Outlet: The Virginian Pilot

By Phil Walzer

For nearly a decade, the brothers have worked together – and separately – at the business their father built.

Eric Kline joined Payday Payroll, which provides payroll processing and human resources services, in 2002. He started in sales. For the past four years he’s been director of business development, cultivating clients locally and beyond.

His younger brother Danny came on in 2006 as a payroll processor. He rose to become president last year, taking over Payday from their father, Andy.

Eric and Danny Kline will part ways – amicably – next year. (more…)

A subsidiary of Suffolk-based TowneBank has acquired three insurance agencies, expanding the company’s footprint in central Virginia.

Towne Insurance has added Chesterfield-based Invincia Insurance Solutions, Midlothian-based Total Insurance Planning and B.H. Baird Insurance, based in Warsaw, to its portfolio, the company said. The agencies will not change their names, leadership or locations. (more…)

Outlet: The Virginian-Pilot
© September 20, 2015

WHEN SUFFOLK wins a new business, Virginia Beach benefits. And vice versa.

That premise underlies the principle of regional cooperation, on economic development or anything else. All the leaders of all the cities of Hampton Roads pledge at least notional allegiance to that cause.

Their practice, however, is a different matter. (more…)

OUTLET: Virginian Pilot

He’s gotten crafty on Chopped. He’s gotten competitive on Cutthroat Kitchen. He’s put his reputation on the line on Iron Chef America. Now he’s cooking in Virginia Beach.

The Food Network’s Jet Tila will be the celebrity chef at the second annual Celebrity Chef Cooking Demonstration and Dinner at Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay. (more…)

OUTLET: WTVR Channel 6

MIDLOTHIAN, Va. – All children want to run and play, but that is hard do when you’re battling cancer. That’s why some local angels spent the day creating a fun zone in a Midlothian child’s backyard. Three-year-old Claire Drennan is undergoing cancer treatments as she battles acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, but the volunteers gave her a reason to smile today.

They surprised her with something she can play with for years to come, but the gift will also help with her rehabilitation as she fights for life.

On this Thursday morning a group of about 30 volunteers got together for the special cause to surprise Claire with a new playset. (more…)

OUTLET: Daily Press

Did you know that only 7 percent of Williamsburg’s workers actually live there? Local economists point out in a new report that just because a city hosts certain jobs doesn’t mean that city gets all the benefit.

This point is echoed throughout the Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance-commissioned report on economic co-dependence in Hampton Roads which was released Monday. (more…)