Daily Press - Middle Peninsula News

Union Baptist yielded 4 offspring

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Union Baptist Church was started about 1775 by Iverson Lewis, who also established a church in Mathews.

Business goes on as court date looms

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Supervisors interviewed county administrator hopefuls while recall petitions are organized.

In its first meeting since four members were indicted by a special grand jury, the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors went into closed session Tuesday afternoon to begin interviewing candidates for county administrator.

For West Point unit, return is 'awesome'

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Happy families welcome home the Army National Guard's 237th Engineer Company.

The combat engineers of the Virginia Army National Guard's 237th Engineer Company filed into the small West Point High School gym to an ear-splitting ovation. Untold willpower kept families in the bleachers as their men stood in formation, so close, and safe.

Guard unit that lost four returning

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The West Point-based 237th Engineer Company will be welcomed back Sunday.

The West Point-based 237th Engineer Company of the Virginia Army National Guard will return home from Iraq on Sunday evening.

New Kent County wins financial reporting award

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:05:00 -0400

The New Kent County Financial Services Department has won a Certificate for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the fourth year in a row, from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada.

More Newport News road closures coming Tuesday

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:33:00 -0400

University Place and Prince Drew Road will be closed for two weeks beginning at 10 p.m. on Tuesday due to construction on Warwick Boulevard.

Seven local Little Sue Marts to reopen as 7-Elevens today

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The seven Little Sue Marts in Gloucester and the Middle Peninsula are changing over to 7-Elevens today. The locations in Ordinary and Deltaville will have grand opening celebrations from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with entertainment, food, drinks and discounts – including free Utz potato chips and Hostess Twinkees to the first 1,000 customers.

Pipe installation next week may cause Warwick delays

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:50:00 -0400

Motorists should expect additional nighttime delays beginning Monday on Warwick Boulevard from Nutmeg Quarter to Sweetbriar Drive from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. for pipe installation.

Setting sail on journey of lifetime

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The 26-year-old, along with a cousin and two buddies, will set sail this fall on a five-year trip around the world.

One day when he was 8 years old, Newport News native Jesse Smith pointed to a map over his family's kitchen table and, like many dreamers, announced that he would one day step foot on all of the world's continents.

Gloucester developer's woes worry homeowners

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

George Woodhouse's indictment leaves people in Dunston Hall with questions but no answers.

A road grader sits idle on the side of a gravel road, the last remaining sign of recent construction in the Dunston Hall subdivision on Short Lane Road.