Archive - Williamsburg Independent

Williamsburg Health Foundation gives $4.5M to 35 local community groups

Plus, WATA to offer free rides during Liberty Fare Week; Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra partners with schools for student performances

Jun 15 • Williamsburg Independent

Details like pavers, paths, flowers and trees will shape Colonial Williamsburg visitors arrival area experience

Facility off Lafayette Street, expected to be completed later this year, will provide hundreds of parking spaces and a tour bus drop-off loop.

Jun 10 • Williamsburg Independent

Data center height limit doubled in York County

Other actions by board seeks to limit noise and demands on water and power supplies

Jun 9 • Williamsburg Independent

Hotel stats bode well for region ahead of 250th and sports center opening

Greater Williamsburg Sports and Events center opens this month; last push for July 4th tourism efforts

Jun 4 • Williamsburg Independent

Freedom of the Press

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Jun 4 • George Arbogust

$900K coming from FEMA to upgrade Waller Mill reservoir dam

Following the dam’s reclassification as a high-hazard structure, Williamsburg embarks on required structural upgrades

Jun 3 • Williamsburg Independent

James City trusts that affordable housing is a community effort

Board forming for Community Land Trust; Clark Lane site prep bidding closes

Jun 1 • Williamsburg Independent

May 2026

ICYMI: May 2026 - budgets, budgets, budgets (and some other stuff too)

Are we tired of local budget season yet?

May 31 • Williamsburg Independent

Key moments from James City budget votes (ANALYSIS)

County lowers real estate taxes, raises meals tax; adds new admissions tax

May 28 • Williamsburg Independent

Choral guild, guitars and opera among updates by Williamsburg Area Arts Commission

Plus, beer and missiles top James City economic development meeting; students worry about being Flocked on campus

May 27 • Williamsburg Independent

Coast Guard awards $17.8M for Yorktown training facility expansion

Milder Chesapeake Bay Dead Zone predicted for Summer 2026 as mitigation efforts

May 26 • Williamsburg Independent

Addressing the city's borrowing and future annual debt payments (OPINION)

City's debt balloons to over $143 million and over $260 million in debt service payments

May 24 • Robert Wilson

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