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Agriculture Virginia Beach

Farmer John: Benefits of a beloved fowl mean it might just be time for a chicken in every Virginia Beach yard

March 31, 2018March 31, 2018 The Independent News

BY J.D. WILSON VIRGINIA BEACH — Why did the chicken cross the road?  To rule the world, of course.  There are some 20 billion chickens

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Agriculture Environment Government Virginia Beach

Letter: The ARP and Ashville Park

March 30, 2018March 30, 2018 The Independent News

Dear Editor: In 2011, I put a “for sale” sign in my yard in Courthouse Estates, and my husband and I began looking for a

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Agriculture Government Virginia Beach

Read the Virginia Beach city manager’s memorandum about ending the city’s farmland preservation program

March 29, 2018March 31, 2018 The Independent News

Ed. — The following includes most of the letter Virginia Beach City Manager Dave Hansen wrote to Mayor Will Sessoms and members of the

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Agriculture Environment Government Pungo

Letter: There is no excuse for ending the agricultural reserve program

March 29, 2018March 29, 2018 The Independent News

Dear Editor: I grew up in Pungo at Vaughan Farms, and I now live in Massachusetts. It baffles me that here in Massachusetts, where

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Agriculture Government Pungo Virginia Beach

Henley: Virginia Beach must save the agricultural reserve program due to, not despite, concern about flooding

March 28, 2018March 28, 2018 The Independent News

BY BARBARA HENLEY VIRGINIA BEACH — We’ve come to take our agricultural reserve program for granted. Time has passed and there has been a lot

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Agriculture Pungo Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach city manager proposes ending agricultural reserve program, shifting funds to flooding projects

March 27, 2018March 27, 2018 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE – Virginia Beach City Manager Dave Hansen wants to end the agricultural reserve program, which buys development rights so farmers

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Sandbridge Virginia Beach

Photos: As the beach reawakens, gulls are on the move in Sandbridge

March 27, 2018March 27, 2018 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS SANDBRIDGE — Seagulls, grackles and a few other birds joined people at Sandbridge beach on a recent warm Sunday that made for

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Arts & Entertainment Food & Drink Ocean Lakes Pungo Red Mill Sandbridge Strawbridge

Only at Renee’s, a taste of the Philippines, coming soon to Red Mill

March 27, 2018March 27, 2018 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE RED MILL — When Emma Dizon was a child, she and her family pushed a metal shopping cart, loaded with food

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Government Public Safety Virginia Beach

City man accused of threatening Virginia Beach member of Congress after discussion about pot policy

March 26, 2018March 26, 2018 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — A city man upset about pot policy is accused of threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Scott Taylor. Wallace

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Government Military Public Safety Virginia Beach

American Legion recognizes Virginia Beach public safety personnel

March 24, 2018 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS VIRGINIA BEACH – American Legion Princess Anne Post 113 honored four public safety representatives during it’s annual Law and Order Day

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