BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — It may come as little surprise that the Rev. Walter A. Whitehurst, a retired pastor who remains active in
Month: December 2015
Ed. note – The Independent News welcomes reflections on spiritual matters from all faiths. The following is a portion of a mission report submitted
Ed. note — What follows are remarks by Mayor Will Sessoms, as prepared, for a media conference today at City Hall. They were provided today
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS BACK BAY — Volunteers from Dominion Virginia Power visited L-Z Grace Warriors Retreat on a Friday in November. The center, profiled earlier this
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS PUNGO — Volunteers from a number of Hampton Roads churches cut collards to help the needy this past month in a
BETWEEN TWO CITIES After “The Mending Wall” by Robert Frost When I think about my city and yours I might first think
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE CREEDS — A relationship between the Military Aviation Museum in Pungo and Creeds Elementary School is growing, and one of the first examples
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE OCEANFRONT — A family of crafters worked at their spot among the hundreds of artisans gathered at the Virginia Beach Convention Center late last
BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE Cover crops – including clover, rye, and other grasses – are on the rise in southern Virginia Beach this fall
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE CREEDS — Sara Schauer shares a great deal of her holiday cooking at the Senior Resource Center, Inc., each Thanksgiving, though not