Susan Smigielski Acker

1 month ago | pilotonline.com | Susan Smigielski Acker

Peninsula Town Center’s food options continue to grow as The Meadows Original Frozen Custard and Hangry Joe’s Hot Chicken & Wings work to set up shop there. The Meadows frozen custard is different from other frozen dairy treats because it contains eggs, which makes it rich and dense, franchise owner Dalton Brown said. Another important factor, he said, is it is made fresh throughout the day. Customers visiting the Hampton location will be able to watch custard-making through an 8-foot window.

1 month ago | whro.org | Susan Smigielski Acker

Greek immigrants Nicholas Matheos and wife, Maria, visited Yorktown in the early 1940s, shortly after they married in New York. The couple decided to settle in Virginia. “I want to be an American,” said Matheos, eventually changing his name to Nick Mathews. “What better place to live than where independence was won?”Matheos and Maria Aris Papamihalopoulou Americanized their names, translating Greek to English, and became well-known as the owners of the iconic Nick’s Seafood Pavilion.

1 month ago | pilotonline.com | Susan Smigielski Acker

Hampton’s golf game might be heading for a bogey as a recent report reveals both courses are in the rough financially — with only one having a shot at staying in play. An outside analysis of The Hamptons and The Woodlands public golf courses determined both courses are losing money and need more than $16 million collectively in repairs. Richard Mandell Golf Architecture worked with National Golf Foundation Consulting on the analysis.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Susan Smigielski Acker

14 hours agoArlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veteransPentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.

1 month ago | covabizmag.com | Susan Smigielski Acker

3 by Susan Smigielski Acker / Photo Above: Participants in the CIVIC Scholars Program during a visit to the Virginia General Assembly in RichmondCultivating Hampton Roads’ next generation of leaders is the goal of the CIVIC Scholars Program at Old Dominion University and Tidewater Community College. A collaborative effort with the CIVIC Leadership Institute, it connects the colleges’ students with local business and government leaders in hopes they will remain in the area.