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The City Hall Building, located at 801 Crawford Street, is the regular meeting place of the City Council of The City of Portsmouth, Virginia. The City Council is a legislative body served by six members, elected for four-year terms.
The foundation stone to mark the construction of the civic offices and the guildhall square was laid by the Lord Mayor of Portsmouth, Phyllis Loe, on 19 December 1972. [6] An existing statue of Queen Victoria , which had been sculpted by Alfred Drury in bronze, placed on a granite pedestal and unveiled by Lady Dupree in 1903, was relocated to a ...
The Newport Daily News reached out to candidates for the Portsmouth Town Council to learn more about why they are running for office and their position on key issues. Questions were sent via email ...
Edwards was hired by the City of Portsmouth to serve as librarian at the 900 square foot brick building beginning in 1945. [4] She formed the library into a community resource, successfully making the case to city officials that because Black people made up one third of the Portsmouth population at the time, her library should receive one third of the funding supplied to the Whites-only library.
Former Toyota of Portsmouth owner Jim Boyle, right, appeared in court with his attorney John Kuzinevich in March 2021 as part of his ongoing legal dispute with the city of Portsmouth
Letter writers endorse their preferred candidates for Portsmouth City Council and weigh in on issues of state and national importance.
PORTSMOUTH — City Manager Karen Conard’s proposed municipal budget for fiscal year 2025 will increase property taxes by an estimated 4.45% if passed as proposed.. The proposed $144.8 million ...
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.