CHESAPEAKE Winning never gets old for the Oscar Smith football team. "It's our job to win championships, so it never gets old," said Tigers coach Richard Morgan after the Tigers' 47-17 win over No. 6 Great Bridge on Friday at Colon L. Hall Stadium. "Hopefully we can keep it together five more weeks."

CHESAPEAKE Chesapeake will honor all members of the U.S. armed forces from 11 a.m. to noon Wednesday in observance of Veterans Day. The ceremony, sponsored by the Mayor's Commission on Veterans Affairs, will include a wreath-laying and paver installation at the Veterans' Memorial, 306 Cedar Road in the Municipal Center. The event is free and open to the public.

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The North Landing Bridge at Mount Pleasant Road will be closed for two months, beginning Nov. 15, according to the city. The closure, expected to be finished by Jan. 15, 2010, will allow crews to replace the deck and make other repairs, a city news release says. The bridge crosses the Intracoastal Waterway.

If the School Board wants to renovate Indian River High School, perform technology upgrades at four other high schools, and still have the money to repair roofs and fix broken heating and air conditioning, it had better ask the City Council for extra funding now, Superintendent W. Randolph Nichols warned Thursday night.

CHESAPEAKE George Christian, founder of Financing Alternatives Inc., succeeded in delaying the trial in the state's case against him and his company - if only for a few days.

By Sandra J. Pennecke
Correspondent

When the Schweikarts and Johnsons were looking for new homes the school district led them to Windrose Farms.
Both families wanted their children to attend Grassfield High, the new state-of-the-art school off Route 17 in the Chesapeake school district.

By Sandra J. Pennecke
Correspondent

Art and Judith Rubin looked at several different developments throughout Chesapeake before deciding on Vance Level to be closer to their granddaughter. The Rubins, who relocated from Naples, Fla., in April, explored a few

By Sandra J. Pennecke
Correspondent

Grover and Kathryn Montgomery tossed around the idea of moving for some time, but they were finally ready seeing the homes at The Preserve on the Elizabeth.

By Sandra J. Pennecke
Correspondent

Martin and Beth Synakowski fell in love with the model home at Winston's Trace and planned to build their own home in the Chesapeake community.
They didn't realize that the model would become their home before long.

Angela Mefford's cough early last week seemed run-of-the-mill.
Her husband said he figured it was caused by a change in the weather, or a simple cold. Then the 27-year-old mother of two developed a fever, and last Wednesday she went to the emergency room at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center.