NAACP, City leaders talk memorial for MLK, local civil rights activists
Twenty years after Martin Luther King Jr. visited Williamsburg in 1962 and spoke to members of the first Baptist Church in the United States, a sign was placed at a nearby intersection stating that it...
View ArticleWilliamsburg lacks affordable housing
More than 39 percent of Virginia households are facing financial hardships. In the City of Williamsburg, that figure rises to 57 percent. This economic reality makes the lack of affordable housing in...
View ArticleStudents march in Williamsburg, D.C.
While the March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C. attracted over 200,000 anti-gun-violence protestors, local protestors gathered at the Capitol building in Colonial Williamsburg, joining 800,000...
View ArticleStudent Assembly hosts inaugural symposium on race in higher education
This weekend, Student Assembly hosted “Tending Our Roots,” an inaugural symposium on race in higher education that reflected on the College of William and Mary’s history — and the history of similar...
View ArticleCollege to unveil plaques honoring first women, African-American residential...
The Sir Christopher Wren Building piazza is adorned with plaques commemorating notable College of William and Mary firsts, from the first law school to the first honor code. At a public ceremony April...
View ArticleChanello’s Pizza argument ends in gunshots, suspect later arrested
The Williamsburg Police Department responded to the discharge of a firearm at approximately 12:40 a.m. Saturday, April 7. The incident occurred outside Chanello’s Pizza on the 1400 block of Richmond...
View ArticleBittersweet end: Local chocolate shop closes
April 6 was a bittersweet day for MAD about Chocolate, a local chocolate bakery and cafe located on Armistead Avenue. Earlier in the week, the shop’s owner, Mike Riordan, announced that it would be...
View ArticlePolice identify suspect in Second Street shooting
Monday, April 9, the Williamsburg Police Department responded to a shooting at approximately 11:35 p.m. at a hotel on the 300 block of Second Street. Officers who responded to the scene spoke with a...
View ArticleFreshman arrested, charged with felony possession of child pornography
The College of William and Mary Police Department arrested Turner August ’21 the morning of April 6 and charged him with six felony accounts of possession of child pornography. August, a 19-year-old...
View ArticleVehicle crashes into Reves Hall, one room loses power
Just before 9:00 p.m. April 14, a single vehicle crashed into Reves Hall, a residence hall located on the corner of Jamestown Road and South Boundary Street. The accident caused one room to lose power....
View ArticleWPD arrests professor, students on counts of narcotics distribution
Tuesday, April 17 The Williamsburg Police Department and the Tri-Rivers Drug Task Force arrested ten people on charges related to narcotic distribution including one College of William and Mary...
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College library system partners with Williamsburg Regional Library
The William and Mary Libraries and the Williamsburg Regional Library recently announced a newly established partnership April 8 in honor of National Library Week. The program formalizes the...
View ArticleCity Council proposes plan to revitalize downtown area
Does the City of Williamsburg have a “downtown”? That word brings to mind high-rise buildings and a streetscape segregated by blocks, along with taxis, pedestrians and the ever-short green light. But...
View Article‘The news of these arrests was both surprising and disappointing’: WPD...
According to Williamsburg-James City County General District Court documents, the Williamsburg Police Department, in a joint drug investigation with the Tri-Rivers Task Force, used a confidential...
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Helicopter crash near campus kills pilot, Williamsburg resident
College of William and Mary students and parents received an emergency alert from the TribeAlert emergency notification system Sunday, July 8 at 4:55 p.m. stating that an “aviation incident” had...
View ArticleNTSB releases preliminary report on Bristol Commons helicopter crash
The National Transportation and Safety Board released the preliminary report on the helicopter crash that took place in the Bristol Commons apartment complex July 8. The crash occurred across the...
View ArticleMidtown Row development project aims to revitalize Williamsburg
Over 600 people attended the opening of Earth Fare, a North Carolina-based supermarket, June 27 in Williamsburg. Earth Fare is part of the Midtown Row development project, which will continue to...
View ArticleHurricane Florence to approach Williamsburg
According to reports from the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Florence — currently 1,300 miles southeast off of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina — has strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane with...
View ArticleNew owners purchase Aromas, Hounds Tale, Corner BARkery
At the turn of the millennium, Don and Geri Pratt opened a little coffee shop on Prince George Street called Aromas. More than 16 years later, that business has grown into Aromas World Specialty...
View ArticleWilliamsburg businesses change staff, hours after students leave
As students at the College of William and Mary were forced to evacuate from residence halls by 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, in anticipation of Hurricane Florence, local businesses had to adjust to a...
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