Economic opportunities for vets, active military
It’s a nonprofit community service organization and HUD-approved housing counseling organization with a mission to increase sustainable homeownership, provide financial-literacy education, and create economic opportunity for the active military and veteran communities. READ MORE.
New real estate chapter in the works to help active military and veterans
Farm-to-tap
Farmhouse won’t be just a brewery. Yes, they’ll be beer, sour beer, and hard cider brewed and served on-site, with two tasting rooms for sampling the product as well as a repurposed ice cream truck and a converted bread truck to help dispense it. There’ll also be wine from a wine list compiled by wine experts. READ MORE.
Farmhouse Brewing Co. to open Sept. 29. Here’s the plan and the story behind the farmhouse
No more…
The restaurant was originally founded by singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett and named after his popular 1978 song. READ MORE.
It’s a bird
Bird, an electric scooter company, dropped off dozens of electric scooters throughout the city, without telling anyone. Some showed up in Virginia Beach, too. READ MORE.
Bird electric scooters were dropped off in Norfolk. They’ve been impounded by the city
The ‘Hawk’ has landed
Founded in Illinois in 2005, Cooper’s Hawk has 30 locations in the United States, with three in Virginia (two in Northern Virginia and one in Richmond). READ MORE.
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Here are the highest-paid employees in Virginia Beach City Public Schools
Salaries are per year and do not include fringe benefits. READ MORE.
ODU researcher links new type 2 diabetes cases to air pollution
The study reported that in 2016 alone, air pollution contributed to 3.2 million new diabetes cases – 14 percent of the total — around the world. In the United States, air pollution was linked to 150,000 new cases of diabetes per year, according to the study. READ MORE.
Beach Breach Weekly: Retail chicanery
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