http://hamptonroads.com/taxonomy/term/27 Category: News en-us Copyright 2010 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:56:17 -0500 A state lending agency wants the new board of SPSA to have a say in a $150 million deal to sell a trash-burning power plant. http://hamptonroads.com/2010/02/spsa-opposes-new-vote-power-plant-sale Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:58:53 -0500 PORTSMOUTH City Council members expressed shock Tuesday night over a plan for a liquor store across the street from I.C. Norcom High School and said they would lobby the state to find another spot. http://hamptonroads.com/2010/02/portsmouth-frowns-plan-liquor-store-near-school Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:55:01 -0500 RICHMOND A bill that would have protected gay and lesbian state workers from discrimination died in a House subcommittee Tuesday, a day after the state Senate passed a similar bill for the first time. http://hamptonroads.com/2010/02/job-protection-gay-state-workers-dies-house Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:48:17 -0500 NORFOLK Nearly half of the budget to build Norfolk's light-rail starter line is "soft costs" such as consulting, legal and administrative fees, which is almost twice the norm for this kind of project, Hampton Roads Transit's new leader, Philip Shucet, told the City Council on Tuesday. http://hamptonroads.com/2010/02/hrt-chief-lightrail-soft-costs-are-way-out-line Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:34:04 -0500 VIRGINIA BEACH A sometimes angry, sometimes resigned City Council was split Tuesday on a request from new Hampton Roads Transit chief Philip Shucet for about $245,000 to finish a now-delayed light-rail feasibility study for the city. The council previously thought HRT would pay for the study, now estimated to cost $6.6 million, without city money. http://hamptonroads.com/2010/02/beach-council-split-money-lightrail-study Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:31:36 -0500 Local health departments still have free vaccine for the H1N1 virus, known as swine flu, available for people 6 months and older. Chesapeake will have vaccine clinics at the following times and locations: Today: 3 to 6 p.m. at Deep Creek Community Center, 2901 Margaret Booker Dr. Friday: 10 a.m. to noon at Western Branch Community Center, 4437 Western Branch Blvd. http://hamptonroads.com/2010/02/free-swineflu-vaccines-chesapeake-va-beach Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:29:22 -0500 The recent bad weather has forced several Hampton Roads school divisions to hold classes Monday on Presidents Day. Officials in Chesapeake, Franklin, Portsmouth, Suffolk and Isle of Wight County announced that schools will be open because of the recent snowstorm. The Norfolk division had already decided to use Monday as a make-up day for when schools closed during November's nor'easter. http://hamptonroads.com/2010/02/schools-hold-classes-presidents-day Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:21:39 -0500 NORFOLK Charges against a man accused of robbing a credit union three times were withdrawn Tuesday. http://hamptonroads.com/2010/02/charges-dropped-norfolk-credit-union-robberies Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:08:18 -0500 PORTSMOUTH Gary Fletcher is trying to do what some might think impossible: get a $900 refund from the city. The 51-year-old contractor wants back the money he says he paid over two-plus years for a trash can he never had. His quest is now in its fourth month. "It's not that complicated," he said. "It's just frustrating." http://hamptonroads.com/2010/02/portsmouth-man-campaign-get-trashbill-refund Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:57:28 -0500 ARLINGTON Flights have ended at two Mid-Atlantic airports, but there are still limited operations at a third. Tara Hamilton, a spokeswoman for Washington National Airport and Dulles International Airport, says there are no more flights in or out of National late Tuesday, but a few international flights would be operating out of Dulles Tuesday night. http://hamptonroads.com/2010/02/flights-dc-airports-again-screech-halt Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:45:40 -0500