Application Inflation
The numbers keep rising, the superlatives keep glowing. Each year, selective colleges tout their application totals, along with the virtues of their applicants.
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:25 AM EDT
Big savings!
Look for 120 pages of coupons worth $853, and valuable holiday toy offers in Saturday's Gazette.
Friday, November 5, 2010 3:40 PM EDT
W&M; improves sustainability grade
From W&M; News
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:25 AM EDT
Local company's employee gives back
From PRLog
Friday, November 5, 2010 11:35 AM EDT
Experience the Arts! WIN a "Night in the Box" at the Ferguson Center for the Arts!
Please look for your entry form in your Virginia Gazette.
Friday, November 5, 2010 10:43 AM EDT
Jazz great Chick Corea to perform during Festival Williamsburg
WILLIAMSBURG — The Virginia Arts Festival announced its season, including the popular “Festival Williamsburg,” Thursday at the Williamsburg Inn.
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:25 AM EDT
Tribe gets votes in mid-major basketball poll
From Tribe Athletics
Friday, November 5, 2010 9:25 AM EDT
Ware auction will include 107-acre farm, 39 other properties
JAMES CITY -- An auction of Colonial Town Shopping Center by the Ware family will include much more than the strip center in Norge. This time, the family is even selling the farm.
Thursday, November 4, 2010 8:57 AM EDT
6 set for induction into ITA Hall of Fame at W&M;
WILLIAMSBURG -- Wimbledon doubles champion JoAnne Russell, an All-American at Trinity University in Texas, will be among the class of six former student-athletes/coaches to be inducted into the ITA Women’s Collegiate Hall of Fame in a ceremony held on the William & Mary campus on Nov. 13.
Thursday, November 4, 2010 8:57 AM EDT
Bud's U.S. gamble could pay off
As befits a brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev is always up for a fight. Two years after its ill-timed takeover of Budweiser, the Brazilian-Belgian beer giant is taking on its own customers, gambling that U.S. beer drinkers will swallow above-inflation price increases despite the sluggish economic recovery.
Thursday, November 4, 2010 8:57 AM EDT
3 quickly step up for School Board
WILLIAMSBURG — After nearly a decade on the WJC School Board, city rep John Alewynse is vacating his seat. Already three people have applied to succeed him.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 8:50 AM EDT
More pets given up by struggling folks
YORK –– “We are being inundated with surrenders of cats and dogs from people who are either laid off or unemployed,” said Robin Bledsoe at the Heritage Humane Society. “Many have lost their homes as well and are leaving the area.”
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 8:50 AM EDT
EDITORIAL: The next intrigue
So much for the election. What passed for intrigue was the blowup at the eleventh hour among the supervisors over the stormwater referendum in James City.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 8:50 AM EDT
LETTER: Dangerous intersection
On Friday, Oct. 22, at 5:30 p.m. my family was rerouted by police around yet another major rear-end accident at the dangerous offset corners of Route 5, Centerville Road and Greensprings Road.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 2:25 AM EDT
Lou Catron taught theater and life
Retired Prof. Louis E. Catron died Oct. 30 after a long illness. He was noted for his direction of popular William & Mary Theatre musicals, classical plays, modern dramas and comedies.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 8:50 AM EDT
Report: W&M; tuition hike outpaces national average
WILLIAMSBURG -- Tuition for undergrads at the College of William & Mary is up 12.9% this year for in-state students and 9% for out-of-state students. The increases are larger than in years past, and the in-state hike is above the national average, according to a new tuition report by the College Board.
Thursday, November 4, 2010 8:57 AM EDT
AB InBev profits fall 7% for third quarter
MADRID -- Anheuser-Busch InBev has reported net income for the third quarter fell 7.2%, according to MarketWatch. The losses were blamed on weak volumes in North America and Western Europe.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 7:39 AM EDT
Chinese drywall creating tension in Williamsburg neighborhood
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 10:01 AM EDT
Stormwater flushed
JAMES CITY — The stormwater referendum swirled down the drain Tuesday as 64% of county voters voted no confidence.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 8:52 AM EDT
Wittman breezes to easy win
Riding the Republican wave that swept across the state and the nation Tuesday night, Rep. Rob Wittman (R-1st) easily won re-election, defeating his Democratic opponent Krystal Ball with 64% of the vote and 88% of precincts reporting.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 8:50 AM EDT
Protest expected Wednesday at local DMV
WILLIAMSBURG -- Protestors are expected to gather outside the DMV office on Merrimac Trail Wednesday to challenge Gov. Bob McDonnell on what they call his "war on immigrants.”
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 8:50 AM EDT
Workforce center to host job fair Nov. 9
JAMES CITY -- Williamsburg employers will be hiring staff as they gear up for the holiday season.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 9:21 AM EDT
W&M; Honor Council could lose funding
WILLIAMSBURG -- Legislation intended to protect student rights could strip funding from the Honor Council at the College of William & Mary.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 10:12 AM EDT
WJC Education Foundation elects new board members
JAMES CITY -- The directors of the Williamsburg James City Education Foundation announced Monday election of three new board members: M. Anderson Bradshaw, Alan Graham and Leo Rogers.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 9:21 AM EDT
Flu shots given Nov. 13 at King of Glory Lutheran
JAMES CITY -- Flu shots will be given on Saturday. Nov. 13, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at King of Glory Lutheran Church on Longhill Road.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 9:21 AM EDT
Lanexa man killed in car crash
NEW KENT – One man is dead following a single vehicle crash last Thursday in Providence Forge .
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 9:21 AM EDT
Top 2 QBs likely out for Tribe
WILLIAMSBURG -- Brent Caprio threw his first collegiate pass for William & Mary duing last Saturday's loss to North Carolina. Hil Hail Mary was intercepted.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 9:21 AM EDT
No.11 Tribe travels to No.2 Maryland
From W&M; News
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 9:21 AM EDT
Belk Charity Sale helps nonprofits and youths
JAMES CITY — The local Belk department store is preparing for its semi-annual Charity Sale this weekend, an event that has raised more than $22 million in its brief history.
Monday, November 1, 2010 8:48 AM EDT
Williamsburg's GuideStar pushes quiet revolution
In a second-floor office suite a couple of miles from the College of William and Mary, more than 40 workers are quietly engineering what their managers describe as a revolution in the world of philanthropy.
Monday, November 1, 2010 8:48 AM EDT
Saturday's Last Word on Friday
Local elections
Friday, November 5, 2010 3:40 PM EDT
Wednesday's Last Word on Tuesday
Stormwater bond
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 12:17 PM EDT
Saturday's Last Word on Friday
On the ballot
Friday, October 29, 2010 11:09 AM EDT
Wednesday's Last Word on Tuesday
Bay cleanup
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 11:23 AM EDT