by Jeff Maisey | Feb 23, 2020 | News, News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham Recently I had the opportunity to moderate a panel discussion on the state of journalism. The event was timely. That very day, news had broken that The Virginian-Pilot building had been sold to a condo developer, and that longtime PBS news...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 12, 2020 | News, News & Views
(Anthony Rosano & The Conqueroos, pictured with Bob Seger at Madison Square Garden, won the live performance and blues categories. Photo courtesy of the band.) By Jeff Maisey On Tuesday night, The Vanguard Brewpub in Hampton hosted the 2020 Veer Music Awards —...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 5, 2020 | News, News & Views
The State Corporation Commission (SCC) announced today that the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) has assigned a new area code to the Hampton Roads region. The new 948 area code will relieve the future exhaustion of phone numbers in Virginia’s 757...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 24, 2020 | News, News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham When you hear the name Nashville, what comes to mind? It’s safe to say that “country music” would be a common response. How about New York? Broadway, perhaps, or Wall Street. Likewise, mention Los Angeles, and most people will think,...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 19, 2020 | Horton, News, News & Views
BY JOHN L. HORTON “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” — Marcus Garvery “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we have been waiting for. We are the...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 18, 2019 | News, News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham If I had to choose one event of 2019 that symbolizes the year now winding down it would be the near-collapse of Notre Dame after a fire broke out in the cathedral last April. For me, and for millions of other people, it was a heartbreaking...
