2+ day, 19+ min ago   (206+ words) Re “Rediscovering young family’s past” (The Sunday Break, Sept. 6): Kudos on the coverage of the African Landing monument at Fort Monroe; it’s great that this vital part of our history is emerging into the prominence it deserves. Bob Killebrew, Newport…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (295+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — Tuesday evening’s School Board meeting started with a message from the board’s attorney. “Most of the FOIA requests are against other board members,” said Chair Kathleen Brown. “We’re talking thousands and thousands of dollars of staff time. It…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago   (633+ words) In August 2023, David Fulk and his business partner Stacy Cholula signed a lease in a parking lot in Kinston, North Carolina, for a 36,000-square-foot building. “I thought to myself, ‘The worst thing that could happen is we’d file for bankruptcy,…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (302+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — A new mural more than 100 feet off the ground will welcome visitors and residents to the Sandbridge community soon. The City Council on Tuesday approved an artistic makeover of the Sandbridge water tower, near the entrance to the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (434+ words) Virginia Stage Company has canceled weekend events at The Wells Theatre in downtown Norfolk after a Thursday rainstorm caused the building to flood. Water gushed through the theater’s ceiling and onto the stage, and ceiling tiles collapsed under the flow,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (951+ words) Two streetwear-dripped-out dudes on the patio of Verve Coffee nearly spit out their matchas on a July afternoon in West Hollywood when the singer-songwriter walked up to order an iced tea. Dressed in svelte black athleisure with a close-cropped haircut,…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (338+ words) CHESAPEAKE — City Council approved new restrictions on data centers Tuesday, adopting an ordinance that requires the projects to receive council approval before construction. The changes would limit data center development to only industrial zoning districts. The original ordinance also allowed…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (407+ words) Re “Golf course sold to housing developer” (A1, Aug. 13): The Virginia Beach City Council voted 9-2 to approve the Virginia Beach National Golf Club proposal, while also rejecting Councilwoman Barbara Henley’s reasonable request for a 90-day deferral. Watching the meeting, I was…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (542+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — Crowd members who booed loudly or hurled sassy comments at speakers and council members supportive of selling a city-owned golf course to a private developer disrupted last week’s City Council meeting, said Mayor Bobby Dyer. He wants to…...

4+ week, 15+ hour ago   (1425+ words) Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer Industrial Realty Group LLC purchased a 100,160-square-foot industrial/distribution building on 13.95 acres at 1401 Progress Road in Suffolk from Berry Plastics Design LLC for nearly $5.6 million as an investment. Geoff Poston and Taylor Anderson represented the seller. Property…...