BY WALT WHITEHURST PUNGO — In life one thing leads to another. In the latter years of my life, my wife Betty and I worked
Month: May 2016
BY TODD JONES PUNGO — Once again, our Pungo Strawberry Festival staff has risen to the challenge to make this year’s event a reality. Now
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE – Pungo Strawberry Festival officials and city police have done outreach on the parking and traffic game plan for
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE CREEDS — Decorative icing on a cake at Little Piney Grove Baptist Church this past month quoted Jeremiah on a special day for
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE — An adult beagle suffering from a tumor on her side was discovered in a crate left in a ditch along
BY VENI FIELDS VIRGINIA BEACH — Naturally the sky would open up. And the truck would break down. And the wind would just about blow
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — The Independent News is one. Our first edition arrived Friday, April 24, 2015. It followed months of work building the
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE — The Beaches and Waterways Advisory Commission will meet on Thursday, May 19, at 3 p.m. in Sandbridge to tour the
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE – The city is reviewing how it administered a program to build oyster reefs in coordination with a local non-profit
BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — Hummingbirds fascinate us and butterflies delight us, but how do you lure them into your garden? It’s not