Last week, the Authority Board of the Hampton Roads Regional Jail voted to close that jail, which is also in Portsmouth, by April 1, opening up the possibility Portsmouth inmates could move there.
NORFOLK — City and sanitation district officials told a crowd of roughly 300 people Wednesday that discussions about the future of a city-owned portion of the former Lamberts Point Golf Course, which many want to become a park, are still in the early phase of considerations. “We want to take our time to do this right,” said Pete Buryk, chief of staff for the office of the Norfolk City Manager. .