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Eight of Norfolk’s Finest Made a Beeline to New York Right After 9-11 “Because We’re Cops”

In the wee hours of September 13, 2001, as New York was still reeling from the 9-11 attacks, these eight Norfolk police officers took off to help. “50 of us wanted to go, but our chief said no,” said James White. “So eight of us, including my brother Dave, took a couple vacation days, piled into two cars and drove up there.”

Jax’s Place Has Plenty of TV’s Plus Poker, Pool, Good Grub and a Beloved New Owner

Dave Bell’s first two careers were in the Navy and engineering. It wasn’t until 2025 that he and his wife Yuki bought their first bar, Jax’s Place on Princess Anne Road, and then quickly his second, the space next door now called Jax’s Café, and then in 2026 Sneeky Pete’s, yet another Kempsville hangout, all bustling on the first Sunday of the NFL season.

Space-Challenged VA Beach Art Center is a Busy Gallery, Studio and Classroom All in One

It’s called, appropriately, “In One Ear and Out the Otter.” Fred Freeman, who fashioned it and dozens of other crazy clay sculptures, is one of some 50 local craftsmen and women who have studios, display space or both at the VA Beach Art Center on 17^th Street.

Fran Martin Dixon Turns Old Wood into Exquisite Art

Some women fancy fine jewelry stores but give Fran Martin Dixon a good sawmill, and she’s in heaven. “I have built relationships with ones from Florida to the Eastern Shore,” always in search of the right piece of wood to be her next canvas.

Rhea (pronounced Ray) and Away

From Variety: “The “Pluribus” hivemind is collectively cheering the news: On Monday night, Rhea Seehorn won the outstanding drama Emmy for playing novelist Carol Sturka — one of the last independent-thinking humans on Earth — on the Apple TV series.”

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