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Read More Is Suffolk still the peanut capital of the world?
SUFFOLK
Thirty years ago, a Suffolk mayor traveled to the Deep South to defend his city’s peanut honor.
During a visit timed around peanut festival season, Mayor Andrew Damiani rode down Main Street in Dothan, Ala., with a banner proclaiming that Suffolk was the peanut capital of the world, in a town that claimed the same.
Read More Thirty years ago, a Suffolk mayor traveled to the Deep South to defend his city’s peanut honor.
During a visit timed around peanut festival season, Mayor Andrew Damiani rode down Main Street in Dothan, Ala., with a banner proclaiming that Suffolk was the peanut capital of the world, in a town that claimed the same.
Airlines post better on-time rate but get more complaints
WASHINGTON
More flights are arriving on time but consumer complaints about the airlines have risen sharply.
The U.S. Department of Transportation said Thursday that the nation’s leading carriers posted an on-time rate of 80.3 percent in August. That was better than the 78.1 percent mark in July and 77.7 percent the previous August.
Read More More flights are arriving on time but consumer complaints about the airlines have risen sharply.
The U.S. Department of Transportation said Thursday that the nation’s leading carriers posted an on-time rate of 80.3 percent in August. That was better than the 78.1 percent mark in July and 77.7 percent the previous August.
Health clinic coming to Virginia Beach grocery store
VIRGINIA BEACH
In addition to ordering fresh sushi and a Starbucks Frappuccino at your local Farm Fresh, you’ll soon be able to have a health practitioner check out your stuffy sinuses and other ailments.
Read More In addition to ordering fresh sushi and a Starbucks Frappuccino at your local Farm Fresh, you’ll soon be able to have a health practitioner check out your stuffy sinuses and other ailments.
Lumber Liquidators paying $10M in wood importation probe
NEW YORK
Lumber Liquidators says it will pay $10 million and plead guilty to five violations of environmental law, including one felony charge, to end a federal investigation into its importation of illegally sourced wood products.
Read More Lumber Liquidators says it will pay $10 million and plead guilty to five violations of environmental law, including one felony charge, to end a federal investigation into its importation of illegally sourced wood products.
Iconic pink Oceanfront Dairy Queen closes today
VIRGINIA BEACH
Get your last licks of a chocolate dip cone at the Dairy Queen on 27th Street next to the Boardwalk.
It will close for good today.
The 1949 pink building will be demolished. Armada Hoffler Construction Co. plans to build two Oceanfront hotels on 27th Street.
Read More Get your last licks of a chocolate dip cone at the Dairy Queen on 27th Street next to the Boardwalk.
It will close for good today.
The 1949 pink building will be demolished. Armada Hoffler Construction Co. plans to build two Oceanfront hotels on 27th Street.
Credit cards with chips are the standard — are you ready?
A colossal shift in credit card technology aimed at curbing fraud was supposed to wrap up by today, but the transition is still playing out in slow motion.
Read More 5 Things: Getting ready for Hurricane Joaquin; new credit card chips; changing football schedule
Five things today include a long weekend of rain and wind, changing high school football games to beat the hurricane and a murderer’s possible execution Thursday night.
Hurricane Joaquin lumbering along: The storm has become a category 3 hurricane as Hampton Roads and much of the east coast brace for bad weather.
Read More Hurricane Joaquin lumbering along: The storm has become a category 3 hurricane as Hampton Roads and much of the east coast brace for bad weather.
Around Town | Aldi grocery may come to Va. Beach
VIRGINIA BEACH
What is happening on the property at the intersection of Newstead Drive and Nimmo Parkway? Zoning signs are up. – Staci Potts
The cost-cutting supermarket chain Aldi has submitted an application for the site, said Stephen White, Virginia Beach Department of Planning’s special projects coordinator.
Read More What is happening on the property at the intersection of Newstead Drive and Nimmo Parkway? Zoning signs are up. – Staci Potts
The cost-cutting supermarket chain Aldi has submitted an application for the site, said Stephen White, Virginia Beach Department of Planning’s special projects coordinator.
Is convenience worth 40 cents more per gallon?
Gas prices have plunged to the $2 range in Hampton Roads – but not everywhere. Some stations are charging more than the $2.01 average for regular. A lot more.
Topping the list Thursday: Three stations – one in Norfolk and two at the Oceanfront in Virginia Beach – charged $2.40 a gallon, or $2.399 to be exact, according to GasBuddy.com. That’s nearly 40 cents above the local average.
Read More Topping the list Thursday: Three stations – one in Norfolk and two at the Oceanfront in Virginia Beach – charged $2.40 a gallon, or $2.399 to be exact, according to GasBuddy.com. That’s nearly 40 cents above the local average.
