Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Cash, credibility in sale of SPSA plants...that it needs to charge the nation's largest premium just to get out of the red. Suffolk pays nothing to get rid of its trash. Virginia Beach's fee is capped at $66 a ton through 2015. However, without some sort of major sale, SPSA's rates... In this article: Virginia Beach |
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Virginia Pilot | 17 hours ago
Why would someone pretend to be an officer?
Bryon F. Fritz wears a sandwich board in front of the probation and parole office in Virginia Beach. Since the 1990s Fritz has been pretending he was a police office or security guard. Judge Thomas S. Shadrick sentenced him to the public...
In this article: Pizza, Misdemeanor, Virginia State Police, Virginia Beach, and Domino's Pizza
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Virginia Pilot | 20 hours ago
It was a great year on the water ...
...a few of the good ones. Here's a look at some of the favorites: Good karma is a nice thing to have when you're fishing. Andy Miller of Virginia Beach found that out when - on his way out for a father-and-son flounder fishing trip - he...
In this article: Virginia Beach and Dog
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Virginia Pilot | 1 day ago
Beach schools work to shrink black-white male gap
She has presented the school division's strategies at three conferences in the past two months. The latest results show Virginia Beach still has a ways to go. The division has met goals in 15 percent of target areas, but rates...
In this article: Virginia Beach and New York University
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washingtonpost.com | 2 days ago
Hokies winning battle with Cavs for top football recruits
...the Cavaliers have forgotten about that region of the state. "I don't want to say they're conceding the Virginia Beach and the Tidewater areas, but it certainly has been dominated by Tech," said Coach Bill McTyre of First Colonial High School...
In this article: Virginia Tech, Hokies, Virginia, Al Groh, Cavaliers, Richmond, Al Golden, and Mike London
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Virginia Pilot | 3 days ago
In Virginia Beach, open space, too
...make public access to these treasures a priority, to have the foresight to set aside money every year to buy land. About a decade ago, Virginia Beach, the sprawling suburban city I call home, began systematically identifying parcels for...
In this article: Virginia Beach, Dog, Lynnhaven River, Chesapeake Bay, and Atlantic Ocean
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washingtonpost.com | 4 days ago
Gov.-elect McDonnell: Still working as lawyer
...general to run for governor. It turns out that McDonnell, now the governor-elect, is still earning a paycheck from that same Virginia Beach firm, Huff, Poole & Mahoney. McDonnell and his law firm would not disclose his salary, though...
In this article: Attorney General, Tim Kaine, Jim Gilmore, Virginia, Cessna Aircraft, Anne Holton, and Nextel
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Virginia Pilot | 5 days ago
Holiday Lights almost ready in Virginia Beach
...Lights at the Beach, Monday night Nov. 23, 2009. The event will open Wednesday night Nov. 25,2009. The displays and lights a long the Virginia Beach oceanfront were hit hard by the storm. Crews have been working long hours to get the lights...
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Asbury Park Press | November 18, 2009
Crews free barge stranded off Virginia Beach
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS November 18, 2009 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. - A 570-foot barge that went aground in the surf off Virginia Beach is free. The Coast Guard says salvage crews used two tugs to pull the La Princesa off Sandbridge beach at...
In this article: Virginia Beach, New Jersey, American Bureau of Shipping, Associated Press, Puerto Rico, and Virginia
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Miami Herald - Breaking News | November 17, 2009
Towing of Virginia Beach barge begins
Towing of Virginia Beach barge delayed A 570-foot barge that went aground in the surf off of Virginia Beach is still stuck there. Salvage crews had planned to try to tow the barge with three powerful tugs at high tide Monday evening,...
In this article: Virginia Beach, Nor'easter, Crowley Maritime Corp., Great Lakes, Washington, D.C, Jacksonville, Fla, New Jersey, and Michigan
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Miami Herald - Florida | November 16, 2009
Virginia Beach barge could be towed soon
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Salvage crews will attempt at high tide to tow a 570-foot barge that went aground in the surf off of Virginia Beach. Three powerful tugs are scheduled to attempt the massive tow job around 7 p.m. Monday, when high...
In this article: Virginia Beach, Virginia, Rum, Crowley Maritime Corp., The Miami Herald, Jacksonville, Fla, New Jersey, and Puerto Rico
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Description from Wikipedia:
Virginia Beach (pronounced IPA: //vɚˌdʒɪnjəˈbiːtʃ//) is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads area of Virginia, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. It is the most populous city in Virginia and the 40th largest city in the United States, with an estimated population of 440,415 in 2008.
Virginia Beach is the easternmost of the Seven Cities of Hampton Roads that make up the core of the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA. This area, known as "America's First Region", also includes the independent cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Suffolk, as well as other smaller cities, counties and towns of Hampton Roads.
Virginia Beach is a resort city with miles of beaches and hundreds of hotels, motels, and restaurants along its oceanfront. Every year the city hosts to the East Coast Surfing Championship as well as the North American Sand Soccer Championship. It is also home to several state parks, several long protected beach areas, three military bases, a number of large corporations, two universities, and historic sites. Near the point where the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean meet, Cape Henry was the site of the first landing of the English colonists bound for Jamestown on April 26, 1607.
The city is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having the longest pleasure beach in the world. It is located at the southern end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, the longest bridge-tunnel complex in the world.
- Name:
- City of Virginia Beach
- Type:
- City
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1845
- Total Area (sq. mi):
- 497.3
- Total Area (km):
- 1288.1
- Land Area (sq mi):
- 248.3
- Land Area (km):
- 643.1
- Water Area (sq mi):
- 249.0
- Water Area (km):
- 645.0
- Elevation (ft):
- 10
- Elevation (m):
- 6
- Urban Population:
- 1212000
- Time Zone:
- EST
- Website:
- http://www.vbgov.com/
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