CHESAPEAKE Upon entering a room, he shakes hands with as many people as he can, calls ailing senior citizens young men or young women, and scribbles down names for public shoutouts. Mayor Alan Krasnoff is loved in the community as an endearingly quirky guy - and disdainfully criticized.

SPECIAL EVENT -Jimmy Dunn’s 20th Annual Walk for Healthy Babies – Monday: Affected Streets include West Brambleton Avenue to Colley Avenue to West Olney Road to Virginia Beach Boulevard to Newtown Road (into Virginia Beach). RESURFACING

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By Evan Stewart A stalled front to our south will continue to provide cloudy skies, but it will eventually push through and bring in some much warmer weather. A shower or two is possible Sunday morning, otherwise it will be another cloudy and cool day. Afternoon temperatures will be in the upper 50s to lower 60s with a light northeast breeze.

VIRGINIA BEACH Community leaders gathered Saturday to practice what they preached - an open discussion about race. "This country is put together in a racist fabric," said Dr. Antipas Harris, director of the Youth and Urban Renewal Center at Regent University.

When Linda Archie calls her daughter's cellphone, she prays she'll hear her voice. Maybe Bene' will say she needed to get away. Or that she went on an adventure with a friend. Whatever the reason, Archie wouldn't mind. "We're a family," she said. "She is loved by her family, and we want her back."

In the wise words of Dolly Parton, a piled-on-top hairdo is good because "it's one step nearer to God." The upswept 'dos are not the only thing that is teased in the delightfully energetic and high-stepping revival of "Hairspray" on stage under the sponsorship of Virginia Musical Theater. As a spoof of the innocence of the early 1960s (specifically 1962), it is a hoot.

VIRGINIA BEACH Location. Location. Location. It's a tricky word for city housing officials who are actively pursuing a site for a homeless services center.

Members of the NJROTC at Granby High School begin the Parade of Nations while holding flags from various countries on Saturday, April 28, 2012, along Waterside Avenue. More than a thousand participants were featured in the parade. (Ross Taylor | The Virginian Pilot photos)

VIRGINIA BEACH The city's Human Services Department is looking for people interested in becoming providers for its Adult Foster Care program. Providers care for adults deemed incapable of independent living. Providers will receive a monthly stipend to help cover rent and other expenses.