The Local Scoop

10/29/2025

Stock up on the delicious fall flavors from Northern Neck Popcorn Bag NOW!! November means holiday flavors will be moving in!🍿🍿🍿

10/29/2025

Act XII Wine and Provisions doing fun, Halloween things in Historic Downtown Tappahannock! Go check 'em out❤

Halloween Pop-up Tasting!!

10/28/2025

MARK YOUR CALENDAR for December 13, 2025!

10/23/2025

If you've known someone who has battled cancer then you know that simply feeling "human" again, is truly a gift. A day without having to juggle treatments, appointments, blood tests, and life with cancer... a day to just relax and be with the people you love is medicine for the soul.

Sail Beyond Cancer Virginia is a nonprofit organization that hosts free private sails to patients living with cancer, no matter their disease type, age, income level or background. Each can invite up to five passengers. Founder Suzanne Snyder, a Connecticut native and breast cancer survivor, launched the mission SBCUSA in 2014 in Vermont, originally under a different name. She since has created chapters in Massachusetts, Maryland and, this summer, Virginia, based at the York River Yacht Haven in Gloucester. SBCUSA has served more than 3,500 patients to date, each nominated by family, friends, caregivers or providers. Their seasons typically runs daily from mid-May to the end of October.

To read more about this unique experience please visit bit.ly/SailBeyondCancer 📲 Where you'll find the link to donate, volunteer, or nominate someone special.

10/22/2025

The Dandelion-Irvington, VA has some CRAZY GOOD SALES happening! Shop 'til you drop!🛍️

10/22/2025

Got a great ReStore makeover story? Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg wants to see it👀

As part of its 40th anniversary celebration, Habitat is inviting the community to take part in “Show Us How You ReStore,” a creative contest that highlights the incredible ways people give new life to their Habitat ReStore finds. Simply share your before-and-after photos and the story behind your project for the chance to win one of four $40 ReStore gift cards awarded each month through the end of 2025. Enter here➡ bit.ly/ReStore-Contest 💰💸

Every purchase at ReStore 🛍 helps fund Habitat for Humanity’s mission to build affordable homes for families across the Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg. That means a dresser turned into a bar cart, a chair painted a fresh new color or a table refinished for a family dining room doesn’t just brighten one home. It helps make another home possible.

10/16/2025

We are so happy to see this! The Foundation for St. Margaret’s School is officially a nonprofit and is offering co-ed programs such as SAT Prep & Tutoring, Piano & Voice Lessons, and The Crew Academy. Check out their NEW website to learn more. Welcome back, SMS! We knew they couldn't keep you down.

Discover co-ed programs inspiring young women and men with music, tutoring, and rowing at the Foundation for St. Margaret's School in Virginia. Join us today.

10/09/2025

Our FALL/HOLIDAY 2025 ISSUE is here! From a story about how one nonprofit, Sail Beyond Cancer, offers free, private restorative sails to patients living with cancer.⛵⛵⛵ Guess who turned 125? That's right! Our community bank, Chesapeake Bank, is celebrating 125 years of investing in the communities it serves. 🏦 👩‍💼👨‍💼🏠 Read more starting on page 27. It's fall, and that means it's hunting season! 🐾 🦆🐾 Read how passion, patience and discipline shape eager Labradors into world-class hunting companions in Matt Sabo's story, "The Art of Making a Gundog." Find it on page 38.

THE LOCAL SCOOP FALL/HOLIDAY 2025 EDITION IS ON STANDS AND ONLINE NOW AT http://bit.ly/46XLL6d 📲

ON OUR COVER: Gary Lister and Matt Gobush are partners in work and life. The couple purchased The Chesapeake Inn and opened the Ballroom Barefoot in Urbanna. Read all about Urbanna's enduring allure in Karen Newton's story, "Beyond Quaint: Urbanna's Historic Heart Beats with a Modern Coastal Spirit" beginning on page 64.

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Photo Credit📸: Sera Petras Photography

The Local Scoop Magazine is a regional lifestyle publication that covers Virginia's Northern Neck, Middle Peninsula and greater Williamsburg.

10/01/2025

Over 120 yogis gathered this past weekend at YMCA/APYC Camp Kekoka for the annual Kekoka Yoga Retreat (KYR). This was the largest attendance yet in the 16-year history of the event, and over $27,000 was raised for camper scholarships.

25 yoga teachers from the Northern Neck, Middle Peninsula, Hampton Roads area, and Richmond let participants sample a variety of yoga and teaching styles, ranging from meditative to energetic. Event chair Susan Johnson created a weekend schedule of class offerings that included yoga for all levels, Pilates, Gyrokinesis®, sound healing, meditation, and a lecture on metabolic/hormonal health.

A wonderful time was had by all! MARK YOUR CALENDAR for next year’s retreat, September 18-20, 2026. You’ll want to sign up as soon as registration opens June 1, 2026 because it has been known to sell out in one day!

09/18/2025

Stratford Hall is the place to be this weekend!!🍷🦪🤗

09/07/2025

Mark you calendar!

What are acceptable items to bring?
Spent fluorescent bulbs, Unwanted pesticides, Anti-freeze, Rechargeable batteries, Cleaners, Oil-based paint/stains, Old/contaminated fuels/petroleum products, Household chemicals,
Computers & laptops, Mainframes, Peripherals, Monitors, Flat screens, Telephones, Cell phones, Telephone systems, Fax machines, copiers, printers, TVs, Electronic circuit boards & components, Stereo equipment, Games, etc.

What are nonacceptable items to bring?
Radioactive items, Smoke detectors, Medical waste, Medications, Ammo/explosives