By DEIRDRE FERNANDES By Deirdre Fernandes The Virginian-Pilot Virginia beach L.M. Sandler & Sons Inc., the residential developer, has asked state officials to hold off reviewing one of the company's more controversial projects. The Water Control Board was scheduled to vote Oct.

By DEIRDRE FERNANDES By Deirdre Fernandes The Virginian-Pilot Virginia beach Buddhist monks and their followers have filed a federal lawsuit in the hopes of forcing the city to let them resume worshipping at their home in rural Pungo.

By DEIRDRE FERNANDES By Deirdre Fernandes The Virginian-Pilot Virginia beach What will Virginia Beach look like as it enters middle age? The city's planners, elected officials and residents will try to answer that question in the coming months as they revisit and revise Virginia Beach's plan for growth and development.

By DEIRDRE FERNANDES By Deirdre Fernandes The Virginian-Pilot Virginia beach The City Council and the state are at a standoff over whether swimming pools need to be treated like driveways, patios and sheds in order to protect the Chesapeake Bay.

By DEIRDRE FERNANDES By Deirdre Fernandes The Virginian-Pilot Virginia beach It's no surprise that John Devan would want to install a 33-foot- tall windmill in the Corporate Landing Business Park to power his building.