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Longtime JCC Retirement Community Receives County Business Award
Williamsburg Landing has received an award from James City County for its contributions to the business community. The retirement community has operated from a site near the Williamsburg Jamestown...
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JCSA General Manager: Rate Increases Needed to Sustain Water, Sewer Services
The general manager of the James City Service Authority has called for rate increases that would about double the monthly bill for the average residential customer by 2025. The increased rates are...
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WJCC School Board Chairwoman Elected to Regional Position
Photo courtesy WJCC Schools. The chairwoman of the Williamsburg-James City County School Board will again serve as a regional leader for the Virginia School Boards Association. Ruth Larson (Berkeley)...
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Campana Waltz Opens Historic Triangle Office
Campana Waltz members cut the ribbon to the new office with James City County supervisors Kevin Onizuk (center) and Mary Jones (right). (Photo courtesy James City County) Commercial real-estate firm...
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This Week in Crime: Lafayette High School Teen Accused of Threatening Staff...
This week, York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested two women in separate Tabb Walmart shoplifting incidents. James City County Police received several reports of phone scams, and residents of...
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Police: Surry County Prosecutor Arrested for DUI after Ferry Accident
Gerald Poindexter (Courtesy Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail) James City County Police believe 73-year-old Surry County Commonwealth’s Attorney Gerald Glen Poindexter was driving under the influence...
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JCC Finance Director John McDonald Dies at 67
John McDonald (Photo courtesy James City County) James City County’s Financial and Management Services Director John McDonald died early Saturday morning of an apparent heart attack. He was 67,...
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For 20 Years, Community Services Center Has Met Many Needs in One Space
On Waller Mill Road, the recently renamed Historic Triangle Messmer Community Services Center provides space for multiple local service agencies. (Hannah S. Ostroff/WYDaily) A few years ago, a man...
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Owners Seek Different Future for Longtime Toano Farm
The Taylor family is seeking to change their Toano farm’s land designation to allow mixed use development. (Karen Peterson/WYDaily) When the Taylor family bought a farm near Anderson’s Corner in 1951,...
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Man Convicted of Stealing True Religion Jeans From Premium Outlets, Resisting...
Larry Jonie Adams (Courtesy Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail.) A Virginia Beach man accused of stealing $280 of clothing from a Williamsburg Premium Outlets store pleaded guilty Monday. Larry Jodie...
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Hampton Man Faces Up to 20 Years in Prison For Stealing From Sunglass Hut
The Williamsburg-James City County Courthouse After waiving a grand jury hearing, a 22-year-old Hampton man pleaded guilty Monday to stealing three pairs of sunglasses from a James City County store....
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JCC Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Marijuana
Steven Jermaine Jones (Photo courtesy Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail) A man who was facing a jury trial for a felony distribution of marijuana charge pleaded guilty Monday. Steven Jermaine Jones, 29,...
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Woman Pleads Guilty to Videotaping Herself Abusing Daughter in JCC Apartment
Kimberly Michelle Hines (Courtesy Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail) A 22-year-old woman faces up to 10 years in prison and $2,500 fine after she was convicted Monday of videotaping herself abusing her...
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Stonehouse Farm Owners Envision Future Industrial or Commercial Development
This map shows the parcels of land in yellow for which the owners are seeking a new designation. It is split in two by Interstate 64. (Photo courtesy James City County) The owners of longtime farmland...
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Volunteer Spotlight: Overturf Family Raises Puppy for Career as Service Dog...
Jim Overturf has owned many dogs in his life, but none, he said, are as special as Joanie. Joanie came to Jim and his wife Mona in October when she was eight weeks old, but the lab puppy is more...
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Cat, Dog Die in James City County House Fire
An accidental fire caused about $60,000 in damage to a home in the James Terrace neighborhood off Penniman Road on Monday night. Fire units from James City County, York County and the City of...
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WATA Turns to Technology to Better Inform Riders
(File photo) The Williamsburg Area Transit Authority has rolled out a new system of tracking its buses, allowing riders to use their phones and computers for real-time estimates of when their bus will...
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WJCC Introduces New Chief Financial Officer
Williamsburg-James City County Schools have a new chief financial officer. Christina Berta will take over as WJCC’s CFO on Jan. 5, replacing Terry Stone, who resigned from the position Aug. 19 to take...
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JCC Planners Approve Expansion of Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists Building
The sign for Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists on Ironbound Road. (Gregory Connolly/WYDaily) The James City County Planning Division voted unanimously Wednesday to support an expansion of the...
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WJCC Proposed Budget Priorities Focus on Student Achievement, Staff Incentives
Improving student performance and maintaining a competitive employment package dominated a set of proposed budget priorities presented to the Williamsburg-James City County School Board at its meeting...
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