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Delight and hard work meet at Historic Garden Week in Virginia Beach
Louise and Greg Battaglia didn't need much convincing to join the Historic Garden Week Show in Virginia Beach last week. "I love the fact that the garden club comes through and does these amazing arrangements," Louise Battaglia said. Floral arrangers, "have used a lot of flowers out of their own yards, and a lot that are native to Virginia. It's...
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![Virginia agreed to spend up to $12.35 million to attract the untitled Pharrell Williams musical biopic to the state, a move officials say could provide up to $84 million in economic impact. Virginia agreed to spend up to $12.35 million to attract the untitled Pharrell Williams musical biopic to the state, a move officials say could provide up to $84 million in economic impact.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/04/29/B2FXNDYI5ZCLZH3U3FFSK3HW6Y.jpg?w=535)
Virginia agrees to spend up to $12 million to attract Pharrell biopic filmed in Richmond, Hampton Roads
Virginia agreed to spend up to $12.35 million to attract the untitled Pharrell Williams musical biopic to the state, a move officials say could provide up to $84 million in economic impact.
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![Virginia Beach asked Audacy, a national radio company that owns several local stations, to fill in the gap left when Pharrell Williams moved the Something in the Water festival to October. Virginia Beach asked Audacy, a national radio company that owns several local stations, to fill in the gap left when Pharrell Williams moved the Something in the Water festival to October.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/TVP-L-NW-AUDACY-WEEKEND-0428-KW-03.jpg?w=525)
Audacy’s Oceanfront Concerts draws small but lively crowd: ‘Everybody’s out here having fun.’
Virginia Beach asked Audacy, a national radio company that owns several local stations, to fill in the gap left when Pharrell Williams moved the Something in the Water festival to October.
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![Kids will learn how to make wildflower seed bombs, which will be planted in a designated area the mall plans to transform into a wildflower garden to encourage butterflies and other pollinators. Kids will learn how to make wildflower seed bombs, which will be planted in a designated area the mall plans to transform into a wildflower garden to encourage butterflies and other pollinators.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2017/06/22/62G2L7E745GTXEZOS2JK3F72BA.jpg?w=535)
Make a wildflower bomb for Norfolk Premium Outlets’ future garden this Sunday
Kids will learn how to make wildflower seed bombs, which will be planted in a designated area the mall plans to transform into a wildflower garden to encourage butterflies and other pollinators.
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Analysis: What to watch during what could be Biden’s final White House correspondents’ dinner
Here are three things to watch for during official Washington’s annual celebration of the First...
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![Holliday, the first overall pick in the 2022 draft, hit .059 (2 for 34) in his first 10 major league games. Holliday, the first overall pick in the 2022 draft, hit .059 (2 for 34) in his first 10 major league games.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/TVP-L-NORFOLK-TIDES-0409-WS-01.jpg?w=525)
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Top prospect Jackson Holliday optioned back to Norfolk Tides by Baltimore Orioles
Holliday, the first overall pick in the 2022 draft, hit .059 (2 for 34) in...
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![In baseball, Menchville's Luke Woodard (4-1) earned the win on the mound and helped himself at the plate with two hits and three RBIs and scored twice. In baseball, Menchville's Luke Woodard (4-1) earned the win on the mound and helped himself at the plate with two hits and three RBIs and scored twice.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/TVP-L-HIGHLIGHTS-0425-KW-06.jpg?w=518)
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High school scoreboard | Grassfield knocks off No. 6 Western Branch in girls soccer for coach’s 250th victory
In baseball, Menchville's Luke Woodard (4-1) earned the win on the mound and helped himself...
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Young boy’s life ‘tragically taken’ by fatal shooting in Portsmouth, police say
Police responded to a report of a shooting on the 30 block of Farragut Street...
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![Cartoon by Mike Luckovich for April 28, 2024. Cartoon by Mike Luckovich for April 28, 2024.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/TVP-Z-OP-CARTOON-A-0428.jpg?w=455)
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Cartoon by Mike Luckovich for April 28, 2024.
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Column: Restore Fort Monroe’s 1619 name: Point Comfort
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![Gabby Douglas, who became the first Black woman to win the Olympic all-around title when she triumphed in London in 2012, competed for the first time in eight years on Saturday at the American Classic. Gabby Douglas, who became the first Black woman to win the Olympic all-around title when she triumphed in London in 2012, competed for the first time in eight years on Saturday at the American Classic.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/American_Classic_Gymnastics_15571.jpg?w=525)
2012 Olympic champion Gabby Douglas competes for the first time in 8 years at the American Classic
Gabby Douglas, who became the first Black woman to win the Olympic all-around title when...
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![The delivery comes as the Newport News shipyard and other shipbuilders face major delays. Blocks four and five of Virginia-class submarines, the Navy said earlier this month, are delayed 24-36 months. The delivery comes as the Newport News shipyard and other shipbuilders face major delays. Blocks four and five of Virginia-class submarines, the Navy said earlier this month, are delayed 24-36 months.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DCS24-28-381_7af7ba14-b981-439a-8c55-b28ba2346180-prv.jpg?w=525)
Newport News Shipbuilding delivers 1st Virginia-class submarine built to include women
The delivery comes as the Newport News shipyard and other shipbuilders face major delays. Blocks...
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