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New signage at the historic Barraud Park is part of a major overhaul for park facilities.
Photo by Brian Saunders
Local Government
After three years, Norfolk’s historic Barraud Park to reopen with multimillion dollar renovation
Brian Saunders
The Ward 3 park gets new courts, playgrounds and a restored waterway.
Jay Pharoah, a Chesapeake native and star of television and film, started the Pharoah Phamily Phoundation with his family to support students in the arts. A fundraising gala is Saturday, Sept. 26, at Rivers Casino in Portsmouth.
Photo by Lamar White
Arts & Culture
Jay Pharoah's 'Phall Ball' on Saturday in Portsmouth supports arts students
Reonna Ulmer
Comedian Jay Pharoah, who grew up in Chesapeake, and his family started the nonprofit 13 years ago.
The Oceanfront holiday staple, Holiday Lights at the Beach, will have a new home this season at the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Nature Trail. This is a rendering of one of the new displays.
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Arts & Culture
Tickets are on sale for the new, walkable Holiday Trail of Lights at the Beach
Staff Report
The popular drive-thru attraction along the Oceanfront has closed after more than 30 years. The new holiday display takes over the nature trail at the Virginia Aquarium.
Candidates for Norfolk’s Ward 3 and Ward 4 City Council races include (top row, left to right) Ward 3 incumbent Mamie B. Johnson, Ward 4 candidate and public health professional Jazmine Garcia, and Ward 4 incumbent John "JP" Paige. They are joined by (bottom row, left to right) Ward 4 challenger Jacquetta Garris, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, and Ward 3 challenger Sikaiadah Newton, a local teacher and president of the Ballentine Place Civic League.
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Local Government
Candidates in Norfolk's two competitive council races talk experience, priorities
Brian Saunders
WHRO interviewed the candidates to represent Norfolk’s Wards 3 and 4 on the key issues shaping the November races.
Dennis A. Daellenbach, the Director of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library And Museum, left, looking over their shoulders, Adam Jennison, 13, of NW DC, middle, and Madeleine Joseph, 13, of Northwest Washington, take their first peek at the actual Bill of Rights document, Wednesday, September 17, 2003. President George W. Bush joined others to celebrate the re-opening of the National Archives Rotunda after a two-year renovation, in Washington, DC.
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Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism
The centuries-old question of Rights on Virginia’s ballot
Philip Shucet
Two November ballot issues for Virginia voters have deep roots in human rights
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