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FW: The Tidewater Area-Author Unknown
By Jesse Scaccia
If you live in the Freemason area of Norfolk your mayor is not named Fraim. You report to Admiral Jack Kavanaugh, and in Jack we trust.
Atlantis Found?
By Grant Cothran
Billionaire businessman Peter Siden plans to make a major economic announcement in Norfolk in July. In a statement today, the CEO of Siden Corporation promised “a world-changing broadcast” during an upcoming press release, slated for July 1 at Nauticus in Norfolk.
Spotlight on Local Charities: Avalon, A Center for Women and Children
By Cassie Scarboro
For the last 31 years, Avalon: A Center for Women and Children has provided emergency shelter, transitional housing, crisis intervention, and counseling services to more than 10,000 local survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and poverty-driven homelessness.
Spotlight on Giving Locally: St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children
By Jesse Scaccia
When he was born, the doctor told his mother that prom was one of many life experiences that Colton would never get to enjoy because of those disabilities… St. Mary’s made prom happen for Colton.
Spotlight on Giving: Hampton Roads Community Foundation
By Jesse Scaccia
“Over the decades our two merging foundations have awarded more than $140 million in grants and helped more than 3,600 people attend college.”
The Virginian-You
By Jesse Scaccia
The Pilot’s publisher spoke candidly to a neighborhood group about the future of the paper, the fact that The Pilot is a media company (not a newspaper company), and changes in revenue streams.
Remembrance: Three Years Ago in Blacksburg
By Liz McClendon
I don’t know about anywhere else, but in Blacksburg, sometimes the wind blows so fast it’s hard to breathe – it was one of those days.
Minor Innovations in New Journalism Revenue Streams
By AltDaily Staff
So we have some ideas. We are offering these as both ideas for which we seek partners, and also for other small indie outlets to steal.
First Person: Life at the Morgue
By Jane Morgan
Ten things you may not have known about the business of death, straight from the mouth of a mortician.
Swag Swap? What’s Dat?
By Jesse Scaccia
An interview with the founder of Norfolk’s Swag Swap, Alicia Stoner. The event will take place this Saturday at The Warehouse in Ghent from 11am to 3pm.
From Norfolk to Hollywood, and Everything in Between
By Christine Dore
Last week, it was announced that the marketing department at PETA, which I am a part of, will be relocating to Los Angeles starting this summer.
Live Blog from the Late Afternoon @ TEDxNASA
By Jesse Scaccia
The best ideas, quotes, and Jesse’s observations from the late afternoon session of the TED.com and NASA idea conference. (Including an appearance from the Oprafamous Mitch Albom.)
Early Afternoon Sessions at TEDxNASA
By Hannah Serrano
More live blogging from the Ferguson Center, where we are listening to riveting talks by remarkable people at TEDxNASA.
Morning Sessions at TEDxNASA
By Hannah Serrano
Live blog from the Ferguson Center, where a few dozen speakers are giving lectures on fields as diverse as creativity, robotics, song, intrigue and bio energetics.
Disaster in the Philippines, and How You Can Help
By Hannah Serrano
“I don’t know if Americans knew exactly how bad it was,” said Maria Lopez, who resides in Manila. “There’s one evacuation center the size of a basketball court. On one side are beds for people to sleep in. And on the other side are coffins.”
We promise it’s more interesting than your aunt’s family newsletters
By Hannah Serrano
Check out our newsletter for our choices for the top seven stories of the last month, plus other news from the world of AltDaily.
I Love a Mark in Uniform
By Hannah Serrano
An article in Mother Jones exposes “the sleazebucket car dealers who prey on our troops.” The perps: Hampton Roads area used car salesmen.
Public Service Announcement: Dress Appropriately for Summer Weather at The Office
By Brendan Kennedy
Dress appropriately for work, because you end up turning off the AC.
Is this new batch of terrorists made of plutonium? Perhaps they have mutant powers.
By Brendan Kennedy
…let’s quit this bullshit already and get some due process.
energySMART Rep Christy Morton at Green Drinks
By Leslie Holthoff
Tonight, Christy Morton, Energy Conservation Specialist at Virginia Natural Gas, speaks to Green Drinkers at The Boot.
Octuplets story becomes more and more bizzare
By Brendan Kennedy
Indeed… the mother of these octoplets also has six other children… that she had by herself as a single parent…through in vitro fertilization…and she filed for bankruptcy in 2008 before having them, so nobody knows how she’s going to pay for them.
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There are No Bad Dog, Just Dogs That Haven’t Been to Norfolk K9 Academy
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“They don’t start off bad,” Lisa said. “There are no dogs that are born bad. But life, and what happens, and people’s reaction to them can turn them.”








