The city has extended the dates for two bulk waste and debris drop-off sites to help residents continuing to clean up after this month's nor'easter. The Community Beach Parking Lot and East Ocean View Avenue sites will remain open until Nov. 29, including Thanksgiving, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The city's other drop-off sites will be open only until 6 p.m. today.

RODANTHE, N.C. The state is set to rebuild storm-damaged N.C. 12 at Mirlo Beach, but Zenovah Hooper is not impressed. In her 91 years, she has seen the ocean have its way too many times in that vulnerable spot.

Dunes on the Currituck Outer Banks damaged by the recent nor'easter are expected to recover naturally and are not likely to qualify for federal disaster assistance. Federal and state disaster officials plan to assess the damage in Currituck, Dare and Hyde counties on Monday and Tuesday, said Mary Beth Newns, interim director of Currituck County Emergency Management.

NORFOLK Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has requested money from FEMA and low-interest loans from the government to help people who were victims of last week’s nor’easter.

NORFOLK Two years ago, Michelle Schenck sank her life savings into a bungalow on the Chesapeake Bay, a "forever dream house" with a private deck on the dune and a wide beach just beyond the back door.

NORFOLK The Virginia Baptist Mission Board is offering free drop-off laundry service today and Saturday to South Hampton Roads residents whose clothing was damaged during last week’s nor’easter.

PORTSMOUTH Residents and business owners from one of the areas hit hardest by the recent nor'easter met Thursday to vent frustrations and discuss how to get the city to pay for solutions in their flood-prone neighborhood.

ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY The Coast Guard continued to work on a plan to move a decommissioned Navy ship that broke free of its moorings during last week's nor'easter and ran aground in Isle of Wight County. The 700-foot-long Monongahela, a fleet oiler, poses no threat of pollution, Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Scott McBride said Thursday.

The Virginia Department of Health is closing Chesapeake Bay tributaries, including in Hampton Roads, to shellfish harvesting because of last week’s nor’easter, effective today through Dec. 2. The affected shellfish include oysters, clams and scallops. Crabs and fin fish are not banned.

VIRGINIA BEACH When Hazel Lawson and her husband built a tin-covered cottage in Chic's Beach 57 years ago, sprawling, grass-topped dunes and a canopy of oak trees separated their summer home from the ocean. Now, her stone patio teeters on the edge of the beach, less than 50 feet from the water.