Childhood work ethic key to district employee's success
07/20/2010 - NORFOLK — It's 4 a.m. While most people are still asleep, 13-year-old Mark Mansfield is sitting on his front porch folding newspapers for his daily newspaper route in Chesapeake, Va. That...
View ArticleNorfolk District streams informational video teleconference for potential...
07/20/2010 - NORFOLK — Volunteers are always needed to support the mission of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers overseas contingency operations. Currently, there are six Norfolk District employees...
View ArticleCivilians use technical skills to help Afghan mission
07/26/2010 - NORFOLK — Walter Kloth is 23. Rob Marshall is 70. Neither is in the military, but when the call came for volunteers to go to Afghanistan, they both signed up. They're part of a...
View ArticleDistrict's fast response clears major obstruction from Dismal Swamp Canal
07/29/2010 - CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Not since Hurricane Isabel smashed into Virginia Sept. 18 2003, have the operations branch of the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, worked so intensely to...
View ArticleMore than 130 contractors attend open house for marine terminal work
08/02/2010 - PORTSMOUTH, Va. — More than 130 contractors, subcontractors and suppliers attended the Craney Island Eastward Expansion Open House held last month at Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel &...
View ArticleDistrict volunteers use STEM program to educate local students
08/02/2010 - NORFOLK — As part of the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' ongoing educational outreach program, employees are meeting with students attending the Beazley Nauticus Ocean...
View ArticleFort Lee concert promises plenty of 'fizz'
08/02/2010 - FORT LEE, Va. — Touting a 30,000-watt sound system and two of the hottest newcomer recording artists in today's music industry, the 2010 Coca-Cola Zero Music Tour will rock Fort Lee Aug....
View ArticleFort Monroe welcomes Kenny 'Babyface' Edmonds in concert
08/04/2010 - FORT MONROE, Va. — Touted as a "statistical juggernaut" and with a myriad of top 10 hits as well as 10 Grammys, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds may strike another "10" when he performs live at...
View ArticleCorps to conduct 'pulse release' at Gathright Dam Aug. 17
08/06/2010 - NORFOLK — The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in cooperation with Virginia's Departments of Environmental Quality and Game and Inland Fisheries, will conduct a "pulse...
View ArticleDefense Department ushers in new era in military intelligence analysis
08/11/2010 - RIVANNA STATION, CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — More than 200 guests, Defense Department intelligence officials and local community leaders gathered Aug. 10 and braved 100-degree weather here to...
View ArticleImproved Joint Base Langley-Eustis gate facilities will enhance traffic flow,...
08/09/2010 - HAMPTON, Va — Two new facilities will be built over the next 21 months at Joint Base Langley-Eustis to allow for better traffic flow and better customer service through the LaSalle gate...
View ArticleCivil engineer selected for increased leadership opportunities
08/19/2010 - NORFOLK — Mike Anderson, a civil engineer and chief, design section in the operations branch of the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is a quiet, unassuming professional,...
View ArticleCorps, Portsmouth schedule Craney Island mosquito spraying
8/19/2010 - NORFOLK, Va. — The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the City of Portsmouth will conduct a joint aerial treatment with mosquito larvicide this week at the Craney Island...
View ArticleDefense commissary eggs unaffected by recall
08/23/2010 - FORT LEE, Va. — As of Aug. 20, military commissaries are not affected by the massive Wright County Egg voluntary recall, Defense Commissary Agency food safety officials reported. Although...
View ArticleVirginia Beach prepares citizens for emergency water distribution
08/23/2010 - VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The City of Virginia Beach public utilities department will test its capabilities during an exercise Aug. 25 to deliver water to the public in the event of an...
View ArticleNew Orleans hurricane recovery: 5 years after Katrina
08/25/2010 - WASHINGTON — "As we remember all that was lost, we must take stock of the work being done on recovery, while preparing for future disasters. … With every tragedy comes the chance of...
View ArticleNew wetlands provide habitat, run-off filtration to river system
08/26/2010 - Chesapeake, Va. — Freshly planted salt marsh cordgrass and salt marsh bushes grow along the shores of Scuffletown Creek here, where construction debris once choked out these native...
View ArticleGovernor McDonnell declares State of Emergency as precaution for Hurricane Earl
09/01/2010 - RICHMOND — Governor Bob McDonnell today declared a state of emergency in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a step authorizing state agencies to take precautionary action to prepare for any...
View ArticleLow water levels restrict Dismal Swamp Canal operations
09/09/2010 - CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Beginning Sept. 15 and until further notice, the locks at Deep Creek, Va., and South Mills, N.C., will operate only at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., seven days a week. The...
View ArticleNorfolk District to celebrate America's cultural diversity
09/09/2010 - Norfolk District salutes Hispanic American Heritage Month with a special celebration Wednesday, Sept. 15, at 1:30 p.m., in the multipurpose room of the Waterfield Building. Luis A....
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