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Business Notes: 140 new apartments in Norfolk; longtime Food Lion employees honored
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (1009+ words) Two people have new roles at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices RW Towne Realty. Art Monroe replaces Cindy Mayberry as broker in charge of the Moyock office. Mayberry had been with the company for more... Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA named Adam Reizer…...
Virginia Beach School Board reverses course on new policy limiting laptops for students, extends ban to first graders
2+ week, 6+ day ago (802+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — The School Board on Tuesday narrowly adopted a series of motions walking back a new policy that restricts the classroom laptop usage of the district’s youngest students before expanding the ban’s scope to entirely include first-graders. In a…...
Local artists help send a fresh signal for downtown Norfolk
3+ week, 1+ day ago (323+ words) Six traffic signal boxes throughout downtown Norfolk have been wrapped with original artwork by local artists. The vinyl-wrapped boxes are part of a street-level art initiative by the Downtown Norfolk Council to celebrate local creativity and improve pedestrians’ experience, according…...
Virginia Beach School Board limits laptop usage for youngest students
3+ week, 1+ day ago (426+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — A new policy reducing technology’s reach in the classrooms of Virginia Beach’s youngest learners marks a turning point for the methods of instruction to students in an increasingly electronic reality. The policy additionally calls for an annual review…...
Who are the best all-time Major League Baseball players from Virginia? Some 757 stars are worthy choices.
3+ week, 2+ day ago (126+ words) Al Bumbry (Fredericksburg, center field): A baseball and basketball star for Virginia State, the Vietnam veteran hit leadoff for the Baltimore Orioles, who won the World Series in 1983. The lefty... Daily Horoscope for June 21, 2026 Daily Horoscope for June 20, 2026 Virginia lawmakers…...
Norfolk father guides daughter through addiction treatment
3+ week, 2+ day ago (539+ words) This Father’s Day, Virginia Beach resident Mallory Berggren has an unconventional gift for her father, Shawn. Mallory Berggren, 19, is three months sober after recently completing an inpatient treatment program at Avenues Recovery Center in Norfolk. It’s not been easy, she…...
Virginia budget leaders reach ‘agreement in principle’ for deal
3+ week, 4+ day ago (313+ words) Virginia budget negotiators are nearing a deal to ensure that the state will have a new two-year spending plan in place on July 1, but they haven’t completed work on how they would tax data centers to generate additional money to…...
Norfolk State fundraising campaign tops $145 million, surpassing goal, as end nears
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (467+ words) Norfolk State University has raised more than $145 million in its capital campaign, surpassing its $90 million goal with help from two record-breaking gifts from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, officials said. Other gifts to the campaign, which is set to conclude Dec. 31, have…...
Virginia Tech signs Oklahoma State guard out of transfer portal
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (460+ words) The Virginia Tech men’s basketball program announced the signing of 6-1 guard Jaylen Curry from the transfer portal on Tuesday. The Charlotte, North Carolina, native averaged 10.1 points, 3.5 assists and 3.2 rebounds per game for Oklahoma State last season. He scored in double…...
UVA, Virginia Tech, Liberty, VCU baseball make NCAA Tournament
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (955+ words) Blanked last season for the first time in seven years, college baseball teams from Virginia have returned to prominence in the NCAA Tournament. Virginia, Virginia Tech, Liberty and VCU earned bids to the 64-team bracket unveiled Monday. The only states…...