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JYF Honors Staff, Volunteers for Service
For their commitment to two local living history museums, the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation has honored 60 of its employees and 128 volunteers. The Foundation, which administers Jamestown Settlement...
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McAuliffe Announces New Effort to Expand Medicaid, Issues Budget Vetoes
Gov. Terry McAuliffe has announced a new plan to pursue Medicaid expansion while vetoing several provisions in the budget recently passed by the General Assembly, including language prohibiting him...
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JCC Citizens Praise Transportation System, Want Improvements to Bike, Walking...
Over the course of three days, a team of James City County citizens tasked with gathering citizen input on the county’s future growth hosted information sessions and invited citizens to respond to a...
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This Week in Crime: Scammers Target Williamsburg Residents; Man Charged with...
The Williamsburg Police Department received another report of scammers targeting Williamsburg residents by using their contact information as part of a scheme. A man is accused of pulling a gun on a...
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WJCC School Board Approves Contract for Rawls Byrd Fence
A Hopke & Associates rendering of the planned fence at Rawls Byrd Elementary. Rawls Byrd Elementary School will soon have a safer campus, as a construction company is slated to build a fence around...
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Horror Convention Predicted to Bring Thousands to Williamsburg Area
The Candyman, Elvira, Ghostbusters’ Walter Peck, and Captain Spaulding from The Devil’s Rejects and House of 1000 Corpses are preparing to appear at a horror convention at the DoubleTree by Hilton in...
View ArticlePublic Safety Training Drill Scheduled in Lightfoot Today
James City County will be participating in a public safety training at the former Williamsburg Outlet Mall at Richmond and Centerville roads in Lightfoot today and Wednesday. Emergency and police...
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Former JCC Supervisor Jim Icenhour Appointed to Board of Veterans Services
Jim Icenhour Former James City County Supervisor Jim Icenhour is one of the newest members to the state’s Board of Veterans Services. Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) announced Friday that Icenhour, who served...
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Republican House Speaker Throws Out Medicaid Spending Veto
Though the state’s budget is now finalized, Virginia House of Delegates Speaker William J. Howell declared Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s veto of a provision concerning funding for an expansion of Medicaid out...
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Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Fundraising Board Gets New President, Member
Philip Morris USA’s president and CEO was elected to serve as president of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Inc. Board of Directors. Clifford Fleet, who heads the largest cigarette manufacturing...
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JCC Emergency Responders to Complete Training for Oil Spills, Train Derailment
James City County emergency responders are completing additional training to ensure they are prepared for accidents involving trains carrying crude oil. The county’s Deputy Fire Chief Ryan Ashe on...
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JCC Assistant Economic Development Director to Depart for Danville
Telly Tucker James City County’s Assistant Director of Economic Development Telly Tucker will leave the county for a director position in a city near the North Carolina border. Tucker will leave his...
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Racing Commission to Colonial Downs: Accept 2015 Schedule by July 1
Thoroughbred horse racing at Colonial Downs appears increasingly unlikely for the 2014 season, though it may be inevitable for the 2015 season as the Virginia Racing Commission has ordered the New Kent...
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Saint Bede Explores Doubling Church Size
A Hopke & Associates rendering shows the two proposed buildings next to the existing church (red) and new parking (orange and blue). The two recreation areas (red dashed lines) were not supported....
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JCC Police: Officer Found Boy Walking with Concealed Handgun at Night
A 15-year-old is facing charges after police say he was found walking along Penniman Road on Wednesday night with a handgun tucked into the waistband of his pants. Maj. Stephen Rubino of the James...
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JCC Historical Commission Honors Groups for Work to Preserve County Heritage
Those responsible for helping to protect three historical sites in James City County were awarded the 2014 Historical Preservation Awards. The James City County Historical Commission on Tuesday...
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Wine and Design Prepares to Leave Williamsburg Arts District, Move to James...
After nearly two years in the City of Williamsburg’s Arts District, Wine and Design has grown too big for its Bacon Avenue space, the owner said. Jennifer Oberman fulfilled her longtime goal of owning...
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JCC Commission to Consider Request to Rent Winston Drive Home to Tourists
A James City County homeowner is seeking a permit to continue renting a Winston Drive home to tourists. The James City County Planning Commission on Wednesday will consider an application from Joanne...
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Scares That Care Weekend Brings Horror with Charity Mission
Many guests wore costumes to Scares That Care Weekend, a horror convention with a charitable goal (Hannah S. Ostroff/WYDaily) Witches, zombies and ghouls gathered at the DoubleTree Hotel this weekend....
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This Week in Crime: Man Accused of Choking Girlfriend; Handyman Accused of Fraud
A York County man told deputies someone he knew from high school robbed him. A Virginia Beach man is accused of choking his girlfriend after they argued at Busch Gardens. A handyman is accused of...
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