April 25, 2021
Gearing up to paddle one of Gloucester’s Blueways, the York River or one of the other water trails unique to the Middle Peninsula? Or do you need some fuel to …
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April 5, 2021
So, you’ve decided you want to fish the waters of the Middle Peninsula…in a kayak. Let’s get you started so you can discover what so many local anglers already know. …
February 21, 2021
As an executive in the wood industry, Mark Vann spent long days inside a windowless manufacturing plant. Sometimes he’d check with the forklift driver to see if it was raining …
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February 21, 2021
If you’ve listened to Bruce Vogt tout the quintessential oysters produced by his company, Big Island Aquaculture, you might figure he’s been doing this all his life. Chances are if …
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February 21, 2021
Tommy Leggett has fun harvesting oysters. Really. Watching him scurry about a yard in Gloucester that backs up to the York River, it might not be obvious at first. An …
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March 12, 2020
The days are longer, and lighter, and warmer. That usually means one thing – it’s farmers’ market season! Consider this your own little guide to one of the region’s greatest …
March 8, 2020
There’s plenty of paddling and river fun options throughout West Point on the Middle Peninsula of Virginia, that is for sure. Just visit the Middle Peninsula Virginia Water Trails page …
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February 10, 2020
When you live in, or visit, an area as beautiful as Virginia’s Middle Peninsula, it can be easy to get transfixed by the macro beauty. The rivers. The trees. The …
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January 15, 2020
Beer. Waterways. Middle Peninsula. Need we say more? Dragon Run Brewing opened their doors to the Middle Peninsula in early December 2019, adding to the region’s growing craft beverage makers. …
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January 5, 2020
“Great art picks up where nature ends,” or so said painter Marc Chagall. No truer words have been said, especially considering art’s powerful relationship with nature. Some of the first …
