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Virginia Beach News: Broad Bay Reopens, City Council Votes 10-1, and More
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Good morning, this is Virginia Beach Local Pulse for Thursday, November 20th, 2025.
We're starting with some good news from our waterways. The Virginia Department of Health announced yesterday that a portion of Broad Bay is reopening for shellfish harvesting effective today. The area had been closed on November 10th after an untreated sewage release impacted water quality, but testing of shellfish samples collected on November 18th shows the area is now safe for both harvesting and consumption. So if you've been missing your local clams and oysters, you're good to go.
In city hall news, our Virginia Beach City Council made a historic decision on Tuesday when they unanimously voted to move forward with the 10-1 voting system. This is significant because it preserves our current council structure of ten district representatives and one at-large member rather than switching to the controversial seven-three-one system. Council members Michael Berlucchi and Barbara Henley were absent, but the nine present members all supported the measure. The referendum earlier this month showed that fifty-three point four percent of voters backed the 10-1 system, and the council's vote sends this decision to the General Assembly and Governor Youngkin for final approval. This voting structure has proven more responsive to our communities, and many residents are hopeful this formal charter change will finally bring stability to how we elect our local leaders.
On the safety front, we do want to alert listeners to a serious incident from Monday afternoon in Newport News. An eight-year-old boy was hit by an SUV near 28th Street and Orcutt Avenue and was hospitalized with serious injuries. The child is in serious but stable condition. Newport News police are still searching for the driver of the vehicle, which was traveling westbound on 28th Street at the time of the hit-and-run. If you have any information about this incident, please contact the police department right away.
Looking at today's weather, we're expecting scattered showers early this morning, but the rain should clear out by seven o'clock. Clouds will gradually break apart by midday, and we'll see plenty of sunshine this afternoon with highs reaching the low sixties, which is about five degrees warmer than yesterday. So it's looking like a decent day to get outside once that rain passes through.
Finally, if you're looking for some entertainment tonight, the Quality Comedy show is wrapping up its season at Dave and Busters on Lynnhaven Parkway. Atlanta-based comedian T-Ray Sanders is headlining, and the show starts at eight o'clock.
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We're starting with some good news from our waterways. The Virginia Department of Health announced yesterday that a portion of Broad Bay is reopening for shellfish harvesting effective today. The area had been closed on November 10th after an untreated sewage release impacted water quality, but testing of shellfish samples collected on November 18th shows the area is now safe for both harvesting and consumption. So if you've been missing your local clams and oysters, you're good to go.
In city hall news, our Virginia Beach City Council made a historic decision on Tuesday when they unanimously voted to move forward with the 10-1 voting system. This is significant because it preserves our current council structure of ten district representatives and one at-large member rather than switching to the controversial seven-three-one system. Council members Michael Berlucchi and Barbara Henley were absent, but the nine present members all supported the measure. The referendum earlier this month showed that fifty-three point four percent of voters backed the 10-1 system, and the council's vote sends this decision to the General Assembly and Governor Youngkin for final approval. This voting structure has proven more responsive to our communities, and many residents are hopeful this formal charter change will finally bring stability to how we elect our local leaders.
On the safety front, we do want to alert listeners to a serious incident from Monday afternoon in Newport News. An eight-year-old boy was hit by an SUV near 28th Street and Orcutt Avenue and was hospitalized with serious injuries. The child is in serious but stable condition. Newport News police are still searching for the driver of the vehicle, which was traveling westbound on 28th Street at the time of the hit-and-run. If you have any information about this incident, please contact the police department right away.
Looking at today's weather, we're expecting scattered showers early this morning, but the rain should clear out by seven o'clock. Clouds will gradually break apart by midday, and we'll see plenty of sunshine this afternoon with highs reaching the low sixties, which is about five degrees warmer than yesterday. So it's looking like a decent day to get outside once that rain passes through.
Finally, if you're looking for some entertainment tonight, the Quality Comedy show is wrapping up its season at Dave and Busters on Lynnhaven Parkway. Atlanta-based comedian T-Ray Sanders is headlining, and the show starts at eight o'clock.
This has been Virginia Beach Local Pulse. Thank you for tuning in and please subscribe for more daily updates. This has been a Quiet Please production. For more, check out quietplease dot ai.
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI