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Neptune Festival Kicks Off, City Approves Flood Protection, and Local Highlights
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Good morning, this is Virginia Beach Local Pulse for Thursday, September 25, 2025. We’re waking up to a warm day with partly cloudy skies and highs around the low thirties Celsius, so that’s about eighty nine degrees Fahrenheit. Let’s keep our sunglasses handy because humidity stays low and there’s no rain expected. We can look forward to more sunshine heading into the weekend, which is perfect as we kick off one of our biggest annual traditions.
The Neptune Festival Boardwalk Weekend starts tomorrow along the Oceanfront between First and Thirty-Fifth Streets. Over the next three days, we’ll celebrate the festival’s fifty-first anniversary with performances from more than twenty bands and DJs, an art and craft show with over two hundred artisans, the International Sandsculpting Championship, and a full lineup of games, races, and family fun. If you’re into sports, don’t miss Neptune’s Eight Kilometer Race early Saturday. For our arts lovers, the youth art show and grand parade are going to be standouts. Just remember, parking will be tight near Atlantic Avenue, so consider the shuttle options city organizers recommend.
Now, turning to city hall, our council met this week and voted to approve phase two of the flood protection program. The Ripple Effect update explains how new drainage improvements are coming to Princess Anne Road and neighborhoods near Town Center. Officials say these changes should make a real difference during hurricane season for hundreds of homes. On the agenda for next week, Council will be holding further talks about renaming the Oceanfront park at Seventeenth Street after former Mayor Sessoms. Police are asking for public input on that name change.
In the job market, Virginia Beach continues steady growth with about one thousand new job postings this month, especially in hospitality, retail, and tech. Restaurants along Shore Drive are hiring, and a few new cafes just opened near Lynnhaven, including one called Sunrise and Sea, which has already become a local favorite. If you’re in real estate, house prices have held steady, with the median single-family home selling for around three hundred eighty thousand dollars, up slightly from last month.
For our schools, Landstown High’s girls volleyball team is celebrating after a close win over Kellam last night, with a final score of three sets to two. Meanwhile, local elementary students from Trantwood have gotten recognition for their community art mural, which will be featured this Saturday in the Neptune Festival’s youth show.
On the crime front, police responded last night to an attempted car theft on Holland Road. Thanks to quick action, one suspect was arrested and no injuries were reported. Officers also want us to watch for increased patrols around the Oceanfront ahead of festival crowds, asking everyone to keep an eye out for suspicious activity.
To end on a positive note, a group of neighbors along Bay Colony Boulevard banded together this week to clean storm drains after last weekend’s rain, making sure flooding stays manageable and giving us all a reminder of what community spirit looks like.
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The Neptune Festival Boardwalk Weekend starts tomorrow along the Oceanfront between First and Thirty-Fifth Streets. Over the next three days, we’ll celebrate the festival’s fifty-first anniversary with performances from more than twenty bands and DJs, an art and craft show with over two hundred artisans, the International Sandsculpting Championship, and a full lineup of games, races, and family fun. If you’re into sports, don’t miss Neptune’s Eight Kilometer Race early Saturday. For our arts lovers, the youth art show and grand parade are going to be standouts. Just remember, parking will be tight near Atlantic Avenue, so consider the shuttle options city organizers recommend.
Now, turning to city hall, our council met this week and voted to approve phase two of the flood protection program. The Ripple Effect update explains how new drainage improvements are coming to Princess Anne Road and neighborhoods near Town Center. Officials say these changes should make a real difference during hurricane season for hundreds of homes. On the agenda for next week, Council will be holding further talks about renaming the Oceanfront park at Seventeenth Street after former Mayor Sessoms. Police are asking for public input on that name change.
In the job market, Virginia Beach continues steady growth with about one thousand new job postings this month, especially in hospitality, retail, and tech. Restaurants along Shore Drive are hiring, and a few new cafes just opened near Lynnhaven, including one called Sunrise and Sea, which has already become a local favorite. If you’re in real estate, house prices have held steady, with the median single-family home selling for around three hundred eighty thousand dollars, up slightly from last month.
For our schools, Landstown High’s girls volleyball team is celebrating after a close win over Kellam last night, with a final score of three sets to two. Meanwhile, local elementary students from Trantwood have gotten recognition for their community art mural, which will be featured this Saturday in the Neptune Festival’s youth show.
On the crime front, police responded last night to an attempted car theft on Holland Road. Thanks to quick action, one suspect was arrested and no injuries were reported. Officers also want us to watch for increased patrols around the Oceanfront ahead of festival crowds, asking everyone to keep an eye out for suspicious activity.
To end on a positive note, a group of neighbors along Bay Colony Boulevard banded together this week to clean storm drains after last weekend’s rain, making sure flooding stays manageable and giving us all a reminder of what community spirit looks like.
Thanks for tuning in to Virginia Beach Local Pulse. Remember to subscribe for your daily connection to our city. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. We'll see you tomorrow with more local updates.
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This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI