| Profile of Latasha Holloway, who recently won a lawsuit that will force Virginia Beach to change its voting system. On March 31, a federal judge ruled that Virginia Beachâs method of electing City Council members is illegal and cannot be used in future elections. U.S. District Judge Raymond A. Jackson said the at-large voting system violates the Voting Rights Act by diluting the voting power of Hispanics, African Americans and Asians. No longer will residents vote for all City Council members. Â Read more in this Sunday's Main News section. Patricia Vannuchi is caring for her 102-year-old mother, Jane Vannuchi, who survived a bout with COVID-19 while a resident in a nursing home. Born a preemie in 1918, the elder Vannuchi survived the Spanish Flu pandemic and finds herself living through the current pandemic. Vannuchi, 69, says when her mother was in Bayside Nursing home in Poquoson months earlier, it was rough on the family, like many families unable to see their love ones during the strict social distancing protocols in place last spring. It was rough on her mom too, who wasn't getting the care she needed, Vannuchi says. It took a little wrangling with the nursing home, help from a hospice group and a unlikely ally from a neighbor to get Jane back home. Though Jane remembers little details of either pandemic, she seems happier now and the younger Vannuchi is glad Mom is back home in Newport News. It might be more work for her, but at least when its her time, Mom won't die alone. Read more in this Sunday's Main News section
Times of trouble often bring food trucks. The food truck revolution of 2008 wasnât a sudden yen for al fresco dining. It was a response to a financial meltdown, as chefs struggled to secure restaurant loans and instead moved food trailers onto abandoned real estate. Last year was another troubled time â and a bumper year for new food trucks in Hampton Roads. Read more in the Sunday Break section
Part of an occasional series showcasing interesting pieces in area museums or highlighting the stories behind them. This week weâre at The Marinersâ Museum and Park in Newport News. The Titanic launched 110 years ago this month, but it was immortalized for what happened 11 months later. Read more in the Sunday Break section In February 2015, Mimi Lemay wrote a letter to her son, Jacob, on his fifth birthday. She explained how sheâd evolved as a mom. She wanted him to know how sheâd come to know her second-born, who had originally been named Em because he was assigned to the female sex at birth. But Lemay loved and recognized him fully as the boy he had proclaimed he was since the age of 2½. She posted the letter online and it went viral, becoming the basis for her book, âWhat We Will Become: A Mother, a Son, and a Journey of Transformation,â published in 2019 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Lemay will give a free virtual talk at noon Wednesday as part of the annual Lee and Bernard Jaffe Family Jewish Book Festival, sponsored by the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and the Simon Family JCC.  Read more in the Sunday Break section.    Â
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