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Government Public Safety Pungo Sandbridge Virginia Beach

Beach ride in Sandbridge benefits the Virginia Beach Police Mounted Patrol

December 3, 2017 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE SANDBRIDGE — Riders and horses from far and wide came to Little Island Park on Saturday, Nov. 4, for a Beach Ride

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Virginia Beach

Coyotes, a foe to livestock and a curiosity to some, now a regular part of landscape in Virginia Beach

November 27, 2017 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH – Coyotes, which are native to the Great Plains, are now so comfortable in Virginia Beach that they

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Back Bay Creeds Environment Sandbridge Virginia Beach

At Back Bay refuge, a homebuilding workshop benefits local, helpful bats

November 26, 2017 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — Attendees at a workshop at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, Oct. 28, built custom housing for bats,

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Agriculture Back Bay Business Military Virginia Beach

Hope grows at hop yard in Back Bay to help retreat for warriors while supplying local craft brewers

November 26, 2017December 1, 2017 The Independent News

BY VENI FIELDS BACK BAY — LZ-Grace Warriors Retreat founder Lynn Bukowski’s expression of panic high above the ground in a Facebook photo began, you

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Chesapeake Military Virginia Beach

Military: NAS Oceana wants drone operators to quit unauthorized flying at and near installations

November 26, 2017 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS  VIRGINIA BEACH — One day this past month, service members at Naval Air Station Oceana spotted two different drones flying at the

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Military Virginia Beach

Column: Air show memories reflect upon a long relationship with Oceana

November 24, 2017 The Independent News

BY LINDA RUSSELL VIRGINIA BEACH — I expected the normal complaints about the Oceana Air Show and, sure enough, some weeks back in a local paper’s

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Agriculture Environment Sigma Virginia Beach

Farmer John: Waste not, want not by growing a recycling mindset

November 24, 2017November 24, 2017 The Independent News

BY J.D. WILSON SIGMA — The first law of thermodynamics, also called the law of conservation of energy, says energy cannot be created or destroyed

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Creeds Currituck Government Knotts Island Public Safety Virginia Beach

Paid firefighters to remain on Knotts Island; commissioners to consider fire service tax district to pay for it

November 22, 2017November 23, 2017 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE CURRITUCK, N.C. — Currituck County will keep paid firefighters on Knotts Island following a contract dispute that led the volunteer department in

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Business Food & Drink Pungo Virginia Beach

412Q BBQ opens a new, permanent home in ‘downtown’ Pungo

November 14, 2017 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE PUNGO — Michael Heckman is on a mission to put Pungo on the map. “I want people from all over the

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Blackwater Currituck Gibbs Woods Knotts Island North Carolina

In rural Gibbs Woods, a fun, spooky start to a trunk or treat tradition

November 14, 2017November 14, 2017 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE GIBBS WOODS, N.C. — Trunk or treating, growing in popularity in a variety of places, also is a Halloween solution for communities

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