Join us Saturday morning November 18th to help pick up litter and hang out with some very cool people from 9am to about noon.

First 20 or so volunteers receive Starbucks gift certificates.
We provide the fancy orange vests, bags and those fancy pointy sticks.
We suggest supplying your own gloves.

Meet at Starbucks before 9am to meet everyone and get instructions.
As you can imagine, you’ll be meeting the coolest of the coolest of Shore Drive people.

“Our” Starbucks.  Check out last clean up.

No Indigo Dunes Petition Signing & Fund Raiser ending at 2pm the same day.

Our very own Todd “the prez” Solomon is a Progam leader presenting “Effective Community Organizing” at the City’s Community Connections Civic Fair on Saturday morning, October 28th at the VB Convention Center.

You of course are required to attend!
Do you have questions about city services?
Are you trying to better organize your neighborhood for effective problem solving?
Do you want to talk with city staff and civic league leaders about what can be done to improve your neighborhood?

Indigo Dunes has asked for a 90 day deferral for their Chesapeake Bay Preservation Board Hearing.

The new requested hearing date is January 22, 2007.
View letter asking for deferral.

As part of her Master?s degree in fine arts from Old Dominion University and Norfolk State University, she built a crescent-shaped oyster reef in the Lynnhaven River in Virginia Beach.
Learn more at CBF.org including a photo of the project.

Brett D. Noren, age 19 of the 3100 block of Sand Pine Road was found early Friday morning on the beach near Croix Drive.

Our hearts go out to Mr. Noren’s family.

More at VBGov.com.

Meeting is at the Rec Center on First Court.

You’ll have an opportunity to hear about various projects like the current road improvements on Shore Drive and you’ll also be able to share your opinion about various upcoming items like Indigo Dunes.
More at VBGov.com.

The Conservation Fund and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the addition of 37 acres to the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Read entire article at Pilotonline.com.
The Conservation Fund who helped with the acquisition.

Press Release

For Immediate Release

Date:  October 10, 2006

From:  Karen Forget, Education and Outreach Coordinator

Re:  Lynnhaven Friendly Landscaping Workshop

On Saturday, November 4th, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM at Windsor Woods Elementary School, Lynnhaven River 2007 will offer a community workshop on Lynnhaven Friendly Landscaping.  The workshop is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required. 

The 7th Annual Sertoma By the Bay Charity Golf Tournament will be held October 26, 2006 at Broad Bay Country Club Virginia Beach, VA.

The Tournament benefits the Children’s Performance Workshops Inc., StopAbuse.com and other local charities.

There will be prizes for 1st and 2nd Place Teams, Closest to Pin, Longest Drive, Hole-In-One, and a 50/50 Raffle.

Both board hearings are deferred from their October meeting dates.
Earliest it might be heard is:
Wetlands Board, Monday November 20th.
Chesapeake Bay Area Preservation Board, Monday November 27th.

In case you didn’t know, Fort Story has an easy to get to, efficient Post Office.

It works especially well during the Holiday Season as most don’t realize it exists so there’s rarely any lines. Read on to see how you can help.

Based on a preliminary investigation, Ball said, it appeared that Jones, operating a 2000 Harley-Davidson Screaming Eagle, was heading east on Shore Drive when he hit the passenger side of a red 2006 Toyota Camry.
Read entire article in Pilotonline.com.
Also at WTKR.com.

Read entire article.

NoIndigoDunes.com.

Man # 1 – white male, tall, with a slim build, close cut hair with a light beard, wearing a tan baseball cap, dark shirt and jeans, armed with a knife.

Man # 2 – white male, short, with a stocky build, dark brown hair with a mustache and goatee, wearing a dark shirt, wearing dark jeans, blue hat with glasses.
More at WTKR.com.

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PROJECT POWER, Protecting our Wetlands with Educators and Regulators

Why are wetlands important?  What is their environmental and societal value?  Why do we have special regulations for water front properties?  How do the wetlands regulations affect you as a homeowner?  Have you ever needed to know when and how to seek a permit for an addition on your home or a new structure on your property?

They apparently entered through a basement door as the lock was broken.  A bass guitar and some jewelry was taken.  The police were notified.  If anyone saw anything regarding this break in, please call the police at 385-5000. 

Todd, SDCC’s President, has asked that you contact City Council to encourage them to add additional funds to improve Shore Drive.

Please continue to read his email….

In a letter to council members Friday, Spore recommended using about half of the surplus to pay for three projects. Spore wants to spend $2.5 million for work on Shore Drive…
Read entire article about City’s budget surplus spending plans.

“I enjoy contributing to a program like this,” he said. “Restoring oysters would be an incredible thing, and I want to help do that.”

Read entire article at Pilotonline.com.