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Plans to renovate Lassiter Courts , a public housing complex in the city’s Southeast Community, will move forward after getting state approval this summer for an important piece of funding. But the state’s rejection of similar funding at Spratley House will delay plans there until at least next year. The Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority plans to do the same kind of work at Lassiter — about $5.9 million worth — that it has done at Oyster Point, Cypress and Brighton apartment complexes : renovating kitchens, fixing up roofs and floors, and working on HVAC systems, to name a few plans. public housing complex es get step closer to renovation" class="trb_em_ic_img" title="Two Newport News public housing complex es get step closer to renovation" src="src" /> Those properties have been or will be renovated under a program called Rental Assistance Demonstration , or RAD, which is operated under the Department of Housing and Urban Develop...

Martha's Vineyard Hospital announced last week that they are taking steps to close the independent living facility at Windemere. — MV Times file photo Windemere Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (WNRC) has suspended admissions to its independent living facility as it moves to close the 13-bed unit, where three people now live. In a conversation with The Times on Tuesday, Joe Woodin, president and chief executive officer of Martha’s Vineyard Hospital (MVH), was vague about the closure of the independent living facility , owned by the hospital and on the MVH campus in Oak Bluffs. Though Mr. Woodin didn’t say conclusively that the unit will close, he said MVH is exploring the option of closing. “We’re going through the process of strongly analyzing this and looking at the options for closing the unit,” Mr. Woodin said, referring to the independent facility known as Wildflower Court. According to Mr. Woodin, MVH would not have started the discussion had it not been seriously con...