Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority is opening the public housing waiting list. See below for details

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NORFOLK, Va. — Thousands of people took to public transportation for the Norfolk Tides' home opener on the weekend of March 28.

Limited parking due to ongoing construction on the future Norfolk casino meant people walked, rode the ferry, or took the light rail. According to the Norfolk Tides, 22,000 attended the opening weekend games. Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) leaders say many of them used public transportation to get to and from the game.

"From our perspective, that first weekend went well as people get used to the new way of things," HRT communications manager Thomas Becher told 13News Now.

With significant parking changes due to ongoing construction at the future Norfolk casino site, the City of Norfolk, Hampton Roads Transit, and the Norfolk Tides teamed up to offer free parking and transportation all season long. More information on free and paid parking options is available here.

According to HRT's count, nearly 7,418 people took the Tide light rail on opening night. 2,36

The kite event has been rescheduled to next week on Sunday, March 23 from 2-4pm due to a 1-2 inch rain forecast. 🚨

Join VFP757 for our 1 Year chapter anniversary by flying some kites with the local community while advocating for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the West Bank. We need to stand together to say no to ethnic cleansing and genocide.

When: Sunday March 23, 2025, 2-4pm (not the 16th) Where: Mt. Trashmore, top of the hill. (310 Edwin Dr, Virginia Beach, VA)

We will be providing some blank and pre-decorated kites, feel free to bring your own kites to fly as well. Can’t wait to see y’all there, let’s have some fun and bring awareness to important issues and peace.

The pictures attached in the original post are from this last October’s kite flying event. We had a decent show up and everybody loved it! If you still have your kite from that day, bring it if you can!

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/23702847

Video Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/sports/s/a2Aw0psfXd

Related news article: https://www.wtkr.com/news/in-the-community/portsmouth/i-c-norcom-track-athlete-accused-of-injuring-opponent-during-state-title-race

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Wisconsin hops supplier claims Armed Forces Brewing Company owes him almost $3K Armed Forces Brewing Company faces more allegations of unpaid debts as they shut down their Norfolk location. They have not answered several requests for comment.

Author: Brianna Fallon Published: 11:52 PM EDT March 10, 2025 Updated: 11:52 PM EDT March 10, 2025

NORFOLK, Va. — Another person is coming forward claiming Armed Forces Brewing Company owes them money.

The CEO announced last week that they're closing the Norfolk location because profits were affected by a "local woke mob."

But according to online SEC records, the company was operating in the red before even arriving to Norfolk.

On Friday, 13News Now spoke with a local vendor who said he was missing several payments for promos he made for the brewery.

But a supplier for a business based in Wisconsin has also come forward, saying that he's missing payments from the brewing company after shipping more than 200 pounds of hops for their

NORFOLK, Va. — A controversial local brewery announced it is planning to relocate.

Armed Forces Brewing Company (AFBC) opened in Norfolk in 2024.

In a statement, the brewery told us it is closing its Norfolk location and "we had chosen Norfolk because of the large military and veteran community ... unfortunately our ability to profitably operate in Norfolk was severely impacted by a local woke mob."

The location used to house O'Connor Brewing before it closed in 2023. AFBC announced it would take over the space and have it be home to their headquarters and inaugural brewing facility.

However, multiple local civic leagues came out against the brewery's request for a conditional use permit due to AFBC shareholder and veteran Robert O’Neill sharing anti-LGBTQ rhetoric online, including calling members of the LGBTQ community "pedophiles."

Despite the opposition, Norfolk City Council ultimately approved the permits, allowing AFBC to operate.

In its statement announcing its relocation,

HAMPTON ROADS STANDS WITH IMMIGRANTS: Join us on March 23rd for a community event in Norfolk where we will talk about how we can all support and defend our immigrant neighbors.

The event will be at the restaurant Luna Maya. It is free and open to allies and immigrants alike, with English and Spanish presentations.

We will discuss knowing your rights with ICE, (for both immigrants and allies) how businesses and community members can protect immigrants, RISC’s rapid response network, and other critical information.

This event is hosted by the Refugee & Immigrant Solidarity Coalition, the Latinx Law Students Association and the Immigration Law & Service Society at William & Mary, the Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations, and the Chamber for Hispanic Progress.

We plan to provide refreshments, and Know Your Rights materials will be available for attendees to take home!

"It broke my heart," retired Army Staff Sergeant Alexzandria Hunt said. "It made me feel like nothing, like I didn't matter, like I was just a number." Author: Hannah Eason Amado Published: 11:25 AM EST March 5, 2025 Updated: 12:15 PM EST March 5, 2025

HAMPTON, Va. — When a storm blanketed Hampton Roads with a foot of snow last month, retired Army Staff Sergeant Alexzandria "Alex" Hunt says she stayed a little later during her shift at the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

She ensured hospice patients had extra diapers, oxygen tanks were squared away and departments were properly stocked with batteries. She says she volunteered to work extra hours simply because they were short staffed.

But on Feb. 25, she was notified that she was terminated from her position based on her work performance.

"I broke down right then and there," said Hunt, who was a supply technician. "I was blindsided."

Hunt was fired as part of the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal workforce. So fa

Newport News school board has adopted Governor Youngkin's Model Policies, policy that forces teachers to out students to their parents and school administration if they request their teachers to use pronouns or names other than those assigned at birth. We must fight these policies to protect trans youth.

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/trans-rights-petition?clear_id=true

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The tank housing the historic USS Monitor's gun turret was drained for the first time in years while undergoing conservation efforts at The Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News, and will be on display for the public to see next month.

The Mariners’ Conservation Team said the turret is normally submerged in 90,000 gallons of an alkaline solution that must be periodically changed; it's a multi-step process that results in the addition of 7,500 pounds of sodium hydroxide to the tank.

The turret tank is currently empty of solution and is being inspected to evaluate the treatment process. The Mariners’ Conservation Team said the draining also allows them the potential to eventually flip the turret that has been upside down since its discovery.

The 115-ton revolving gun turret spent nearly 140 years on the ocean floor after the Civil War ironclad warship sank during a storm off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in 1862. It was the first of its kind to be used in comba

Thrive Hive latte is still being offered through March 31st at The Captain's Den in #NewportNews. Each latte supports THRIVE Peninsula, helping families in need all across the peninsula.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Two people are dead after being shot in a parking lot on West 49th Street in the area of Broderick Dining Commons on the Old Dominion University campus Wednesday night, Norfolk and ODU police said.

ODU Police said that, at around 9:50 p.m., two people, later identified as 18-year-old Delanio M. Vick and 20-year-old Timothy G. Williams, suffered injuries from a shooting that took place in parking lot 3 in the 1400 block of W. 49th St. ODU and Norfolk police said neither person is a student nor affiliated with the university. The two who were injured were taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, where they later succumbed to their injuries.

A campus lockdown has been lifted after both ODU and Norfolk police said there was no further threat to the campus community. An ODU Urgent Alert issued earlier in the evening stated there was a suspect at large, ODU Police said. There was no word early Thursday morning on whether a suspect is in custody.

Norfolk Police sai

Newport News-built SS United States passes by birthplace on final voyage to become the world's largest artificial reef

Built in Newport News, the historic, aging SS United States is heading to Florida's Gulf Coast where it will become the world's largest artificial reef. Author: Christopher Collette, Bruce Shipkowski (Associated Press) Published: 12:04 PM EST February 21, 2025 Updated: 11:39 PM EST February 21, 2025

PHILADELPHIA — The historic, aging ocean liner that a Florida county plans to turn into the world's largest artificial reef departed from south Philadelphia's Delaware River waterfront on Wednesday, marking the opening segment of its final voyage.

The SS United States, a 1,000-foot vessel that shattered the transatlantic speed record on its maiden voyage in 1952, is being towed to Mobile, Alabama, for planned prep work before officials eventually sink it off Florida's Gulf Coast.

The move comes about four months after the conservancy that oversees the ship and its land

New outdoor attraction near Virginia Beach Oceanfront will let visitors walk the tree canopy WHRO | By Katherine Hafner Published February 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM EST

Construction crews work to complete the Nautilus Tower at Owl Creek Landing in Virginia Beach on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. Katherine Hafner / WHRO News Construction crews work to complete the Nautilus Tower at Owl Creek Landing in Virginia Beach on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. The near-completed Owl Creek Landing is set to include a lookout tower, treehouses and a massive steel slide.

A 38-acre stretch of forest across from the Adventure Park at Virginia Aquarium will soon be its own, more laid-back attraction focused on connecting with nature.

Outdoor Ventures plans to open Owl Creek Landing this spring off General Booth Boulevard. CEO Bahman Azarm said it’s been in the works for a decade.

“When we built the Adventure Park in 2014 we were always going to be building Owl Creek Landing but it required the bridge over (the creek)