for kids. The New Town pool is open now through September 30, 2012, including Labor Day, […]

Is Virginia Beach about to get Virginia’s First NBA team*?

Answer: maybe! According to Inside Business, The Hampton Roads Business Journal, the Sacramento Kings, an NBA franchise, are in talks to move the team to Virginia Beach. From the article The owners of the Sacramento Kings, an NBA franchise, and officials from Philadelphia-based Comcast- are expected to be in Virginia Beach Tuesday to propose moving […]

Learn More about the “Free Black Settlement @ Freedom Park

Freedom Park in James City County is home to significant American history – recognized nationally as the site of the earliest free black settlement dating to 1803-1860, an 18th-century graveyard, the Revolutionary War Battle of Spencer’s Ordinary in 1781 and a 17th century domicile that is revealing much archaeological research of the early colonial period […]

Fords Colony Country Club Sale is imminent

The Country Club Membership Association for Fords Colony has been notified that a Purchase and Sale agreement has been signed with an un-named party for the sale of Fords Colony Country Club in Williamsburg, VA. Mr. Richard Curlin at Prudential stated “ The agreement allows for a “due diligence” time period of 45 days followed […]

Surfs Up-The 50th Anniversary Coastal Edge East Coast Surfing Championships in Va Beach

The Coastal Edge  East Coast Surfing Championships, got underway on Monday, August 20, 2012 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The event, which originally grew from a casual party for affluent teenagers in Gilgo Beach, New York during the summer of 1961, has evolved into a seven day beach sports festival. The surfing contest will feature many […]

A better way to view storm tides in Chesapeake Bay

Researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science have added forecast capabilities to their network of Tidewatch water-level stations, giving residents of the lower Chesapeake Bay region a new on-line tool for gauging the magnitude of coastal flooding in a given location and minimizing its potential impacts. The public launch of the Tidewatch forecast system […]