BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — Given some of the naysaying about newspapers — and given that some of that naysaying is pretty much on point
Year: 2016
Ed. note – The following is adapted from a letter City Manager Dave Hansen wrote to Mayor Will Sessoms and members of the city
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO – The Tar Roof, an art gallery that opened this past year in a 164-year-old farmhouse, is seeking conditional use
Ed. Note – The following is adapted from remarks delivered during the Out of the Darkness Community Walk on Saturday, Sept. 10. It has
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE MOUNT TRASHMORE — Before the walk began, Tasha Frederick of Sandbridge tied a ribbon into the hair of 9-year-old Laney Frederick. They
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE BACK BAY — In the city’s south, where a number of churches stretch back hundreds of years, Back Bay Christian Assembly is
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE – The city is scheduled today to vote upon whether to accept changes to the financing plan to build an
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE – The city schools division is hosting two food drives in October to support the Beach Bags program, which provides
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS A Delaware man who drowned at Sandbridge last year while trying to save his partner’s son has been recognized by the
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — In late July, at night, in Sandbridge, a Virginia Beach police officer approached a car parked on Molly Cooper Road.