Battle for Virginia Beach News

Battle for Virginia Beach News

By Jeff Maisey   You may have noticed lately a growing number of sources dedicated exclusively to community news coverage for Virginia Beach. Challenging the daily newspaper – The Virginian-Pilot – for the eyes and minds of Beach residents are Southside Daily,...
All Lives Matter

All Lives Matter

By Tom Robotham Prayer as a means to effect a private end is meanness and theft. It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness. As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all action. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson  ...
GRAPEVINE: Interesting Possibilities for NFK

GRAPEVINE: Interesting Possibilities for NFK

By Jeremy Bender   A source who wishes not to be identified but certainly within the-know of what’s moving and shaking behind the scenes recently revealed some interesting possibilities in Norfolk’s downtown. Bold move #1: Developer Buddy Gadams will likely...
Feelin’ the ViBe in Virginia Beach

Feelin’ the ViBe in Virginia Beach

By Jeff Maisey   Business owners and supporters of the emerging ViBe district in Virginia Beach paraded through the 17th to 19th Street corridor to celebrate its November First Friday event and the unveiling of a mural fence on 18th Street. Among the participants...
All Lives Matter

The Trouble with ‘the N-word’

By Tom Robotham   Let’s talk about the word “nigger.” It’s been in the news, after all, ever since a Newport News history teacher was suspended late last month for saying it in class. In case you missed the story, the teacher was trying to explain why some people...