More than 200 professionals, reentry advocates and former offenders from Norfolk and/or their family members will come together for the 4th Annual Community Collaborations Reentry Summit on Monday, October 16, 2017 from 9:00 am – 4:30 pm at Old Dominion University’s Constant Convocation Center. … [Read more...]
800 Free Trees to Be Given Away this Saturday in Norfolk
This Saturday, the Norfolk Tree Commission, in partnership with the City of Norfolk and the Norfolk Master Gardeners, will be giving away 800 trees for free at their yearly Arbor Day celebration. … [Read more...]
Chesterfield Heights and Grandy Village to Become Coastal Communities of the Future
The Chesterfield Heights and Grandy Village neighborhoods are transforming into coastal communities of the future. … [Read more...]
Talk About it Norfolk: Mayor Kenny Alexander Opens Up about Mental Health
"People who experience mental illness should not feel ashamed," said Mayor Kenny Alexander, "just like you or I would not feel ashamed about having high blood pressure or diabetes." … [Read more...]
Living History Performance of Frederick Douglass at the Hampton History Museum
Poet, author and spoken word performer Nathan M. Richardson brings to life the physical and spiritual essence of the influential social reformer and statesman Frederick Douglass for the Hampton History Museum’s Port Hampton Lecture Series on Monday, October 2, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. … [Read more...]
Video: The Straightening of the Leaning Tower of Granby
"It's a great building, it just has one little flaw...." … [Read more...]
Hampton Virginia is Ready for Halloween
Summer may have come to an end, but as quickly as we emptied the sand from our beach bags, we realized that with fall leaves comes one very exciting holiday…HALLOWEEN. … [Read more...]
Prepare for Natural Disasters by Knowing Your Zone
September is Preparedness Month and the City is urging residents to Know Your Zone through a statewide program designed to enhance current evacuation plans during emergency events. … [Read more...]
Norfolk Public Library Offering Residents Free Online High School Diploma Program
Who says going back to school is just for kids? … [Read more...]
Severe Storm Tips from City of Virginia Beach
The City of Virginia Beach, through its Office of Emergency Management and the National Weather Service/Wakefield, are monitoring a weather system that could bring heavy rain, rough surf, possible tidal flooding and gale force winds to Virginia Beach, especially along the Chesapeake Bay, and Southside Hampton Roads. … [Read more...]
There is a Petition to Remove the Norfolk Confederate Monument
"After the horrendous display of racism, bigotry, and white supremacy in Charlottesville, we, the citizens of the City of Norfolk, take a stand against white nationalism by removing one of its symbols, the Confederate monument," the petition, which can be found here, starts. … [Read more...]
City of Virginia Beach Awards Research Grants on Local German Prisoner of War Camp & Other VB Stories
The Virginia Beach Historic Preservation Commission has announced four grant awards for research projects that will provide additional scholarship in a variety of subject areas for Virginia Beach history. … [Read more...]
American Nazis in Virginia: Notes from the Ground in Charlottesville
Outside Emancipation Park, you could almost fool yourself. This could have been any summery Saturday morning in this college town. Vendors were set up in historic downtown. Families dined on patios. The sun shone through after a morning of on-and-off rain. … [Read more...]
Norfolk City Council Approves Open Data Policy
Norfolk City Council has adopted a new open data policy that will serve as the foundation for an open data program. … [Read more...]
Eclipse Party at Slover Library!
On August 21, 2017, a total eclipse of the sun will be visible in the Continental U.S., including here in Tidewater. … [Read more...]
Robots Have Landed at Virginia Beach Public Library
Sphero ball-shaped robots have landed at Virginia Beach Public Library (VBPL) and are ready for you to check out, take home and program. … [Read more...]
City of Virginia Beach Seeks Input on their Plan to End Homelessness
The Department of Housing and Neighborhood Preservation is updating the community’s Strategic Plan to End Homelessness, originally adopted by the City Council in 2013. … [Read more...]
Catnip Cat Cafe Gets Norfolk Purring
It’s happening fur-real! Norfolk has a cat cafe. Catnip Cat Cafe -- my baby, or should I say kitten? -- is the first one of its kind in all of Hampton Roads and will give Hampton Roads superior bragging rights. … [Read more...]
End of an Era: Five Points Community Farm Market to Close
Five Points Community Farm Market, a one-stop-shop for locally grown produce, a revolving door of culinary entrepreneurs, and one of the region's loudest voices calling attention to the many food deserts in our poorer neighborhoods, has announced it will close. … [Read more...]
The Russians Are Coming to Virginia Beach… for a Sister City Summit
On July 12 - 13, 2017, Sister Cities International will be hosting a U.S./Russia Mayors' Summit in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in conjunction with its 61st Annual Conference. … [Read more...]