By SCOTT HARPER By Scott Harper The Virginian-Pilot A week before a key deadline expires, a New Jersey company is the sole bidder so far for purchasing two big trash plants in Portsmouth that have been run for two decades by SPSA, the regional waste authority.

By Scott Harper, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Aug. 7--A week before a key deadline expires, a New Jersey company is the sole bidder so far for purchasing two big trash plants in Portsmouth that have been run for two decades by SPSA, the regional waste authority.

By Scott Harper, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Oct.

By JANIE BRYANT, BY janie bryant, Harry Minium and Mike GRUSS THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT PORTSMOUTH - The end of a plan to bring New York City trash to the city's harbor began days ago, but the proposal took its last breath Tuesday night when the Portsmouth City Council voted against it.

By Scott Harper and Tim Mcglone, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Oct. 9--The company that wants to build a garbage port on the Portsmouth waterfront is part of a New Jersey-based conglomerate with an eccentric past.