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Wednesday, February 22, 2012 · 03:00 pm
Sounds of excited fifth graders and cheering parents will fill the air at Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 6 p.m. Eight teams of students from Virginia Beach schools will compete for first place in the fourth annual Battle of the Books, hosted b...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 · 04:00 pm
The Virginia Beach Fire Department won two “Governor’s Fire Service Awards” for our efforts in 2011. The Virginia Beach Fire Life Safety Brigade won the prestigious “Excellence in Virginia’s Public Fire and Life Safety Education” award for their Water and Fire Safety, Bul...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 · 02:00 pm
Harvey L. Bryant, Commonwealth’s Attorney for the City of Virginia Beach, announced today that Tracy Lavern Mills, 39 years old, who previously resided in the 6100 block on Black Smith Court in Virginia Beach was sentenced today by Circuit Court Judge Edward W. Hanson Jr. fo...
Monday, February 20, 2012 · 11:30 am
Mayor William D. Sessoms, Jr., in partnership with other South Hampton Roads leaders, invites service providers, industry stakeholders and interested citizens to join them at the 2012 South Hampton Roads Regional Conference on Ending Homelessness on Thursday, March 8, at Old...
Monday, February 20, 2012 · 11:30 am
“If you do not think about the future, you won’t have one.”
John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright
In November 2011, Virginia Beach embarked on an exciting process to imagine what the city will be like in the year 2063 as...
Monday, February 20, 2012 · 10:45 am
The Virginia Beach Police Department is proud to announce the 17th Session of the Senior Citizens’ Police Academy. The session will run from April 3, 2012 – April 26, 2012
The sessions will be held on Tuesday and Thursday mornings:
9 a.m. - ...
Saturday, February 18, 2012 · 10:30 am
As of 10:30 a.m. this morning, the Virginia Beach Department of Public Utilities lifted the “boil water” notice issued yesterday for Sandbridge beach community residents. The notice was lifted after water samples collected from the area revealed there were no contaminants...
Friday, February 17, 2012 · 01:00 pm
In response to incorrect information in the community, the City of Virginia Beach has created a website with facts about school funding and answers to Frequently Asked Questions:
The complete web page is here:
www.vbgov.com/schoolfunding
Answers to Frequently Asked Ques...
Friday, February 17, 2012 · 11:30 am
The Virginia Beach Human Rights Commission will hold its18th annual Human Rights Awards Program on Thursday, March 15, at 7 p.m. at the Virginia Beach Convention Center.
“We received several wonderful nominations,” commission Chairperson Fay B. Silverman said. “After a v...
Friday, February 17, 2012 · 11:30 am
Mayor William D. Sessoms, Jr., in partnership with other South Hampton Roads leaders, invites service providers, industry stakeholders and interested citizens to join them at the 2012 South Hampton Roads Regional Conference on Ending Homelessness on Tuesday, March 8, at Ol...