http://hamptonroads.com/taxonomy/term/27 Category: News en-us Copyright 2009 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:34:32 -0400 CHESAPEAKE Hisssssssss. OK, so it's a snake. But what kind? Is it poisonous? Is it sleeping or poised to strike? One thing's for sure - you don't want to get close enough to find out, right? Besides, it's a snake. Yuck! Jimmi Bonavita says that's the attitude of most people. It's a frame of mind that really sticks in his craw. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/07/snake-expert-shares-smarts-first-responders Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:10:19 -0400 VIRGINIA BEACH Sandwiched within Diamond Springs Road, a Food Lion shopping center and 7-Eleven is a small swath of land dotted with headstones. Some are polished and new. Others are faded, chipped or hidden beneath overgrown brush. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/07/tiny-graveyard-perfect-final-resting-place-some Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:24:47 -0400 HAMPTON A development plan for Hampton's historic Buckroe Beach has overwhelming support from the City Council. But some residents say opposition is so strong that they will collect enough signatures to send the issue to voters in a referendum. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/07/buckroe-development-plan-get-mixed-reviews Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:33:40 -0400 NORFOLK Thomas Harris has lived in Lamberts Point for 31 years, long enough to remember when a trucking company operated from 26th Street behind his house and when a mason there turned one building into a junkyard. Crime and drugs were a problem, with vagrants hanging out on the block, Harris said. "You name it, it was there," he said. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/07/housing-plan-part-lamberts-point-revival Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:45:40 -0400 PORTSMOUTH A woman drove down a highway exit ramp in the heart of the city Tuesday and held two dollars out the driver's side window of her minivan. "Are you seeking a donation?" she asked Pastor James W. Suggs, who stood on the side of the ramp near Victory Boulevard, bucket in hand. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/07/portsmouth-officials-concerned-solicitations Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:48:21 -0400 Courts and municipal offices Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Suffolk City offices and courts are closed today. Virginia Beach City offices and courts are closed today and Saturday.  ____ Financial institutions Some bank and credit unions will be closed today. Contact specific institutions.  ____ Garbage collection http://hamptonroads.com/2009/07/fourth-july-closings-hampton-roads Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:03:43 -0400 VIRGINIA BEACH A woman from Northern Virginia drowned Friday night at the Oceanfront, Virginia Beach police said. The 33-year-old woman was swimming with her family near 36th Street when a rip current pulled them away from shore just after 8 p.m., officials said. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/07/woman-northern-va-drowns-oceanfront Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:25:27 -0400 NORFOLK A man who pleaded guilty to a felony hit-and-run charge in a wreck that killed a man will serve 16 months for the crime, a judge ruled Thursday. Doncelle McClendon, 20, must also pay $3,000 to the family of Michael Hill, the man who was killed. An additional three-year sentence was suspended. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/07/man-gets-16-months-fatal-norfolk-hitandrun Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:06:23 -0400 SUFFOLK A 6-year-old boy was flown to a hospital Friday night after suffering serious injuries in an ATV accident, Suffolk police said. The accident happened in the 200 block of Bott Lane, a police news release said. Someone took the injured child to Holland Volunteer Fire Department, where he was unresponsive, city spokeswoman Debbie George said. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/07/6yearold-boy-seriously-injured-atv-crash-suffolk Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:03:40 -0400 Drivers found out Thursday just how bad gridlock in this region can get. A broken water pump inside the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel set off a chain reaction of congestion. On the surface, the broken pump seemed like a tiny cog in the area’s complex interstate bridge and tunnel system, but what happened next was more than anyone had bargained for. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/07/motorists-stew-officials-angered-gridlock-debacle Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:49:12 -0400