http://www.yourstreet.com/news/portsmouth-va YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us As the Elizabeth River drains into the Chesapeake Bay, it absorbs industrial waste and urban runoff from the densely-populated cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake and Virginia Beach. That has earned the Elizabeth the dubious honor of being the Chesapeake's most... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6496020/architect-seeks-to-rehabilitate-polluted-river Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:06:08 -0700 PORTSMOUTH ? Several companies from the Seacoast volunteered their services on Arbor Day morning to care for some of the city?s oldest trees in Haven Park. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5741137/arbor-day-services-benefit-some-of-city-s-oldest-trees Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:32:08 -0700 PORTSMOUTH It's a chilly Sunday night, and Ted Lamb is patrolling the streets of Cradock, helping lead the charge to take his neighborhood back. The head of the community's... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/2374955/portsmouth-man-rallies-his-neighbors-to-say-not-on-our-watch- Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:00:00 -0800 PORTSMOUTH The body of a man was found behind a flea market on Victory Boulevard this afternoon and police are investigating the death. Two employees of Family Flea Market at... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/2385660/employees-discover-body-behind-flea-market-in-portsmouth- Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:00:00 -0800 PORTSMOUTH The Coast Guard Cutter Bear is scheduled to return to its homeport in Portsmouth on Friday, concluding a six-week law-enforcement patrol in the Caribbean Sea and two... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/2340413/coast-guard-cutter-bear-returns-to-portsmouth-on-friday- Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:00:00 -0800 One lane inside the Midtown Tunnel will be closed tonight and Friday night. The closure will begin at 9:30 p.m. each night and end at 5 a.m. the next morning, according to the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/2340418/overnight-lane-closure-scheduled-for-midtown-tunnel- Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:00:00 -0800 PORTSMOUTH City Council members agreed this week to ask state lawmakers to order a study on the impact of continued upward expansion of the Craney Island dredge material... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/2340437/portsmouth-asks-for-state-study-on-craney-island-s-upward-mobility- Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:00:00 -0800 PORTSMOUTH The Fisher House at Portsmouth Naval Hospital will get a holiday spruce-up today from Wal-Mart and Sam's Club volunteers. The manager of the house, which hosts... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/2340525/navy-hospital-s-fisher-house-gets-holiday-gift-today- Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:00:00 -0800 PORTSMOUTH There are drainage problems. And there are bigger drainage problems. Ebony Heights has big drainage problems. So does West Norfolk, Brighton and Twin Pines, a... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/2340461/portsmouth-ranks-its-top-drainage-problem-areas- Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:00:00 -0800 Norfolk and Portsmouth, tired of boarded-up houses blighting their neighborhoods, are taking aim at the owners of such properties, pushing for changes in state laws that they... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/2340476/portsmouth-joins-norfolk-in-efforts-to-eliminate-blighted-lots- Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:00:00 -0800 PORTSMOUTH City officials want the council to pass a resolution tonight that would start the process of expanding the Hampton Roads Regional Jail . The move would allow the jail... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/2340480/portsmouth-officials-want-to-begin-steps-to-expand-regional-jail- Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:00:00 -0800 PORTSMOUTH Add this city to the list of Hampton Roads' municipalities considering banning smoking in restaurants. Tonight, city officials will debate asking the General Assembly... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/2340485/portsmouth-to-weigh-restaurant-smoking-ban- Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:00:00 -0800 Voters going to the Scottish Rite Temple precinct in Churchland on Tuesday may find a familiar face working the polls. Connie Smith, a receptionist at the Churchland branch of... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/1893019/electing-to-help-voters-in-portsmouth- Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:00:00 -0800 There's something to be said for persistence. Buddy Sanford had that something emblazed on a plaque that hangs in his living room. "People don't fail; they just give up trying,"... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/1893024/-trash-trees-choking-some-graves-at-portsmouth-cemetery- Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:00:00 -0800 PORTSMOUTH After becoming the center of a public debate about whether he should lead a Norfolk anti-crime agency, Alphonso Albert found himself surrounded, and bolstered, by... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/1893034/after-outcry,-open-arms-of-fellowship-for-alphonso-albert- Sun, 04 Nov 2007 21:00:00 -0800 President Bush on Friday vetoed legislation that would authorize $356.1 million in federal funding to expand Portsmouth's Craney Island for a fourth Virginia Port Authority... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/1893044/bush-vetoes-water-bill-with-money-for-craney-island-terminal- Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:00:00 -0700