5+ day, 19+ hour ago (1752+ words) Castle Shops, a 37,390-square-foot discount and service-based retail strip center on 2.57 acres, was sold for $5.4 million. Jeff Fritz and Jay O'Donnell represented the seller, while George Fox was leasing adviser. Northbridge acquired Airport Business Center, 1457 Miller Store Road, Virginia Beach, from DSC Partners. Airport Business Center is a hyper-infill, 65,192square foot ClassA shallow bay property on 4.57 acres located adjacent to Norfolk International Airport. Eric Robison and Bo McKown of Thalhimer's Capital Markets Group represented the seller. M.A.R.E. Holdings, LLC purchased a half acre of land at 5129 Singleton Way from Princess Anne/Witchduck Associates 1 for $1.15 million. Marci Phillips represented the buyer. Atlantic Union Bank recently signed a full floor lease for approximately 12,000 square feet at One Columbus Center, located in the heart in Town Center in Virginia Beach. The new tenant's presence brings Armada Hoffler's Town Center office portfolio to 99% occupancy. Divaris Real…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago (308+ words) New moms in Chesapeake can now receive important postpartum care without leaving home, thanks to the Mom Mobile. Last week, Chesapeake Regional Healthcare launched the Mom Mobile, a vehicle equipped to provide a variety of services to patients in the first few weeks after they give birth. Those include personalized follow-up care appointments from clinicians and nurses and essential items such as diapers and formula for those in need. According to the March of Dimes, adequate parental leave and mental health screenings for postpartum depression would be beneficial in Virginia. In addition to March of Dimes" state report card, cities received grades, as well. Chesapeake"s grade slightly improved, from failing to D-minus, with a preterm birth rate of 11.3%. Virginia Beach and Norfolk received failing grades, with preterm rates of 11.6% and 12.5%, respectively. State lawmakers have made improving maternal and infant…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago (707+ words) A previous editor of The Virginia Gazette who honed the skills of numerous journalists during his career died earlier this month. Graham "Rusty" Carter Jr. died Nov. 6 from complications from an illness. He was 63. Carter, a native of Portsmouth and an Old Dominion University graduate, spent 28 years at The Gazette before his departure in 2015. He got his start covering high school football games for The Virginian-Pilot before becoming sports editor for the Suffolk News Herald, then moved to The Gazette to become its sports editor in 1987. He rose from sports editor to assistant editor before being named editor by then-publisher William O'Donovan in 2004. "Rusty was an icon at the Gazette, a serene force in the chaos of newsroom pressures," O'Donovan said earlier this week. "He learned from his sports writing that accuracy lies in the details. He broke important stories…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago (25+ words) Amani Hansberry and Neoklis Avdalas led a dominant scoring effort for the Hokies" starters, who poured in a combined 63 points. More in College Sports...

3+ week, 4+ day ago (143+ words) Longtime incumbent Rob Bloxom, Jr., 62, is poised to win the House District 100 race. Bloxom, a Republican, faced a challenge from Liz Richardson, 34, a Democrat. He has served in the House of ... Longtime incumbent Rob Bloxom, Jr., 62, is poised to win the House District 100 race. Bloxom, a Republican, faced a challenge from Liz Richardson, 34, a Democrat. He has served in the House of Delegates since 2014. The district encompasses portions of Virginia Beach as well as Accomack County and Northampton County on the Eastern Shore. While an official call has not been made, voting results on Tuesday night showed Bloxom receiving about 53% of the district's votes as of 11:30 p.m. His term will be for two years. Bloxom, a business owner, said his top priority is to make Virginia's government effective and efficient....

2+ week, 1+ day ago (445+ words) Kenny Easley, who grew up in Chesapeake and was nicknamed "The Enforcer" for his hard hitting as an NFL safety, died Friday at age 66, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced Saturday. The Hall of Fame, informed of the death by Easley's family, did not provide a cause. Easley starred for Oscar Smith High, UCLA and the Seattle Seahawks, for whom he was the 1984 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. The Oscar Smith stadium is named Beard-DeLong-Easley Field, honoring Easley and two other Oscar Smith graduates who played in the NFL: Ed Beard and Steve DeLong. Easley was an All-American quarterback in high school for the Tigers, running and passing for 1,000 yards in the same season. But with UCLA, he found his niche on defense. He was a three-time consensus All-American for the Bruins and was drafted in the first…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago (123+ words) CHESAPEAKE " A man was shot to death inside a Western Branch hotel room Tuesday night. Officers responded at about 11 p.m. to a shooting reported inside a hotel near where Western Branch Boulevard meets Churchland Boulevard. The officers learned upon arrival that the shooting had occurred hours earlier. Bystanders brought the man who was shot to a hospital in Portsmouth where he later died from his injuries, according to a Chesapeake Police Department spokesperson. The man's identity has not been released. The spokesperson said an investigation was underway by the Chesapeake Police Department and Portsmouth Police Department. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP or submit a tip online at P3tips.com....

18+ hour, 38+ min ago (713+ words) In 1920, prohibition was enacted. The 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote, was ratified. The country was still on the gold standard. And the First World War had ended just two years earlier. Sliced bread wasn't commercially sold until 1928. On Dec. 1 of 1920 " a month after Warren G. Harding was elected president of the United States " Elizabeth Barrett was born. "How old are you turning?" one of her eight children playfully asked recently. "Oh, I don't know," Barrett, who to close friends and family goes by "Betty," said with a chuckle. Barrett served as a flight instructor in World War II. She and her late husband, also a veteran of that war as well as Korea and was in the reserves in Vietnam, built a number of homes and later managed a racquetball club in Virginia Beach. Much later in life, she…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago (264+ words) Firearm injuries'are down 12% and homicides'have decreased by nearly 9% in Virginia over the past five'years, but suicides using firearms are on the rise, according to data the Virginia Department of Health presented Wednesday. Members of the Virginia State Crime Commission gathered in Richmond to hear from department officials and Virginia State Police on data related to gun violence. Firearm injuries that were recorded in emergency departments in the state decreased 12% from 2020 to 2024, said Lauren Yerkes, senior epidemiologist for injury and violence with the Department of Health. Injuries peaked in 2021, when 2,818 firearm-related injuries were treated in emergency rooms. In these five years, the cost of these injuries and hospitalizations'to patients in Virginia was $737 million, or about $148 million per year. For suicides, Virginia Beach ranked second in the state for the number of people who died using a firearm, with an average of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago (40+ words) Among Tech's visitors Saturday were Denbigh High quarterback Kevin Parker, Tabb offensive lineman Tyler Maddock, both class of 2027, and at least a handful of 2026 players who had previously committed to Franklin at Penn State. More in Sports Columnists...