Five mansions built for for people who founded some of America's largest food manufacturing companies - Campbell's Soup, Ghiradelli Chocolate, Oscar Mayer, Pabst Beer and Morton Salt – are for sale, ranging in price from $19.5 million to $2.8 million, and featured this week at TopTenRealEstateDeals.com.

According to Dominion Virginia Power, in 2015, scammers contacted nearly 2,800 Dominion Virginia Power customers, demanding fraudulent payments totaling more than $1.2 million. Hundreds of the power company's customers fell victim, paying nearly $200,000 in response to threats of immediate disconnection of electric service. Dominion tells how to avoid being a victim in 2016.

Governor Terry McAuliffe will lead a 10-day trade and marketing mission to the Pacific Rim from November 13-22. The Governor will be accompanied by First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe, Secretary of Commerce and Trade Todd Haymore, Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Basil Gooden and representatives of Virginia Economic Development Partnership, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and Virginia Tourism Corporation.

Officials of Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation in Manassas recently demonstrated the capabilities of its optionally piloted aircraft in locating and tracking great white sharks in connection with a three-week marine science expedition conducted by OCEARCH off the coast of Nantucket, Mass.

County planning commission to consider land use changes for a church parking lot and a Taco Bell eatery with drive-in (rezoning & Special Use Permit) and changes to the Design and Construction Standards Manual to "solve/correct design and construction issues, omissions, errors and inconsistencies" in fire safety and transportation areas

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today, Nov. 7, the opening of a Business Recovery Center (BRC) in Virginia Beach City to help businesses impacted by Hurricane Matthew that began on Oct. 7, 2016. SBA representatives at the Business Recovery Center (BRC) in Virginia Beach City can provide information about disaster loans, answer questions and help businesses in completing the SBA application.

Inova Health System in Falls Church and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville announced today, Nov. 2, that they have agreed to form a comprehensive research and education partnership to include a regional campus of UVa Medical School at Inova, efforts to achieve designation as a Comprehesive Cancer Center and potential commercialization of new discoveries.

Challenges and opportunities in the state’s second-largest school division will be addressed by Superintendent Steven L. Walts at the annual Superintendent’s Breakfast on October 27 from 8–10 a.m.