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Nov 29, 2024 | 
virginiabusiness.com | Elizabeth Cooper
As coastal populations grow and traditional and novel maritime industries increase their use of the Atlantic Ocean, the state government is developing a comprehensive plan to support the coexistence of different uses of the ocean.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
virginiabusiness.com | Kate Andrews |Elizabeth Cooper
A U.S. port strike started Tuesday, impacting the Port of Virginia along with every other major port on the East and Gulf coasts. About 45,000 International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) workers walked off work after midnight, after the union hit an impasse late Monday with the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), which represents employers.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
virginiabusiness.com | Elizabeth Cooper
A steady breeze Offshore wind project on time, budget Published September 29, 2024 by Elizabeth Cooper Dominion Energy began installing monopile foundations off the Virginia Beach coast in 2024 for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind farm.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
virginiabusiness.com | Elizabeth Cooper
After three decades recruiting businesses to Norfolk, Portsmouth and Hampton, Charles E. “Chuck” Rigney is tackling a new challenge: leading Virginia Beach’s economic development. Rigney was named the Resort City’s permanent economic development director in February. It was one year after he joined the department as a business development administrator and eight months after he became interim director following the departure of the department’s former head, Taylor Adams, for a job in Nevada.
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May 30, 2024 | 
allotsego.com | Elizabeth Cooper
By ELIZABETH COOPERCOOPERSTOWNIt’s a rare thing for any store to survive for 50 years. Especially a homey craft store in a town focused on baseball tourism. But Cooper Country Crafts can now claim that distinction. This little jewel of a store in Doubleday Court has been around since 1974 and has occupied the same spot since about 1977. There is a special quality to the place.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
virginiabusiness.com | Elizabeth Cooper
Digital divideData center boom sparks opposition, regulation bidsPublishedMarch 28, 2024byElizabeth CooperState Del. Josh Thomas, D-Prince William, stands in The Townes at Village Place, a Gainesville community of town homes where neighbors have complained about an adjoining 70-foot-tall data center that was built 200 feet away from their homes last year. "We need some type of guardrails," says Thomas, who has advocated in the General Assembly for regulations on data center development.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
virginiabusiness.com | Richard Foster |Elizabeth Cooper |Cathy Jett |Katherine Gustafson
Data center boom sparks opposition, regulation bidsPublishedMarch 28, 2024byElizabeth CooperIn a relatively short time, Josh Thomas has seen the Prince William County district he represents in the Virginia House of Delegates transform from farmland and residential neighborhoods to massive…
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
allotsego.com | Elizabeth Cooper
By ELIZABETH COOPERCOOPERSTOWNHave you ever sat for a moment and enjoyed a sunny afternoon on a bench in the little park at the corner of Pioneer and Main? If so, you can thank the Rotary Club of Cooperstown. The local branch of the organization, which just entered its 100th year, was instrumental in the effort to create Pioneer Park after a 1961 fire destroyed the buildings there.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
allotsego.com | Elizabeth Cooper
By ELIZABETH COOPERCOOPERSTOWNIt’s the end of an era. Dr. Willard “Bill” Harman, who has headed SUNY Oneonta’s Biological Field Station on the shores of Otsego Lake for 56 years, is retiring. He is 86 years old and has dedicated most of his life to studying and protecting Glimmerglass, and teaching students to do the same for freshwater ecosystems across America and even in Europe. Glimmerglass is beloved by area residents for its natural beauty and cool waters.
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Nov 16, 2023 | 
allotsego.com | Elizabeth Cooper
By ELIZABETH COOPERCOOPERSTOWNIf you’ve lived in Cooperstown a long time, you probably know Neil Weiller. He’s the affable, gray-haired fellow with a giant golden retriever you might see lurking in the old entry drive of the former Cook’s Garage building. If you looked a little more closely, you would realize he was tending to the myriad displays of T-shirts and folksy decorative items there.
