October 16, 2019 (Norfolk, Va.) – ACCESS College Foundation will hold its 2019 Annual Luncheon at Noon on October 22, 2019 at Norfolk Waterside Marriott. Since 1988, ACCESS has assisted nearly 70,000 local public high school students with enrolling in a certification or degree program.

Each fall ACCESS stages this event to thank its family of supporters throughout Hampton Roads, Northampton County and Western Tidewater, as well as report annual accomplishments to stakeholders and the community. Over 350 members of the business community will be in attendance this year. (more…)

Norfolk, VA — Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads and local Bank of America employees will come together in Chesapeake (1902 Stonehurst Street) as part of Bank of America’s sixth Global Build. From October 5-12, a record number of nearly 2,800 bank volunteers worldwide are working alongside homeowners to help build, rehabilitate or repair homes, helping to address affordable housing needs in 107 communities across nine countries, the largest Global Build to date.

“Affordable housing is fundamental for individuals and families to achieve economic mobility,” said Charlie Henderson, Hampton Roads Senior Vice President and Market President for Bank of America. “Renewing our partnership with Habitat for Humanity and engaging our employee volunteers is one way we can help empower our community as part of our approach to responsible growth.”

Bank of America in Hampton Roads and Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads have partnered since 2004. In that time, the Bank of America Foundation has provided significant funding for five homes in Virginia Beach and nine homes in Suffolk.

The build events in Chesapeake are part of the week-long effort that takes place throughout Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Singapore, South Africa and the U.S.

Habitat and Bank of America have partnered nationally for more than 30 years, helping homeowners build or improve the places they call home. Each year, #BofAVolunteers give more than 40,000 hours to Habitat in their communities through board service, home build initiatives and financial literacy training for future Habitat homeowners.

HAMPTON, VA (June 11, 2019) – Guy Fieri’s Dive & Taco Joint and Guy Fieri’s Pizza Parlor, two concepts by chef, restaurateur, New York Times Best Selling author and Emmy winning TV host, Guy Fieri, will be opening at the Power Plant Hampton Roads dining and entertainment district on June 27^th at 8pm. Guy shared this message via video on the upcoming openings courtesy of Citizen Pictures.

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An attorney for eight people who claim they were sexually abused by a youth group leader at Immanuel Baptist Church in Chesterfield County, Virginia between 2008-2015 has filed a motion to add the Southern Baptist Convention, the Baptist General Association of Virginia, and the Petersburg Baptist Association as defendants to a civil suit already pending against the church and three individuals seeking more than $82-million in compensatory and punitive damages as well as medical expenses. (more…)

Queen of Virginia Skill and Entertainment disagrees with the position of the Commonwealth Attorney in Charlottesville that our machines are gambling devices and therefore violate state law. Before Queen of Virginia brought the first terminal to the Old Dominion more than two years ago, our attorneys and compliance personnel met with Commonwealth Attorneys in a host of localities including Charlottesville to show them that our games are predominantly skill based and therefore legal. When we became aware two weeks ago that the new Commonwealth Attorney in Charlottesville, Joseph Platania, had concerns, we furnished his office with a packet of information and more importantly, requested an in-person meeting with him and his staff. That has yet to take place. (more…)

Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads is proud to take part in a special community event on Tuesday, June 4th in Chesapeake from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. (1223 Keats Street).

A collection of volunteers from Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads, Home Depot, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and the Hampton Roads REALTORS Association (HRRA) and Casone Enterprises will come together to repair the home of Brandi Jones. The single mother is a Navy Veteran Seabee who completed deployments in Japan and Puerto Rico. (more…)

WHAT: ACCESS College Foundation, which aids public school students with their college admission and financial aid processes in South Hampton Roads and Northampton County, will award 150 local high school graduates with scholarships during its 2019 annual luncheon on June 19th. The total scholarship amount for ACCESS’ 30th graduating class is over $800,000. (more…)

Irvin Cantor and Jeffrey Breit grew up in different parts of Virginia (Cantor in Richmond, Breit in Virginia Beach), graduated from law school a year apart (Cantor in 1978 from the University of Virginia, Breit from Tulane in 1979), and later became great friends and two of the most heralded trial attorneys in their home state.

Each has been president of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and routinely recognized as among America’s “Super Lawyers” and the nation’s top litigators. In Richmond, the legal community considers Cantor, Stoneburner, Ford, Grana and Buckner one of Virginia’s top brain injury and medical malpractice firms. In Hampton Roads, Breit, Drescher and Imprevento is viewed as the “go-to” practice for complex personal injury cases. (more…)

April 22, 2019 (Norfolk, Va.) – Imagine the energy generated by 2,000
18-year olds looking ahead excitedly to high school graduation and to their next step in life, college.

Nearly 2,000 local high school seniors, many the first in their families to be able to continue their education, will converge on the floor of The Ted Constant Center at Old Dominion University. Prompted from the stage by popular local DJ Shaggy, they will clap, stomp and cheer for each other, making the fourth annual College Commitment Day, sponsored by Access College Foundation, one of the loudest and most visual events of the year. (more…)

Greenville, NC– TowneBank will officially open its newest office in North Carolina with a ribbon cutting at 2839 South Charles Boulevard in Greenville on Tuesday, March 19, at 5:30 p.m. Among those in attendance will be TowneBank executive chairman G. Robert Aston, Jr., Jim Clement, chairman of the board TowneBank of Greenville and president Towne Insurance Central North Carolina, Greenville Mayor P.J. Connelly, and other civic and business leaders from the local area.

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