by Jeff Maisey | Jan 21, 2021 | News, News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham Thirty years ago this month, I moved from New York City to Norfolk. When I told my friends and co-workers of my plans, they thought I was nuts. One senior executive at Hearst Magazines, where I was working at the time, went so far as to call me a...
by Jeff Maisey | May 28, 2020 | Music, Music News
(A crowd lines up to enter The Boathouse in the 1990s. Photo courtesy of Jeff Moore) BY JEFF MAISEY “We were backstage and there was a buffet spread out with chicken, roast beef and all kinds of good stuff,” recalled singer David Middleton, whose local...
by Jeff Maisey | May 7, 2020 | News, News & Views
BY JEFF MAISEY Beginning May 13, Norfolk Botanical Garden (NBG) will be featured on a United States Postage Forever stamp as part of the upcoming “American Gardens” series. The image from the NBG features the beautiful Bicentennial Rose Garden. “The honor of...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 25, 2019 | Horton, News, News & Views
BY John L. Horton “Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you will miss them.” (s) William Arthur Ward, American Writer (1921-1994) In the past several weeks, there has been much conversation and editorializing about how to bring...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 25, 2018 | News, News & Views
After being postponed due to Hurricane Florence, the world’s largest Viking Ship, Draken Harald Hårfagre (Draken), will now be stopping in Norfolk, Virginia for a three-day stopover from September 28 through September 30 during its Expedition America: East...
