Tyrone Jarvis, left, and friend and family volunteers, install rain gutters as part of a new rainwater harvesting system at Purpose Park in Norfolk on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (Photo by Katherine Hafner)New project at Norfolk community garden will harvest thousands of gallons of rainwaterLocal nonprofit Society for a Secure and Sustainable Water Future is leading a new project at Purpose Park in Norfolk to show how rainwater harvesting can benefit communities.
Volunteers have transformed two shipping containers into a system that captures rainwater, stores it in tanks and uses a solar-powered pump to irrigate the community garden.
The nonprofit’s founder, Tyrone Jarvis, previously fought for state legislation expanding access to rainwater systems.
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Tarrallton Elementary is one of the schools that would close under Norfolk’s closure plan. (Photo courtesy of Norfolk Public Schools)Norfolk School Board crafts new closure plan in 4-hour meeting; first schools would close next yearThe Norfolk School Board has outlined a proposed plan to close several schools over the next decade but delayed a final vote until Oct. 15 to allow for public and City Council input.
The closures would begin in 2026 with Norview Elementary and the Willoughby Early Childhood Center, followed by additional schools including Tarrallton, Granby, Ghent and P.B. Young elementary schools in later years.
READ MORE Local journalism is made possible only because of generous WHRO donorsDONATE NOW Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, addresses sailors on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (Photo via the Department of Defense)The Navy’s top leader in the Pacific spoke at Old DominionAdm. Sam Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, returned to Norfolk on Monday to speak at Old Dominion University’s Waldo Family Lecture Series on International Relations.
Paparo spoke under the Chatham House Rule, meaning his remarks could be reported but not attributed directly to him.
The discussion highlighted the role of a free press in American democracy and raised concerns over new Department of Defense rules requiring Pentagon journalists to sign pledges restricting their reporting.
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