Feedback for Feb. 13; HRBT, LED lights, and pensions
HRBT closure •Your reporter needs to do his homework on the article on the HRBT on the front page (Wednesday). The closure was prompted after inspectors found the panel was out of position? One of the...
View ArticleCheck out the latest board appointments by Gov. McAuliffe
Hampton Roads professionals have been named to the Virginia Port Authority Board, the Board for Architects, the Council on Aging and the Governor's Advisory Council on Revenue Estimates. Here are the...
View ArticleReader feedback for May 30: Angelou mourned, swimming facility proposed for...
Maya Angelou's passing Famous poet Maya Angelou, who died Wednesday, made multiple appearances in Hampton Roads. Jennifer Webb: (Bowing) with love and the utmost respect to a phenomenal woman. ... She...
View ArticleReader feedback Sept. 30: People Express, Wilson family farm, art exhibit,...
Second time around •Jerry, Hampton: Just reading the article, looks like People Express has bit the dust a second time. How much have local governments and the airport commission lost? Editor: Great...
View ArticleCoastal flood advisory in effect until midnight for parts of Peninsula
The National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood advisory for York, Newport News,...
View ArticleReader feedback April 1: Ragin trial, Pearl Bailey's birthplace, poetry...
Ragin trial •Shreve: Excellent coverage of the (John Ragin capital murder) trial. I would like to know if it ever came out in trial the whereabouts of Mr. Ragin's 5-year-old son while his mother and...
View ArticleReader feedback April 10: Wahoo, birds, Living Here
Who's that Hoo? •I just have a correction in the sports section (Tuesday). There was an article about Teven Jones leaving U.Va. and there was a picture of...
View ArticleReader feedback May 22: Designer drugs, headlights, prom
Designer drugs •In your series about spice, you mentioned bath salts once. What is the difference between the two? Editor: Spice is a cannabinoid — or man-made mixture of plant leaves and stems sprayed...
View ArticleReader feedback: Tax rate, pronoun, BET, and bulbs
Property tax rate •Lee, Hampton: In the Sunday (March 9) paper, there was a front page article concerning where our local governments get their revenue and where it is spent. There is a reference to...
View ArticleReader feedback for March 27: Oysters, funeral list
Oysters in the James •Fred, Hampton: Tamara Dietrich's article about PCBs in the James River (Tuesday) mentions all the fish we should and should not eat, because of the high levels of PCBs still found...
View ArticleReader feedback for June 12: Graduates, tax bills
High School Graduates •In (Monday's) paper for Heritage and Menchville High School graduation, they have class of "2013." I think it's supposed to be class of 2014. In Sunday's paper, for Warwick High...
View ArticleNatGeo Loses Its Compass
'To hell with looking for the truth, where's the simplest drama located ?' The National Geographic Channel is known for high-quality nature shows, non-fiction programs and factual documentaries,...
View ArticleWine-Related and Otherwise in Emerging Finger Lakes, NY
Most of the eleven bodies of water that collectively form the Finger Lakes in upstate New York are long and thin, as if The Wolverine had slashed through a swath of 9,000 square miles with all ten...
View ArticleSaturday's local and college multi-sport roundup: Gloucester Post 75 wins...
Baseball: American Legion: Gloucester Post 75 has reached a winner-take-all title game in the state Junior American Legion tournament in Colonial Heights. Post 75 won 12-3 over Chesapeake Post 280...
View ArticleReader feedback June 26: Thalhimers, Voodoo
Thalhimers location? Jerry, Hampton: I thought somebody might ask this question about the June 15 article on Tracy's Restaurant closing: Where was Thalhimers in downtown Newport News? Editor: It...
View ArticleReader feedback April 17: Comic changes, bridge-tunnel construction, HR...
Comic changes •Ted, Hampton: You said about mid-March in a Facebook reply to me that an announcement on the new comic would be coming "shortly." Seems "shortly" has become "longly." At least you could...
View ArticleReader feedback for 1/23: Rex Morgan, Susquehanna River basin
Rex Morgan, M.D. •Shonnie: I know this is not the responsibility of the Daily Press, but what is going on with the comic strip, "Rex Morgan M.D." The characters are being drawn differently. It looks...
View ArticleReader feedback for June 5: Road work, taxes, weather
Road work postponed •Ann: Why didn't the Daily Press print information about Westbound Interstate 64 entrance blockages Thursday night in Norfolk? Hampton residents were blindsided trying to get home...
View ArticleReader feedback for 1/30
Langley buffer zone •Ann, Hampton: I'm calling in reference to your headline, Langley Buffer Zone costs Hampton $3 million. Your writer's byline, I do not recognize the name, but I ask, in your picture...
View ArticleSafe ride is top rule of the road
Whether hosting a blessing for bike riders in the area or gathering for meet-and-greet sessions, members of the Suffolk chapter of the Christian Motorcyclists Association get together just about...
View ArticleFeedback for Thursday, Jan. 16
Honor rolls ••Susan, Newport News: You featured the honor rolls of students in middle schools and elementary, except you left out Hilton and Hidenwood. I'm wondering when you're going to post those?...
View ArticleHampton Roads' worst winters
Despite the onslaught of some of the coldest temperatures recorded in two decades, the early winter weather of 2014 falls far short of many prolonged arctic blasts that have struck Hampton Roads in the...
View ArticleRemembering the bitter winter of 1977
When the coldest temperatures recorded in two decades gripped Hampton Roads earlier this week, the brutal 1977 winter that froze the region's waterways and covered its landscape with snow was what many...
View ArticleReader feedback for Thursday, Jan. 9
Curtiss Flying School •Suzy, Yorktown: Fascinating article about Glenn Curtiss' flying school. Readers might like to know that the really excellent Glenn H. Curtiss Museum is in Hammondsport, N.Y., in...
View ArticleFeedback for Wednesday, Jan. 8
Schools deal with frigid temperatures Schools throughout Hampton Roads delayed school because of extreme cold temperatures Tuesday. Daily Press readers disagreed on the decision. • Travis Swicegood:...
View ArticleReader feedback Oct. 8: Word choice, Yorktown Day and a surprise
•Outstanding front page Friday. Two pictures are worth a thousand words. Keep up the good work. Editor: I assume you are referring to the story headlined, "Front lines of sea-level rise: Regional...
View ArticleHampton Roads' most famous ships
With two of the nation's most storied shipyards toiling on its shores, Hampton Roads has long been known as the builder of some of the world's most historic naval vessels. Here are stand-out hulls from...
View ArticleReader feedback Sept. 23: Newport News theater organist, Peninsula soccer
Newport News theater organist •Ed, Hampton: On the Feedback about the theaters, the organ was in the Paramount Theater. The organist's name was Gladys Lyle. She would play about a half hour before the...
View ArticleMuseum Painting Acquisition for Professor Ruth Connell (Morgan State University)
(Source: Morgan State University) The Glenn H. Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport, New York has selected an art work by architect, educator, and artist Ruth Connell for the museum's permanent collection....
View ArticleReader feedback August 8: Daily Press redesign, McDonnell trial
•Charles: I appreciate the new approach you are taking with the DP. I lived in York County for 28 years before moving back to Newport News in 1996. I am still very interested in what goes in York...
View ArticleFeedback: James Garner, derailment, Hampton school raises and more
•Steve, Poquoson: Thanks for the James Garner editorial obituary. It was the only write-up of the many I've seen that came right out and said that Garner's Jim Rockford "was among the greatest of all...
View ArticleBest routes for a fall drive through the Finger Lakes
With its vibrant fall foliage, there's no better time than October to take a scenic drive through the Finger Lakes region. Here are some of our favorite jaunts. (Thanks, FingerLakes.com, for bringing...
View ArticleA multimillion-dollar challenge: rain
At some point in the next year to 18 months, you may spot some reeds poking up along the western shore of Coliseum Lake — an early sign of an intensifying effort to keep rain from washing fish-, crab-...
View ArticlePhoto contest, camellias and home show
A Chesapeake woman won the USDA's Cutest Bird Photo Contest for December, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "Buff Orpington Hen and Baby" by Shelley Pringle is posted...
View ArticleReader feedback June 3: 'American Pickers' and animals with rabies
'American Pickers' filming •I'd heard "American Pickers" came to Smithfield and hated to miss that. Could you follow up on that story, where they picked? I'm looking forward to seeing the program when...
View ArticleHistory review: ‘Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle...
In mid-December 1903, Orville Wright executed a “controlled, powered, heavier-than-air flight by a human being.” Orville and his older brother Wilbur had solved the “flight problem” that had long...
View ArticleReader Feedback April 20: City car use, Eastern Shore fires, Affordable Care...
•The article on the motor pool use by Newport News City Council members provided nothing of substance. It did not uncover any misuse, which was surely the intent of the investigation. A third party was...
View ArticleSept. 15 Letters: Clean bay, Mark Warner, same-sex marriage
Reducing impact on bay The lower Chesapeake Bay has indeed been fortunate in dodging oxygen-starved dead zones this summer ("Virginia's lower bay dodges the record dead zone of the upper bay," Sept....
View ArticleTicket Extras! Things to do this weekend and beyond
Every Friday in Ticket, the Daily Press offers suggestions on things to do over the weekend and upcoming events to plan for. There are often lots more that won't fit into the print sections. So look...
View ArticleNWS Yorktown Sailors Help Clean the Bay (The United States Navy)
(Source: The United States Navy) YORKTOWN, Va. (NNS) -- Sailors from Naval Weapons Station (WPNSTA) Yorktown and its tenant commands joined in the 27th annual "Clean the Bay Day" and picked up trash...
View ArticleReader feedback Aug. 20: Closed street, whale watching
Street closed after accident A residential street near Riverside Elementary School in Newport News was blocked off Tuesday morning after a city truck hit a power pole, causing it to catch on fire....
View ArticleReader feedback Aug. 21: Photo choices, USS Enterprise
Photo choices • Barbara, Newport News: I object to the picture you have on the Wednesday, Aug. 13, front page, under the headline "One swimmer dead, one missing in creek." I think it's very poor...
View ArticleAviation pioneer's upstate NY museum set to reopen soon
Officials at the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum of Aviation History in the Finger Lakes village of Hammondsport tell the Star-Gazette of Elmira (http://stargaz.tt/1ruxaKh ) that they're on schedule for a soft...
View ArticleA look at some of Hampton Roads' most famous ships
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — With two of the nation's most storied shipyards toiling on its shores, Hampton Roads has long been known as the builder of some of the world's most historic naval vessels. Here are...
View ArticleReader feedback June 29: Hampton, Medicaid, Times-Herald
All-America City •Susan: Hampton was named an All-America City, one of 10 in the nation, and that's the best you can do? A tiny piece at the bottom of Page 6 in the June 17 edition? Editor: Did we...
View ArticleFourth of July events
Hampton July 4th Fireworks Cruise. Friday, July 4. 7:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m. Board at 7 p.m. The Miss Hampton II harbor cruise sails with dancing, complimentary snacks, a full service bar and a snack bar....
View ArticleFeedback for Tuesday, Jan. 14
Cold weather Ray, Poquoson: My comment today is, I want to thank you, Daily Press. I always depend on you for my weather and tidal reports. My only wish for 2014 is that global warming speeds up. I...
View ArticleNaval Weapons Station Yorktown in line for funding
The 2015 Defense Department budget introduced Tuesday sets aside nearly $49 million for a new complex at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, the largest single appropriation for a military construction...
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