VIRGINIA BEACH The City Council indefinitely deferred a vote Tuesday to create a new tax increment financing district to pay for a pedestrian bridge over Virginia Beach Boulevard that would have connected the Pembroke Mall and Town Center.
VIRGINIA BEACH The City Council on Tuesday delayed indefinitely any action on whether to cordon off new tax revenue from the Pembroke Mall area to build a pedestrian bridge and pay for road improvements around Virginia Beach’s central business district.
Real estate appraisers in Hampton Roads and across the nation say they have felt intense pressure from lenders, mortgage brokers and real estate agents to deliver inflated valuations - a serious ethical breach that may have played a role in puffing up the real estate bubble and promoting mortgage fraud.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Mrs. Linda Plyler Gilliam, 62, of Virginia Beach, Va., and formerly of Roanoke Rapids died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008, at Sentara Bayside Hospital.
NORFOLK A businessman who attended Booker T. Washington High School and grew up in public housing plans to build a $27 million, 180,000-square foot office building near his boyhood neighborhood. The City Council approved plans Tuesday for the Midtown Office Tower, which will sit on 4.5 acres at the corner of Virginia Beach Boulevard and Tidewater Drive.
When former Mountain Crest star Ryan Zimmerman learned who might be taking over Utah State’s football program, he was ecstatic. To say the least. Multiple sources told The Herald Journal on Wednesday afternoon that current University of Utah defensive coordinator Gary Andersen has accepted the job.
ROMEOVILLE, Ill.----Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. [NASDAQ:ULTA ], today announced financial results for the thirteen-week period and thirty-nine week period ended November 1, 2008, which compare to the same periods ended November 3, 2007.
Jason Cole sighs as he sums up his feelings about Plaxico Burress: ''What I would say about Plax is he's created a mess he can't correct. You just want to say to him, 'Dude, what were you thinking ?'''
VIRGINIA BEACH Barry Knight won by a wide margin in a three-man race for the Republican nomination to fill the 81st District House of Delegates seat vacated by Terrie Suit. With 2,218 ballots cast, 1,309 voted for Knight, 624 for Virginia Beach Sheriff Paul Lanteigne and 283 for Tom Keeley, a former Oceana Naval Air Station commanding officer. Two votes were thrown out for irregularities.
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Plaxico Burress has joined the high- profile client roster of attorney Benjamin Brafman , who will defend the New York Giants wide receiver on handgun charges that may bring him 3 1/2 years or more in jail if found guilty.