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🎉 Celebrate Library Lovers Month in Virginia
Plus: Expanding collective bargaining rights to public workers Share with a friend Hey, y’all. It’s Amie. Need a fun place to go spend a few hours completely free of charge? That’s when my son and I head straight to our local library. We became fixtures there for a few days while the “tree…
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🏠 See VA in the spotlight on HGTV’s ‘House Hunters’
Plus: 8 must-visit Black history sites in Virginia Share with a friend Hey, y’all. It’s Amie. I didn’t order enough wallpaper the first go-round, but what we got up over the weekend looks amazing. The swan faucet didn’t work out because it was too big for the sink, but that’s okay; we’ll save…
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🐦⬛ This one’s for the birds (well, the birdwatchers, that is)
Plus: Community colleges expand skilled trades training Share with a friend Hey, y’all. It’s Amie. I went birding all of one time. Close to two decades ago, my mom’s best friend and her husband built a house out in the country. One day, they invited a group of folks over to go look…
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💝 Still shopping? Find VA-made Valentine’s gifts
New: A weekly guide to taking action in Virginia Share with a friend Sponsored by Affordable Virginia Hey, y’all. It’s Amie. It’s official. Colton, age 8, has a girlfriend just in time for Valentine’s Day. He and Parker met at church, and their friendship recently blossomed into something more when Parker developed a…
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Have you seen the proposed VA redistricting map? 👀
Plus: From NSU to NBA Share with a friend Hey, y’all. It’s Amie. When we were house-hunting 10 years ago, “affordable” wasn’t a vibe—it was the entire budget. We bought what the bank would approve, and while I love our home and neighborhood, owning a 116-year-old house means you’re basically on call for…
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Did you know Virginia is a work capital for this? 👀
Plus: ‘Django Unchained,’ loosely based on a real-life VA freedom fighter Share with a friend Hey, y’all. It’s Amie. Last week, I told Colton that it was a good thing I learned of Dangerfield Newby’s story after C was born—otherwise, his middle name probably would’ve been Dangerfield. See, in my husband’s family,…
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Have you visited these immigrant-owned businesses in VA?
🦉 Plus: Watch a rehabilitated Great Horned Owl take to the skies Share with a friend Hey, y’all. It’s Amie. My husband and I projected on Sunday that the huge snow and ice piles pushed to the corner of every Southside parking lot will finally thaw around the beginning of April—and then, a…
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Q: Is it worth the risk? 👀
Plus: Where to see the monks as they cross the Potomac Share with a friend Hey, y’all. It’s Amie. Sometimes, life really is just as simple as good communication—a reminder I’ve gotten recently. See, we’ve had a tree company over for five nonconsecutive days, taking down the large oak in our front yard.…
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Virginia’s best frozen waterfall hikes this weekend 🥾
Plus: Virginia House passes $15 minimum wage Share with a friend Hey, y’all. It’s Amie. Have you ever heard of a “snow stripe?” It’s terminology I became acutely familiar with on Wednesday night when a projected trace to a single inch amount of forecasted snow with little-to-no accumulation turned into three inches within…
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Bomb cyclones sounds like sci-fi—but one recently hit Virginia
Plus: From Hampton to NBA stardom 🏀 Share with a friend Hey, y’all. It’s Amie. You know what they say—snow that hangs around for a whole week is just waiting for the next snow fall. That’s certainly been the case in Virginia over the past couple of weeks. The question is, what’s…
