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Uncertainty Weighs On Local Businesses: Slate Set in ACC
Uncertainty Weighs On Local Businesses: Slate Set in ACC
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Gene McKoy, left, co-owner of E&G Vending, sells food to shipyard workers Monday during their noon break along Washington Avenue in Newport News. McKoy worries that federal budget cuts that could affect Newport News Shipbuilding will put a dent in his business, as well.
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Shipbuilding and military spending permeate Newport News and Hampton Roads. In this city and region, which will play backdrop for President Barack Obamas speech Tuesday on the impact of sequestration, anxiety over More the potential cuts is palpable online in places both obvious and unexpected. See video of Theres so much doubt food vendors and uncertainty right now, working outside said Gene McKoy, co-owner Newport News of E&G Vending, who was Shipbuilding at dailypress.com. selling pork sandwiches and burgers Monday to workers outside one of the gates at Newport News Shipbuilding. McKoy, 60, got started in the vending business with a hot dog cart four years ago. And after an expansion to a full-blown food truck, hes considering establishing a presence at another location adjacent to the sprawling shipyard, the largest in the country.
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Dr. C. Everett Koop, the U.S. surgeon general appointed by President Ronald Reagan who led the fight against smoking, defended the rights of deformed newborns and urged early-childhood sex education to fight AIDS, died Monday at age 96. He initiated a new era of influence for surgeons general. Page 14 of News
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Adam Deyong sells a wide variety of steel-toed work boots, a must for shipyard employees, at Deyongs Boots & Western Wear in Newport News.
By Sarah J. Pawlowski
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NEWPORT NEWS Aubrey Layne Jr. wont officially step into his new role as president of An Achievable Dream until Friday, but hes
for economically disadvantaged students. Layne is taking over leadership of the year-round, extendedday, public/private school as founder Walter Segaloff prepares to retire. Layne said he wants to expand the program so children in other communities can benefit from its success. Really, what this is about is trying to help more kids in the community, he said.
Layne said the Virginia Beach School Board has expressed interest in the program and he thinks the business community, with its strong tourism industry and diverse economy, will support it. In addition to funding from Newport News Public Schools, its program on the Peninsula receives an extra $2,200 per student
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