Ocean View Memories and a Cold Week in Virginia Beach

This week on Tidewater Talk, Co shares the whirlwind saga of moving into a cozy new beachside place, complete with weather delays, packing chaos, and an unexpected plumbing leak, before settling into why the area already feels like home. We touch on a recent Town Center scare and a heart‑pounding close call in the crosswalk, then dig into local chatter about rising Dominion power bills and what might really be driving higher costs during this long cold snap. For our Strange Tidewater segment, we time‑travel to Ocean View Park, the long‑gone Norfolk amusement park born from a trolley line hustle, battered by storms and fires, and sent off with a cinematic bang in 1979 when filmmakers tried (twice!) to blow down The Rocket coaster. We wrap with a chilly, rainy week’s forecast and a packed list of local happenings, from Charlotte’s Web at ODU to New Edition at Hampton Coliseum, Harry Potter in Concert at Scope, the Virginia Aquarium’s Survival of the Slowest, and early signups for the Angels Heart & Soul 5K at Mount Trashmore.

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