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An aerial rendering shows the planned St. Vincent de Paul House campus, a $40 million multi-phase facility designed by Work Program Architects for Next Step to Success. Construction on the former Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center site in Norfolk is set to begin in September.
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Local Government
Next Step to Success to begin construction on $40 million campus at DePaul site this fall
Brian Saunders
The Norfolk nonprofit is planning a multi-phase facility to serve up to 400 teens.
Kevin Shive of Accomack County started volunteering after a brain injury in 2020. One of his roles was at the Eastern Shore Regional Animal Control Facility, which earned him the nickname "Cat Daddy" for his work with sheltered cats.
Photo courtesy of Kevin Shive
Arts & Culture
After brain surgery, an Eastern Shore man turns to volunteering to help recovery
Janet Bernosky
Kevin Shive is known as “Cat Daddy” at the Eastern Shore Regional Animal Control Facility, where volunteering has helped him recover from a brain injury. He’s also a member of Virginia’s Brain Injury Council.
“Red Car” bracelet, 2014, by Robert Baines. It is included in “Constellations: Contemporary Jewelry from the Dallas Museum of Art,” which recently opened at the Chrysler Museum of Art.
Courtesy via the Chrysler Museum of Art
Arts & Culture
The Chrysler Museum's new exhibition dazzles the mind — and wrist and neck
Betsy DiJulio
The major exhibition from the Dallas Museum of Art features 385 wearable pieces of art crafted during the last century.
A photo of a loggerhead turtle named “Dave Matthews” being released back into the ocean in 2023 after a long rehabilitation.
Photo via Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center
Environment & Sea Level Rise
Habitat for endangered species in Virginia will no longer be federally protected
Katherine Hafner
The government’s new definition of “harm” does not include habitat destruction.
No visible weapons detectors were installed at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, where visitors entered without undergoing screening.
Yiqing Wang/WHRO
Health
Visible weapons screening varies across Hampton Roads hospitals
Yiqing Wang
The law requires hospitals to post no-weapons notices but does not require detectors. Some patients say physical screening would give them greater peace of mind.
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