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ICYMI: Another Showdown, pets in good hands, caring for the Noland Trail, blanket help, a grim list

There’s going to be another ‘Showdown’

Standing in victory lane, the same place he stood after winning his first short-track race more than 20 years ago, Denny Hamlin thanked the crowd for a great turnout and then said: “Looking forward to seeing everyone back here next year.” He put an emphasis on “here.” READ MORE.

https://hnndaily.com/local-news/2018/04/21/nearly-8k-fans-showed-up-so-this-showdown-is-expected-to-return-to-langley-next-year/

Leaving their pets in good hands

The Hampton Roads chapter of Dogs on Deployment assists military members and veterans in finding free temporary homes for their pets during times of deployment, hospitalization, training, homelessness, and other circumstance. READ MORE.

https://hnndaily.com/local-news/2018/04/24/its-a-matchmaking-service-like-no-other-and-gov-northam-agrees/

It’s more than a trail

Maintaining the Noland Trail, a popular wildlife-filled path around the 167-acre Lake Maury in Newport News, is never a dull job for Baker McCutcheon. READ MORE.

https://hnndaily.com/local-news/2018/04/22/this-trail-feels-like-a-different-beautiful-world-and-his-job-is-to-help-keep-it-that-way/

One baby at a time

She has volunteered at Riverside Regional Medical Center for the last two summers doing various odd jobs like cleaning equipment and making name tags for newborn babies. READ MORE.

https://hnndaily.com/local-news/2018/04/25/hampton-roads-academy-senior-helping-one-baby-at-a-time/

Eviction crisis

Three Hampton Roads cities made the top 10 in evictions. And despite having programs set in place to find stable housing for low income residents, there doesn’t seem to be enough to go around. READ MORE.

https://hnndaily.com/local-news/2018/04/27/eviction-numbers-paint-a-grim-picture-for-affordable-housing-in-hampton-roads/

John Mangalonzo
John Mangalonzohttps://wydaily.com
John Mangalonzo (john@localdailymedia.com) is the managing editor of Local Voice Media’s Virginia papers – WYDaily (Williamsburg), Southside Daily (Virginia Beach) and HNNDaily (Hampton-Newport News). Before coming to Local Voice, John was the senior content editor of The Bellingham Herald, a McClatchy newspaper in Washington state. Previously, he served as city editor/content strategist for USA Today Network newsrooms in St. George and Cedar City, Utah. John started his professional journalism career shortly after graduating from Lyceum of The Philippines University in 1990. As a rookie reporter for a national newspaper in Manila that year, John was assigned to cover four of the most dangerous cities in Metro Manila. Later that year, John was transferred to cover the Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines. He spent the latter part of 1990 to early 1992 embedded with troopers in the southern Philippines as they fought with communist rebels and Muslim extremists. His U.S. journalism career includes reporting and editing stints for newspapers and other media outlets in New York City, California, Texas, Iowa, Utah, Colorado and Washington state.

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