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Here is a real life question that the appraiser who appraised my listing didn't know at the moment but had to find out. When a tornado tears up your community is that a bad thing for value? If your comps are no longer comps does that affect value? If there aren't as many homes in the area does...
04/30/2008
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What do the service members at Norfolk NOB do in their spare time? They go to the Norfolk Botanical Garden and check out the nesting eagles. Well this week they are in for a surprise as the eagles aren new parents. The egg they so carefully tended to for 37 days has hatched. The eagles need t...
04/30/2008
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The last quarter has seen a rise in foreclosures in the Hampton Roads area. They went up 22% verses 23% for other areas. While this is a healthy increase, Hampton Roads is still low being 84th out of 100 largest metro areas. The area comprises Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Nofolk, Newport News a...
04/30/2008
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What do you do when you are watching tv and the weatherman breaks in with a developing story about a tornado. I moan and groan and wait for him to go away. He talks about a funnel cloud in Norfolk by the Naval Station. He shows a video of a funnel cloud in Portsmouth and then he mentions the S...
04/28/2008
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When I moved companies in Virginia Beach I found out I am still a luddite (gadget hating person). I have my computer and cell phone but don't do texting, picture sending, pda or smartphone. I hate those things but the company requires us to be available to answer emails quickly and be able to t...
04/27/2008
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The newest addition to Suffolk is now open. The Suffolk City Market and Country Store is open for business at th corner of 162 S Main St. The Market will feature home grown spring produce and home-cooked breads and crafts. You can go from 8 a.m to 5 p. m. Tuesday through Saturday. Sunday and ...
04/26/2008
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Recently over 200 people gathered in the Virginia Beach Convention Center to talk about eh direction of the public schools. There was a public meeting and then 11 focus groups. This is input for a six year strategic plan the school system is developing. Some of the themes were: *Students need...
04/26/2008
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Apparently they can. A new lab opened at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base is the first of its kind in the Navy and it is here in Norfolk. Of course the goal is to minimize SEAL's injuries and maximize their time in uniform. The lab comes by way of the Univesrity of Pittsburg. The process ca...
04/26/2008
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Suffolk has a pretty good financial health for the moment according to a consultant for the city. That could change if the city does not raise property taxes in the future. If the current level of services is kept the city could be looking at a 10 to 11 cent incres by 2013. That is assuming th...
04/26/2008
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Where does American Idol find the songs for the finalists. "Align" is a song written by James Smithson and it is one of the 20 songs that can still be chosen to be sung by the finalists. I'll check in later and see where the song ended up and let you know.http://www.genesellsvirginiabeach.com/ ...
04/26/2008
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