by Jeff Maisey | Aug 1, 2014 | Art, Art Reviews
By Betsy DiJulio Appalachian hillbillies? Not so much. Charged with debunking stereotypes of the people of Appalachia as backwards, poor, unsophisticated, and worse, Portsmouth Art and Cultural Center (PACC) curator Gayle Paul traveled 1,800 miles in just six days to...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 1, 2014 | Newswanger
By Phillip Newswanger Something is brewing on the other side of the tracks in Norfolk – and it’s not just beer. City officials have hatched a plan to transform an area of Norfolk marked by empty industrial buildings, barbed wire and railroad tracks. Railroad...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 1, 2014 | Newswanger
By Philip Newswanger It’s too late for Lawrence Faine, 72. It’s too late for David Latham, 35. Both men suffered from schizophrenia. Both men are dead, The die is cast. No amount of press conferences, mea culpas and admonishments by Norfolk’s elected officials – bad...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 1, 2014 | Newswanger
By Phillip Newswanger The dichotomy between the number of available of jobs and the 16 percent poverty rate in Norfolk staggers the imagination. In Norfolk, in April, there were 6,341 unemployed and yet there were 12,297 job openings, according to the Virginia...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 1, 2014 | Robotham
By Tom Robotham I’ve loved journalism for as long as I can remember, and I suppose I have my father to thank for that. The New York Times was a daily presence in our house when I was growing up, and my father read it each morning with the concentration of a rabbi...
