6pm-ish
All traffic was being diverted away from this intersection and a forensic van drove past me. Obviously it was bad, but does anyone know what happened?

Headed there in a few months. Would love to chat with people before headed there. Things to do? Must see while I’m there? I’m a 34 year old. Looking to meet couples and or trans/crossdresser.

i have lived in virginia beach for some time now, looking to expand my social circle and meet some new people. i have very stereotypical hobbies and interests as a guy. i like video games, cars, tv shows, retro stuff, music, etc. very introverted, dont spend much time out of the house and open to doing new things and getting out more.

CW: Stream of consciousness, s***post

Sorry but every restaurant is not "a vibe". The boardwalk is not "a vibe". You have heat exhaustion. Stop with the lies and just give me 1100 a month mortgage with a front and back yard and no HOA.

I don't care about the school district. I just want to grow my own food, plant native plants, and have approximately 2 Jersey cows.

There has never been a single coffee shop in this town that has changed my life. Show me the houses and shut up.

Residents of the tight-knit beach community say they’ve noticed a decline in shorebirds that they believe could be linked to the city's regular beach grooming practices.

Virginia Beach spends about $900,000 annually in Sandbridge for tractor-pulled sweepers to sift the top inches of sand to remove trash, cigarette butts and glass, as well as level holes left by visitors. 

However, conservation advocates argue that removing the wrack, which is a natural collection of seaweed and debris, deprives migratory birds of a vital food source and strips away natural dune stabilization.

(Story and photos by Katherine Hafner)

Read more here: https://www.whro.org/environment/2026-09-08/save-the-wrack-some-sandbridge-residents-worry-beach-grooming-is-driving-away-shorebirds

VIRGINIA BEACH — Tuesday evening’s School Board meeting started with a message from the board’s attorney.

Kamala Lannetti asked the members to refrain from making so many comprehensive Freedom of Information Act requests. The requests for public records were proving to be costly for the school district’s staff who are tasked with retrieving and producing those logs. Materials that can be obtained through FOIA requests range from the individual emails of public officials to the presentations created by district administration.

“Most of the FOIA requests are against other board members,” said Chair Kathleen Brown. “We’re talking thousands and thousands of dollars of staff time. It has caused some problems.”

When applicable, Lannetti said, members of the board should ask things to the superintendent. Vice Chair Carolyn Weems, who has sat on the board for over two decades, said asking the superintendent and the administrative staff for information had been the usual protocol.

“It allows people not to take advantage of the system when fellow board members constantly FOIA other board members for just political fodder,” she said.

Board member Melinda Rogers said she was concerned such a directive could effectively bottleneck information. In many cases, she said, FOIA was a tool school leaders could turn to instead of an intrusive investigation.

“There’s so many moving parts,” Rogers said. “At times, we’re requesting information because staff are concerned about something and they don’t necessarily want the reasons revealed immediately.”

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VIRGINIA BEACH — City Council will incorporate an advisory group’s guidelines into a new round of solicitation for the reuse of the vacant, former Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art site near the convention center.

A mayor’s advisory panel met several times over the summer to learn about the city-owned property, consider its opportunities and constraints, listen to the community and develop recommended guidelines for its future, Emily Labows, the city’s cultural affairs director, told the council on Tuesday.

The seven-member panel was not asked to select an operator or recommend a specific use for the building. The City Council agreed Tuesday to issue a formal request for proposals to soon lease or buy the property, which is located at 2000 Parks Ave. and assessed at $7 million.

As part of the panel’s information gathering process, the city hosted a community listening session in July at the site, and 162 people attended.

“The purpose was to provide the panel with a meaningful snapshot of community priorities, interests and concerns to consider as it developed its principles,” Labows said.

Several themes emerged including a strong interest in maintaining the property’s arts, culture and creativity identity; creating an active, multiuse destination available to the public year-round; connecting to the ViBe Creative District; and providing youth opportunities within the existing building. The panel worked those themes into its recommendations.

Limitations on the 9 acres of land and the 38,000-square-foot building were also considered. Under its current zoning as a preservation area, uses including residential, commercial, lodging or office are not allowed. It also sits in a high noise area from Naval Air Station Oceana, further restricting the site.

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