UPDATED: Missing Williamsburg boy found safe
Update (January 18 at 3:46 p.m.): Zeb Gross has been found alive and in good health in the crawl space under his home, according to the Williamsburg-Yorktown Daily. An 8-year-old boy in the...
View ArticleBenming Zhang ’16 announces bid for Williamsburg City Council
Benming Zhang ’16, who announced his candidacy Sunday night for the upcoming Williamsburg City Council elections, has obtained 215 signatures from registered voters in the city as of Monday night out...
View ArticleCollege employee plans for city council run
Relying on her experience in local government and background of economics, Associate Director of the Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy Elaine McBeth has taken steps toward running for city...
View ArticleBarbara Ramsey ’75 announces bid for City Council seat
Business professional and alumna of the College of William and Mary Barbara Ramsey ’75 will rely on her long-term presence and engagement in the community in her bid for a City Council seat. Her Feb....
View ArticleSuper Tuesday in Williamsburg
The City of Williamsburg failed to predict either of Virginia’s choice of candidates during the Tuesday Mar. 1 presidential primaries. Super Tuesday, the day during the presidential primary elections...
View ArticleMayor Haulman: End of an era
When economics professor Clyde Haulman first arrived in Williamsburg in the fall of 1969, cars still meandered through Merchant Square and the Marshall-Wythe Law School was housed in the building now...
View ArticleMayor facing assault charges
Long-time Williamsburg resident and landlord Gary Shelly ’72 charged Williamsburg mayor Clyde Haulman for assault and battery in an incident allegedly occurring after Williamsburg’s City Council...
View ArticleWMPD chief reports alleged intrusion
Updated 4/12/16 at 10:10 a.m.: The following update came from Williamsburg Police Department Spokesman Major Greg Riley: “On April 9, 2016 around 0340 hours Williamsburg police responded to the 100...
View ArticleCommon issues link City Council candidates’ platforms
With only two weeks until the May 3 Williamsburg City Council Elections, the five candidates are in full campaign mode, each proposing different ways to improve the city in the years ahead. Although...
View ArticleWilliamsburg police charge suspect with burglary, sexual assault, trespassing
A suspect has been named in the trespassing incident detailed by William and Mary Police Department Chief Deborah Cheesebro in an email sent to students April 11. Williamsburg resident Thomas Gartorn,...
View ArticleMoney matters in City elections
At every level of government, the economy becomes a central issue during election season. For the City of Williamsburg, the economy is an issue that ties together the five City Council candidates’...
View ArticleCity Council Town Hall places platforms side by side
With one week until City Council elections, four of the five candidates placed their platforms side by side at a Town Hall at the College of William and Mary April 26, hosted by The Flat Hat and the...
View ArticleA matter of debate: City Council candidates participate in public forum
With exactly one week remaining until the May 3 election, the five Williamsburg City Council hopefuls lined up at the city’s public library Tuesday April 27. With only three seats up for grabs, the...
View ArticlePaul Freiling ’83 focuses re-election bid on City Council experience
Walking into his advisor’s office during his freshman year, Paul Freiling ’83 was determined to become a doctor. But acting upon his advisor’s suggestion, Freiling dropped one of the science classes he...
View ArticleGrowing up in Williamsburg: Greg Granger reflects on business, childhood lessons
Looking back on his childhood, Greg Granger remembers the first time he crossed Richmond Road without supervision. Years later, running for City Council, Granger is still trying to open up new domains...
View ArticleCandidates, shaped by diverse backgrounds, offer different visions for...
The five candidates running for City Council May 3 claim diverse backgrounds, professional experience and expertise. While the issues they plan to address are generally similar, their platforms diverge...
View ArticleCity Council elections begin today
City Council elections will be held Tuesday May 3. The Flat Hat has you covered with all the information you need to know about the candidates running for City Council. There are three seats open with...
View ArticleStudent takes spot on City Council
Senior Benming Zhang was elected to the City of Williamsburg’s City Council May 3, finishing in the top three spots in both voting precincts. Vice Mayor Paul Freiling ’83 and longtime resident and...
View ArticleWith shooter at large, campus authorities wait an hour to notify community
Campus police responded to a report of a shooting in Tribe Square just before 1 a.m. Saturday morning. The notification sent to students and their parents — sent via text over an hour later — angered...
View Article1100 students lived within 1000 feet of where shooter fled
It was 1:00 a.m. when Cece Hess ’18 was awakened by police sirens as they sped past the Delta Gamma Sorority House on Richmond Road. She initially assumed that a freshman in Monroe Hall needed medical...
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