| Ralph Northam said the past year has moved so fast, he hasn't had time for a lot of personal things. But when the Democrat, the only governor who is also a medical doctor, leaves office in three months, he'll finally seek medical advice for his long COVID symptoms, the loss of his taste and smell. Read more in this Sunday's Main News section Virginia Beach has joined school boards in at least four other states in the debate over what books should be allowed in school libraries. Amid the outcry against teaching critical race theory, Virginia Beach is one of the latest divisions to join the debate over which books students should have access to in school libraries. School board members challenged six books earlier this month, citing what they called sexually explicit and divisive language. This kind of argument isnât new - those who track the debates over books say the first happened decades ago. But in some recent cases challenges seemingly focus on literature highlighting experiences among people from marginalized communities. Read more in Sunday's Main News section Heritage High football coach Scott Woodlief and two of his seniors give their perspective about the recent shooting at the school, and a return to football, and hopefully normalcy, that culminated with the game against Warwick on Friday. Read more in Sunday's Main News section Sam Dreyfus has known his friend Josh Jason since they were kids. Both grew up in Virginia Beach, their families knew each other, and Dreyfus watched his friend go from a film student in Boston to a producer in Los Angeles. Recently, Dreyfus invested money to help Jason produce his first feature film, âThe Wheel.â He wasnât the only one. The indie film was selected for the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival last month and it was bankrolled solely by Hampton Roads investors. Read more in the Sunday Break section
Pandemic-induced lifestyle changes and a hot Hampton Roads sellerâs market increased the need for people to stash their stuff â causing self-storage facilities to fill up in Hampton Roads. While industry experts refer to death, divorce, downsizing and dislocation as the main reasons people rent storage, COVID played a huge role the past two years. The pandemicâs effects may have accelerated demand for facilities, but the sector was already growing. U.S. self storage square footage grew 4% in 2020 and 9% over the past five years, to more than 1.5 billion square feet of space, according to data from online storage broker StorageCafe.com.
Read more in the Sunday Work & Money section Jonathan Allen does not mince words about Washingtonâs defense failing to live up to expectations. âThe defense has been absolutely horrible this year,â he said. Kansas Cityâs has not been much better. The Chiefs are the only team to allow more points than Washington this season, each defense is among the worst in the NFL, and the 2-3 teams face off Sunday for what could be a touchdown-filled shootout.
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