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
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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
BY VENI FIELDS BLACKWATER — No cornfield. No legendary ghosts. No mysterious whispers in the still night air. Derrick Howell just wanted to make a
BY KAROLYN NATALIE KENNEDY Each year when it’s May That’s what I say. It’s a good deal to ride the ferris wheel. And I like
BY RITA H. JONES Who in the world PICKED the cotton pickin COTTON I rode by the road today Amazed
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE – John Atkinson, the city treasurer who launched a grassroots effort to stop light rail from expanding to Town Center,
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE SANDBRIDGE – Ongoing inquiry into whether Virginia Beach should regulate the rise of event homes, big houses built to hold gatherings
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS SANDBRIDGE — Locals gathered this past month at a picnic area at Little Island Park to gather bags and supplies and check areas