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Hampton
PRESIDENTS DAY CLOSING LIST
City offices and schools will be closed Monday Feb. 18 for Presidents Day, and the date for some city services will be changed.
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TWP is partnering with WHRO to provide a tutoring program and peer mentoring for high school students. WHRO is an educational technology leader with 50 years of proven experience, developing purpose-built digital content for professional development, classroom instruction, and blended learning.
By Leonard E. Colvin
Chief Reporter
New Journal and Guide
The Southeastern Tidewater Opportunity Project of Hampton Roads (STOP Organization-Hampton Roads) is stepping up its fundraising efforts to ensure it capably serves the growing number of people slipping into poverty in the Hampton Roads region.
George Reed, the chairman of the anti-poverty organization’s board of directors, said in the coming weeks, the agency will be announcing a series of fundraising and outreach efforts to achieve its goal of $1 million dollars.
By Leonard E. Colvin
Chief Reporter
New Journal & Guide
Ida Maria Randall Sands, known by her fans, friends and relatives as “Tidewater’s Queen of Song,” died Janaury 14, according to a spokesman for the family. She was a local legend as a recording artist, performer, and songwriter who made her mark during the 1960s and 70s.
Sands was born in downtown Portsmouth, Virginia to a working class family in 1943. She was a product of the historic I.C. Norcom High School.
The songster honed her skills as a performer and singer in a family church in Portsmouth, developing a soulful and passionate voice which entertained thousands on stage, on records, the radio, and now the Internet and other social media.
By Randy Singleton
Community Affairs Correspondent
New Journal and Guide
NORFOLK
Virginia Beach City Councilwoman Dr. Amelia Ross-Hammond is always up for a challenge. On January 8, 2013, she was sworn in as a member of the Virginia Beach City Council representing the Kempsville District. She is the third African American in 15 years to serve as an elected official in Virginia Beach.
Hampton
The Virginia Air and Space Museum will host members of the Tidewater Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen on February 9 at 1 p.m. during a special salute to Black History Month.
By Leonard E. Colvin
Chief Reporter
New Journal and Guide
The second I.C. Norcom High School which was once located on Turnpike Road in Portsmouth was torn down in 1995, after serving the community for 42 years before it was replaced by the current facility.
While the old building is gone, some remnants of its physical existence still exist.
By Randy Singleton
Community Affairs Correspondent
New Journal and Guide
NORFOLK
The Urban League of Hampton Roads and Tidewater Community College hosted the 29th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Leaders’ Breakfast on Monday, January 21, 2013 at the Sheraton, Waterside. This year’s keynote speaker was the Honorable Lisa Hicks-Thomas, the Secretary of Administration for the Commonwealth of Virginia. WVEC TV-13 News Anchor LaSalle Blanks served as master of ceremony.
The 84th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was celebrated in Hampton Roads with a variety of events and speeches which recalled the 13 years of his leading the modern Civil Rights Movement and changing over 300 years of racial injustice in this country. This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington where Dr. King delivered his “I Have A Dream” speech and many speeches made note of that event.