by Julia Shanahan | Jul 26, 2023 | Education, Politics
Nestled in the foothills with a view of Old Rag, Susan Hoffman and Mike Biniek have been hosting a summer camp at their Belle Meade Farm for 30 years and show no signs of slowing down. The camp, which has several two-week sessions each summer, sees dozens of kids as...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jun 3, 2023 | Business, Education, Health, Politics
local news logo ‘We don’t want to shut down’ Norman Styer has devoted his career to reporting news in Loudoun County, an outer Washington suburb that has quintupled in population over 30 years and is now Virginia’s third-most populous county. He signed on as Leesburg...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jun 3, 2023 | Business, Education, Health, Politics
local news logo The Richmond Free Press, an African-American weekly newspaper, was established in 1992, but if it seems much older it may be because its late founder, Raymond H. Boone, was at the center of covering the struggle for civil rights for half a century....
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jun 3, 2023 | Business, Education, Health, Politics
local news logo Newspapers that specialize in covering the interests and concerns of Black Americans, ethnic groups, gay readers and other targeted groups face the same economic and demographic challenges that buffet general-interest newspapers in Virginia, including...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | May 31, 2023 | Business, Education, Health, Politics
local news logo There’s a ray of light shining in the otherwise bleak landscape of local news: a profusion of new, colorful websites where readers can find out what’s happening now instead of waiting until morning or midweek. These include the homepages of legacy...
