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The Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA) is the solid waste management agency for the one-million-population region south of Hampton Roads Harbor and the lower James River in Virginia. Based in Chesapeake, Virginia , it services the independent cities of Chesapeake , Franklin , Norfolk , Portsmouth , Suffolk , and Virginia Beach and the ...
Portsmouth is an independent city in southeastern Virginia, United States.It lies across the Elizabeth River from Norfolk.As of the 2020 census, the population was 97,915. [5]
In 1989, the Virginia General Assembly mandated the development of solid waste management plans to achieve a minimum twenty-five (25) percent recycling rate by 1995. Thirteen local governments created the CVWMA in December 1990 to work cooperatively as a region in satisfying Virginia’s recycling requirement.
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Portsmouth was granted city status on 21 April 1926, after which the corporation was also known as the city council. [6] In 1928 the city was given the right to appoint a lord mayor. [7] Portsmouth was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan district in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972.
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Portsmouth Planning Board recommends city auction off tax-seized properties at 508 Richards Ave., 150 Bartlett St. and 323 Islington St.
James W. Holley III (November 24, 1926 – October 5, 2012) was an American politician and dental surgeon.Holley became the first Black mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia, [2] and ultimately the city's longest serving mayor, although both his mayoral terms (separated by a decade) ended with his being recalled from office.