In a statement, Lucas said she plans to donate the entirety of what she receives in the settlement to "the charitable efforts in our community I have been involved with for so many years."
The ex-Portsmouth Chief of Police believes a lawsuit filed against her by a state senator should be dropped, but she said she never agreed to a mediated settlement.
Norfolk Naval Shipyard, which is now powered by steam from burning four cities' trash, is building its own energy source. That likely means a different fate for hundreds of millions of pounds of garbage every year.
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