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 27th at 8pm. Guy shared this message via video on the upcoming openings courtesy of Citizen Pictures.
Category: Press Releases
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.
NORFOLK, VA (March 18, 2019) – A homecoming parade is coming to Chesapeake on Saturday, March 30 but not the kind you might expect.
That’s because members of the Porsche Club of America – First Settlers Region will drive 20 Porsche sport cars up and down Marcus Street in the Crestwood area of Chesapeake to celebrate the Mulrain family as new homeowners through Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads.
The local Porsche club is an integral part of this particular Habitat home as the organization raised over $70,000 in monetary and material donations from its members to support the cause. The club members also spent hundreds of collective hours volunteering on the construction site.
All the fundraising and home building will conclude with a home dedication ceremony at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 30 at the house (527 Marcus Street).
“We are so grateful to the Porsche Club of America – First Settlers Region,” says Frank Hruska, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads. “They have been a perfect partner and a great example of how community groups and Habitat SHR can work together.”
Media is encouraged to arrive no later than 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 30 to capture the “Porsche parade” and then the dedication ceremony.
Virginia Beach, VA- Towne Insurance, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TowneBank, announced the addition of Straus, Itzkowitz & LeCompte Insurance, a full-service, independent agency located in Richmond, VA. This will mark the 23rd acquisition for Virginia-based Towne Insurance.
“This new addition to Towne Insurance is a great fit to partner with as they show the same dedication to growth as we do,” said Dudley Fulton, President & CEO of Towne Insurance. “We are thrilled to welcome Fred Itzkowitz, Pettus LeCompte and their whole team to the Towne Family.” (more…)
