LAKE EDWARD RESIDENTS BELIEVE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS WILL BE AGAIN.(LOCAL)

From: The Virginian Pilot | Date: April 30, 1999| Author: Sinha, Vandana | Copyright information

Byline: VANDANA SINHA, STAFF WRITER

VIRGINIA BEACH -- Longtime Lake Edward residents are not afraid to walk their streets at night. They sweep the litter from the sidewalks and report unfamiliar cars cruising by their homes.

That's because they know how their neighborhood once was.

And they see what it can be. City officials say they're more than halfway there.

In the last six months, many of those Lake Edward North and Lake Edward West ...

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