- Information from Beachevents press release McDonald's Holiday Lights at the Beach is hosting carriage rides nightly through the lights on the boardwalk. The carriage, which seats up to eight passengers, makes trips from the entrance of McDonald's Holiday Lights at the Beach to either 16th Street and back (half trip) or 33rd Street and back (full trip).

By Nora Firestone Correspondent LYNNHAVEN Little Margie Springman's schoolbooks lay stacked beneath her chair, arranged largest to smallest with precise attention to balance and symmetry.

By Jan Warren Correspondent VIRGINIA BEACH It's food fit for the gods. But it's made by humans. Specifically, by the Ladies Philoptochos Society of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. The women will sell a variety of the delectables at their annual Holiday Bake Sale of Greek Pastries and Entrees, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at the church on First Colonial Road.

We asked students at Bayside High School in Virginia Beach:   What are the most interesting fashion trends you've seen in your school lately? - Compiled by Lauren Roth   "Bright neon colors. A lot of people mix and match - yellow, purple, orange, green, hot pink. Both guys and girls."  -Jordan Bussey,16, junior  

VIRGINIA BEACH The Lynnhaven River is having a great environmental year, right? After all, because of healthier conditions, 112 more acres of the Virginia Beach waterway have been opened to shellfish harvesting, bucking a statewide trend and adding to the promise of cleaner water and a resurgent Lynnhaven oyster industry.

VIRGINIA BEACH The man accused of plotting to kill a Virginia Beach police detective took the witness stand Thursday and denied planning the scheme. Edmund A. Kutauskas, 55, told jurors that it was his girlfriend, not him, who wanted to harm Detective Adam Detamore. "He wasn't my favorite person," Kutauskas said, "but I wouldn't kill him."

VIRGINIA BEACH Amerigroup Corp. said Thursday that it plans to expand its presence in New Jersey and withdraw from South Carolina by way of transactions with a competing managed-care provider. Virginia Beach-based Amerigroup will buy Centene Corp.'s Medicaid health plan in New Jersey and sell its Medicaid plan in South Carolina to Centene, the two companies said.

VIRGINIA BEACH The first time around, Debra Griggs spent six years plotting to capture the stray dog and save him from street life in Norfolk. She called him the “Teflon Don” of dogs, but maybe he was more like Houdini.

VIRGINIA BEACH Beach police are looking for a 19-year-old man they believe was involved in an armed street robbery last month.

VIRGINIA BEACH David Michael Smart, convicted of engaging in sex acts with a 13-year-old girl, whom he met through a telephone chat service, will serve 12 years in prison. Judge Patricia L. West sentenced the 44-year-old Smart, to 20 years, with eight suspended and contingent on him staying out of trouble for 40 years following his release. 

VIRGINIA BEACH More than 5,000 customers in the Lynnhaven area were without power today when Dominion Virginia Power experienced a problem with its underground cable, said Chuck Penn, a Dominion spokesman. Power was out in that area from 11:30 a.m. to about 1 p.m., Penn said.

VIRGINIA BEACH A 54-year-old woman died early Thursday morning after a pickup truck hit her SUV from behind as it was stopped on Military Highway following an earlier traffic accident. The woman was standing in front of the vehicle with the hood up at the time.

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VIRGINIA BEACH Consumers stand to benefit from a further decline in oil prices, but tight credit and a deteriorating job market will hamper their ability to spend in the coming year, an economist with Wachovia Corp. said Wednesday.

VIRGINIA BEACH Consumers stand to benefit from a further decline in oil prices, but tight credit and a deteriorating job market will hamper their ability to spend in the coming year, an economist with Wachovia Corp. said Wednesday.

VIRGINIA BEACH If you’ve ever wondered what’s “light” about light rail, the city’s Web site has the answer, and more. Comments stemming from a September forum on light rail are posted on www.vbgov.com, under the heading, “Hot Topics.”

VIRGINIA BEACH Shortly before the three Green Run High School seniors died in a crash near school on Friday, Virginia Beach Technical and Career Education Center instructor Bob Shanks had stopped by the masonry class and tried to lay brick. Adam Sherman, a student he had met a year earlier, said the layman's effort rated a D-minus.

VIRGINIA BEACH Shortly before the three Green Run High School seniors died in a crash near school on Friday, Virginia Beach Technical and Career Education Center instructor Bob Shanks had stopped by the masonry class and tried to lay brick. Adam Sherman, a student he had met a year earlier, said the layman's effort rated a D-minus.

VIRGINIA BEACH The last of three Green Run High School seniors killed in a wreck last week was interred after a solemn ceremony this afternoon. Hundreds gathered at a Beach funeral chapel to pay their last respects to Joseph “JoJo” Jenkins, 17, who was riding in the front seat of a Volkswagen Friday when his classmate veered across Salem Road and was struck by a van.

VIRGINIA BEACH The last of three Green Run High School seniors killed in a wreck last week was interred after a solemn ceremony this afternoon. Hundreds gathered at a Beach funeral chapel to pay their last respects to Joseph “JoJo” Jenkins, 17, who was riding in the front seat of a Volkswagen Friday when his classmate veered across Salem Road and was struck by a van.