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Memorial Day closings across Hampton Roads

Courts and municipal offices Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and Virginia Beach City offices and courts will be closed today. Financial institutions Most banks and credit unions will be closed today. Contact specific institutions. Garbage collection Chesapeake, Norfolk, Suffolk and Virginia Beach No scheduled trash collections today.

Parade, other ceremonies for Memorial Day

- 128th annual Memorial Day Parade, steps off in the 1800 block of High St. at I.C. Norcom High School, travels along High Street to Crawford Street and ends at Crawford and Columbia streets, Portsmouth. 11 a.m. 393-8639. - Memorial Day Flag Raising Ceremony, 10 a.m. Calvary Cemetery, 1600 St. Julian Ave., Norfolk. 441-2654.

Memorial Day closings across Hampton Roads

Courts and municipal offices Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and Virginia Beach City offices and courts will be closed Monday. Financial institutions Most banks and credit unions will be closed Monday. Contact specific institutions. Garbage collection Chesapeake, Norfolk, Suffolk and Virginia Beach No scheduled trash collections Monday.

Memorial Day observances and events

The following is a list of local events on Monday to observe the holiday:
128th annual Memorial Day Parade, steps off at 11 a.m. in the 1800 block of High Street at I.C. Norcom High School, travels along High Street to Crawford Street and ends at Crawford and Columbia streets, Portsmouth. 393-8639.

Photo: Kids hunt eggs on battleship Wisconsin

Aboard the battleship Wisconsin in Norfolk, Matthew and Keilani Healey get a hand from their father, Steve Healey, during an egg hunt for Nauticus members Saturday. Photo by Amanda Lucier

Photos: Norfolk celebrates St. Patrick's Day

We Americans put our own spin on the day honoring Ireland’s patron saint. And for Christina Mavrophilipos of Norfolk, that meant hula-hooping Saturday after a big gathering in green: the 45th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Ocean View.  

Holiday closings in Hampton Roads

Courts and municipal offices Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Suffolk Closed Monday. Virginia Beach City offices will be open Monday, but courts will be closed. Financial institutions Most banks and credit unions will be closed Monday. Contact specific institutions. Garbage collection Chesapeake, Norfolk, Suffolk and Virginia Beach No regular trash collection scheduled for Monday.

Grabbing the Huff phenomenon by the tail

Now that Virginia Beach's Jonathan Friedman has won $1 million for his conniving and chuckle-worthy Doritos commercial, he should start his own advertising firm.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day events

A sampling of events occurring to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Annual Suffolk Martin Luther King Jr. celebration, 11 a.m. Monday. Tabernacle Christian Church, 2500 E. Washington St., Suffolk. mark.croston@eebconline.com.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday closings

Courts and municipal offices Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and Virginia Beach City offices and courts will be closed Monday. ———

Financial institutions Most banks and credit unions will be closed Monday. Contact specific institutions. ———

Garbage collection