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Rise of Oyster Aquaculture in Virginia

November 19, 2025November 19, 2025 HRMessenger Staff Chesapeake Bay, library, Main Street Library, Oyster Farming, Oysters

Visit the Main Street Library on Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 5:30 p.m. to learn how oyster farming supports the economy

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Register to Become a Chesapeake Bay Steward

September 30, 2022October 3, 2022 HRM Staff Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Fountain, Newport News, Volunteers as chesapeake stewards

By: City of Newport News Classes begin Oct. 6 at The Newsome House The Chesapeake Bay Fountain (CBF) invites residents

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Street Sweeping Schedule for Portsmouth Neighborhoods

August 9, 2022August 9, 2022 HRM Staff Chesapeake Bay, City's stormwater Management plan, debris, Portsmouth va, Private Parking Lots, Rain, Street Sweeping Schedule

By: City of Portsmouth The Department of Public Works announces the Street Sweeping schedule for Portsmouth neighborhoods in the chart

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Governor Announces High Liner Foods Continues to Invest in City of Newport News Operation

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 HRM Staff Catch of the Day, Chesapeake Bay, economic growth, Equipment, Fisher Boy, food and beverage, Governor Glenn Youngkin, High Liner, high liner foods, HLF, Mirabel, Newport News, Richmond, Sea Cuisine, seafood, Toronto Stock Exchange

By: Office of the Governor of Virginia ~ Frozen seafood processor and marketer to modernize facility ~ RICHMOND, VA – Governor Glenn

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More Winter Weather Heading Our Way

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 K. Alston Chesapeake Bay, Hampton Roads, Heavy Snow, National Weather Service, Virginia, Winter Weather

Snow lovers are getting another winter blast this weekend (there are only 52 days until spring for those dreaming of

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Governor Northam Announces $1 Billion for the Chesapeake Bay

January 7, 2022January 7, 2022 K. Alston Chesapeake Bay, Governor Ralph Northam, Virginia tidal Tributaries

~ Historic investments for agriculture conservation practices, wastewater and stormwater improvements, and land preservation ~ CHARLES CITY—Governor Ralph Northam today continued the ‘Thank

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Virginia Celebrates Major Advances to Clean Chesapeake Bay

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 K. Alston Chesapeake Bay, Governor Ralph Northam, Oysters, Piankatank, the Great Wicomico, Virginia

~ Country’s largest project restores more than 150 acres of oyster habitat in the Piankatank and the Great Wicomico rivers, preserving

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Virginia Commits to Reducing Polluted Runoff from State Lands to Advance Chesapeake Bay Restoration

June 3, 2021June 3, 2021 K. Alston Chesapeake Bay, Governor Ralph Northam, Virginia

~ Governor Northam marks Clean the Bay Day by signing Executive Directive Seventeen to set pollution reduction targets for state entities

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Delmarva delegation requests relief for local shellfish producers

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 HRM Staff Chesapeake Bay, COVID-19, Delmarva, U.S. Department of Agriculture

WASHINGTON Members of Congress representing the Delmarva region led a bicameral and bipartisan letter to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) highlighting

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Lessons Learned from Floatopia

July 15, 2019July 15, 2019 HRM Staff Chesapeake Bay, Floatopia, Ocean Park, Virginia Beach

The mess left behind by Floatopia, captured in a now viral Facebook video, made national and then international headlines. While being