The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) articles from November 2007

The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) archives from November 2007

The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va., Kerry Dougherty column.(Column)
November 1, 2007... Byline: Kerry Dougherty Nov. 1--"Dropout factories." That's what a Johns Hopkins University researcher called high schools where fewer than 60 percent of freshmen become seniors in four years. That term is so inflammatory that when...

BRIEF: Sentara Healthcare chief operating officer to stay.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Nancy Young Nov. 1--Howard Kern has decided to stay on as president and chief operating officer for Sentara Healthcare, the region's largest health care provider. In September, Kern announced that he would be leaving Sentara,...

BRIEF: Mathews County marina acquired by N.C. company.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Chris Dinsmore Nov. 1--Morningstar Marinas, a division of Morningstar Properties LLC, has acquired Gwynn's Island Boatel in Mathews County on Virginia's Middle Peninsula. It becomes the fourth coastal marina in Morningstar's...

BRIEF: Office building in downtown Norfolk bought.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Chris Dinsmore Nov. 1--NORFOLK Baylor Enterprises has purchased a 16,200-square-foot office building at 248 W. Bute St. in Norfolk, GVA Advantis announced. Baylor paid the seller, Robert E. Upton Jr., $2.25 million for the...

BRIEF: The Pilot in the war zone: Shining some light.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Video By Stephen M. Katz Nov. 1--Xoldiers of the 19th Artillary Battalion from Fort Stewart, Ga., prepare to file illumination rounds to assist guards at a base south of Baghdad. To see more of the The Virginian-Pilot, or to...

Is the Hokies' offensive line up to the task?
November 1, 2007... Byline: Kyle Tucker Nov. 1--BLACKSBURG As Virginia Tech prepared this week to break in a new starting center for tonight's game against Georgia Tech , head coach Frank Beamer hammered home one piece of critical advice for redshirt...

Gifts used to help Redskins get past Patriots rout.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Jim Ducibella Nov. 1--ASHBURN Rock Cartwright had a little present waiting for his Washington Redskins teammates when they returned to work Wednesday. So did offensive line coach Joe Bugel. So did quarterbacks coach...

Redskins notes: Jets have had (but not been) music to the ears.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Jim Ducibella Nov. 1--ASHBURN Classical music doesn't help football players block, tackle or score points. Just ask Eric Mangini. The New York Jets' second-year coach read somewhere that listening to classical music...

EDITORIAL: In Norfolk, another lapse in judgment.(Editorial)
November 1, 2007... Nov. 1--NORFOLK CITY Manager Regina Williams hasn't done any favors for Alphonso Albert. Or for the citizens in the blighted neighborhoods Williams put him in charge of rescuing. According to reporting by staff writer Harry Minium, Williams...

EDITORIAL: No freedom for Cole bomber.(Editorial)
November 1, 2007... Nov. 1--For the injured survivors of the 2000 bombing of the Norfolk-based Cole, and the families of its 17 dead sailors, every day is hell. The suicide bombing in Yemen killed sons and daughters, challenged the U.S. military and was a...

EDITORIAL: Virtuoso performance.(Editorial)
November 1, 2007... Nov. 1--Perhaps the nicest thing about Saturday's performance by violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman at the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts, aside from the fact that it begins a new day for the arts in Virginia Beach, that it raises the roof...

Correction.(Correction notice)
November 1, 2007... Nov. 1--CORRECTION Nansemond River High School did not have eight players quit its football team last week. An item in Saturday's Sports section contained incorrect information. More Corrections Articles --Corrections from The...

BRIEF: 7,500 sailors will deploy Monday with Truman strike group.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Cindy Clayton Nov. 1--NORFOLK The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group will deploy Monday with nearly 7,500 sailors in support of maritime security operations. The strike group is commanded by Rear Adm. William E. Gortney,...

FCC says you should be able to choose your cable provider.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Carolyn Shapiro Nov. 1--The Federal Communications Commission shifted policy Wednesday, banning television service providers from gaining exclusive access to residential developments in Hampton Roads and elsewhere. Many...

Fishing Forecast: Nov. 1-7.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Lee Tolliver Nov. 1--THE FALL SPECKLED TROUT season finally has kicked into high gear. Anglers are catching specks around Poquoson, the mouths of Eastern Shore bay-side creeks, backwater areas of the Shore's barrier islands,...

Autistic hiker who was lost for days to get locator bracelet.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Janette Rodrigues Nov. 1--The autistic teen hiker from West Virginia who was found after getting lost in the wilderness will get a Project Lifesaver International locator bracelet today. The mother of Jacob Allen, 18, of...

An easy win without star player for Monarchs.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Rich Radford Nov. 1--NORFOLK Life without Brandon Johnson ended Wednesday night for the Old Dominion Monarchs. Evidently, it wasn't such a bad experience. Johnson, ODU's senior point guard, has missed the past three...

Delegate will file legislation to study privatizing terminals.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Gregory Richards Nov. 1--Amid a wave of marine terminal operator purchases, the General Assembly may examine whether some degree of privatization makes sense for the Virginia Port Authority. Del. Harry R. "Bob" Purkey, a...