| If youâve been to a Chesapeake City Council meeting, chances are youâve seen the body vote on the bread and butter of local government: approving dog grooming businesses, extending recycling contracts or funding the school district nutrition plan. Hereâs one thing you havenât heard much of: dissenting votes. In the past two years, council members have voted unanimously on 94% of agenda items, according to a Virginian-Pilot review of meeting minutes.  Read more in this Sunday's Main News section.  A Norfolk hospital says it has treated seven children with a serious health condition linked to the coronavirus -- more than half the number recorded statewide -- in the past six months. Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome, or MIS-C, affects various body parts and may cause problems with a childâs heart and other vital organs. Globally, a small number of patients with the disease have died. Though the illness is thought to be especially rare, it may be happening more frequently than the public has been led to believe. Read more in this Sunday's Main News section. Hampton's school board has put on a unified face throughout the pandemic. But the board has quietly fallen into chaos, unable to agree on the role of the board and how to communicate about reopening. Read more in Sunday's Main News section. What happens on those baking competition shows anyway? LaShonda Sanford, who owns Scratch in Hampton Roads is competing on a Food Network reality show and shares the reality of what her life has been since competing. Read more in the Sunday Break section. A review of Orionâs Roof will never begin with the food. It is the view, always the view, that will conscript your attention. From the Roofâs penthouse aerie atop the Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront hotel â 183 feet and 23 stories above the water â the sprawling Cavalier Hotel across the street looks like a toy, a gingerbread house made for candy people. Diners at the east-facing windows might as well be perched on a beachside cliff. The compulsion to lose yourself in the roiling waters' abyss is surely primal. Read more in the Sunday Break section.
Kurt & Goldie Parade Picks: Royal Style What America Eats: Cheesy Potatoes (Potato Gratin w/ Gruyere and Fresh Rosemary)
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