Journal

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.