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Stacy Parker covers Virginia Beach government, tourism and development. She’s a Virginia Beach native and a University of Maryland graduate who began her career in journalism as a teen correspondent for The Pilot years ago.
Ida Billingsley was walking on the beach Wednesday when she spotted a glass bottle that had washed ashore. Inside of it was a love letter. It just so happens the date on the letter is her birthday.
Rouse, a former NFL player and Virginia Beach City Councilman, faced Navy veteran Kevin Adams, a Republican. Both candidates raised roughly $1 million for their campaigns. Adams, 61, had not previously run for political office.
Cutty Sark and the nearby Blue Marlin Inn & Suites on Pacific Avenue are among a small remaining group of independently-owned, family-operated motels at the Oceanfront. They were both recently added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The nonprofit behind Vanguard Landing, a housing project for people with intellectual disabilities, asked the city's Development Authority Tuesday morning to accept $1.4 million less than the amount owed on a loan.
Commissioner of the Revenue Phil Kellam advocated for the City Council to reduce the rate at which businesses are taxed in order to operate in the city. The rate is based on a company’s gross revenue from the prior year.