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Weekday traffic at the Downtown and Midtown tunnels has dropped nearly 22 percent after tolls were instituted on the two crossings beginning Feb. 1. The drop in weekend traffic was even sharper — about 28.6 percent, according to a news release from Elizabeth River Crossings, the private partner developing the
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project. “The level of diversion experienced remains in line with ERC’s initial expectations,� the release stated. While average weekday volumes at the Downtown Tunnel were about 95,000, the average last week was 69,319. On weekdays at the Midtown Tunnel, the average was 40,000 before the start of toll-
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Event space: At the city of Suffolk’s request, the owners of Cherry Grove Plantation, on Chuckatuck Creek, have applied to the Planning Commission for permission to continue using it as a rentable house available for special events like weddings.
Permit requested for plantation By Matthew A. Ward Staff Writer
When Richard and Janet Goldbach purchased “the other half� of their Chuckatuck Creek property in about 2009, they set out to simply fix up the historic farmhouse resting on it. The couple — he a retired CEO of Norfolk shipyard Metro Machine Corporation, she a retired magician — bought the first portion of Cherry Grove Plantation in
about 2006. One reaches the modern home the couple resides in by driving past the two-story farmhouse, complete with a root cellar, which they’ve transformed into a home theater. “We didn’t have any goal in mind when we started it,� Goldbach said. “That came after the fact.� What came after was renting out the carefully restored and opulently appointed farmhouse,
Late Calvary minister ‘encouraged everyone’ By Tracy Agnew News Editor
The leader of Calvary Missionary Baptist Church until his death last week will be missed the most for his way of encouraging everyone he met, his daughter said Tuesday. Pastor Linwood E. Stanworth, 72, was healthy up until the end came last Tuesday. That was the way he would have wanted it, daughter Lindsay Pitts said.
“He didn’t display any type of fatigue,� she said. “He was just at it 100 percent until the very end.� Stanworth S t a n w o r t h worked as a car salesman for a number of years before feeling called to go into the ministry. He finished seminary in 1983 and continued selling cars until he See MINISTER, 8
which sleeps 14 people, and the accompanying barn that’s been converted into game rooms. The project was finished in 2012 after two years, Goldbach said. The basic rental package advertised for $1,999 per week includes use of the 142-acre grounds, fivebedroom farmhouse, swimming pool, and game rooms with a billiards table, table tennis, spa and 1850s Chinese bridal bed. See PERMIT, 8
Suffolk fraud investigators in 2013 found 11 cases of welfare fraud by people who were receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Social Services Director Azeez Felder said. However, none of the substantiated fraud cases came from people buying prohibited products or services with their benefits. A law passed in last year’s General Assembly prohibits TANF recipients from using the money for lottery tickets, alcohol or tobacco products or sexually explicit materials. They also can’t purchase tattoo or body piercing services, use it for gambling — at bingo or off-track betting parlors, for instance — or to visit an adult entertainment establishment. The money involved in Suffolk’s 11 fraud cases added up to $6,118 and was obtained by the fraudsters through lying about their household composition or not reporting all the income they were receiving, Felder said. Some were also receiving benefits through a similar program in another state See LAW, 8
SPD officers deliver anti-bullying message By Matthew A. Ward Staff Writer
How should you respond to bullying? How will “nerds� fare as adults compared to their tormentors? Is horseplay with classmates a good idea? Such questions were pondered when two Suffolk police officers visited a boys’ group at Creekside Elementary School on Tuesday. Creekside’s Breakfast Club meets weekly to discuss life-improving topics. Teachers select boys to join. On Tuesday, 38 boys were on their
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best behavior for Sgt. Andre Sparks and Officer Robert Burton. “No matter what happens in your life, no matter what family structure you come from ‌ each and every one of you are very important, and you are special, and you are somebody and you have a bright future ahead of you,â€? said Sparks, kicking off a discussion that would focus on bullying. “Each and every one of you can be whatever you desire to be in See OFFICERS, 8
Info session on SPS medical program After the original date was postponed due to snow, an information session on the biomedical sciences program coming to Lakeland High will be held at the school tonight, barring any more severe-weather cancellations. Beginning at 6:30 p.m., current eighth-graders and parents can learn more about the new specialty program that will serve students from all three city public high schools, according to an announcement on the school district’s website. The first freshman class will be up to 20 students, and prerequisite coursework includes a B-grade or better in Algebra I and Science 8. A foreign language is recommended. A new deadline for applications is March 8.
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