Hampton Roads

CHESAPEAKE
Dollar Tree Inc., loaded down with expenses from its recent takeover of Family Dollar Stores, reported Tuesday that it lost $98 million in its second quarter. That compared with a $122 million gain in the second quarter of 2014.
The loss for the Chesapeake-based retailer translated to 46 cents per share, compared with a 59-cent profit in the same period last year.

VIRGINIA BEACH
Regency Hilltop has a conditional use permit sign up for “indoor recreation.” Do you have any insight there? – Michael Colombrito
The indoor recreation center referred to on the sign will be a new “mega gym,” said Bill Overman of S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co.

We got rid of our landline at home a few months ago. It was a painless decision. We weren’t getting many calls, and most of those were from businesses we didn’t know and didn’t want to know.
We saved a few bucks, and we’ve been doing just fine with only our cells.

Michelin is recalling around 104,000 BF Goodrich tires used for light trucks and recreational vehicles because the sidewalls can rupture under severe use conditions.
The tire maker says no injuries or deaths have been tied to the problem.

NORFOLK
The British model flashes a sultry look on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar UK, her pink lips parted ever so slightly.
Flip through the glossy pages inside the September 2014 issue, and you’ll find a little piece of Hampton Roads.

VIRGINIA BEACH
Hilltop is getting a Wal-Mart Supercenter.
The retail chain will occupy the big-box space in Hilltop Square Shopping Center where Kmart used to be, according to Bill Wertz, a Wal-Mart spokesman.
It’s scheduled to open in 2017 and will be the closest Wal-Mart to the Oceanfront.

NORFOLK
This groundbreaking had more than shovels and a pile of dirt.
It’s the waterfront, after all.
Tugboats sprayed water high into the air and blasted their horns. A vessel dropped an enormous yellow anchor into the Elizabeth River with an equally large splash.

NORFOLK
A new grocery store coming to the Churchland section of Portsmouth in the fall is holding another job fair in Norfolk.
The Aldi job fair will be Sept. 3 at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel, 777 Waterside Drive, according to a news release from the company.
Potential employees can apply in person from 7 a.m. to noon and 2 to 7 p.m.

CHESAPEAKE
The city’s first Petco store is opening this weekend on Hanbury Road.
A ribbon-cutting is planned for 8:55 a.m. Saturday at the store at 237 Hanbury Road East, according to the company’s website.

NORFOLK
A developer from Northern Virginia plans to build a 17-story residential tower, a marina and a mixed-use building with space for parking and retail shops on vacant property it owns in Fort Norfolk.
Tarrants Bay LLC, based in Chantilly, outlined plans for the riverfront development in a rezoning request, which is expected to be discussed by Norfolk’s Planning Commission on Sept. 24.