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Agriculture Ashville Park Back Bay Blackwater Business Creeds Environment Government Pungo Virginia Beach

Column: We must preserve farmland and rural communities

August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 The Independent News

  BY KAREN BEARDSLEE KWASNY VIRGINIA BEACH — In 2002, when my husband and I were looking for a new house, a friend said to

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Health & Fitness Sandbridge Virginia Beach

Column: Demonstrate our commitment to others during the coronavirus pandemic

August 19, 2020 The Independent News

BY LISA VERSPRILLE BURKETT SANDBRIDGE — When the pandemic news began to trickle in, my emotions started to play havoc with my mind, and I

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Courthouse Government Virginia Beach

Column: Dealing with monuments — even ones reflecting our difficult past — should err on the side of preserving history

August 19, 2020 The Independent News

BY KAREN BEARDSLEE KWASNY VIRGINIA BEACH — When I was just a girl, my grandparents took me on what my family affectionately called the

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Environment Lago Mar Virginia Beach

In Lago Mar, a home garden is a scenic habitat for many creatures

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE LAGO MAR — As a child growing up in East Greenwich, R.I., Joyce Williams created her own little park by transplanting

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Virginia Beach

Column: Black Lives Matter 757 and our goals for real change

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 The Independent News

Ed. — Per the state Department of Criminal Justice Services, there is no waiting period to report someone missing. Learn more here.  BY WENDELL LUNDY July

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Agriculture Back Bay Business Government Pungo Virginia Beach

Editorial: Rural residents should speak because a commercial venue is proposed for agricultural land

August 14, 2020 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS BACK BAY — A pending conditional use permit request deserves attention before the Virginia Beach City Council makes a decision that could have

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Business Elections Government Virginia Beach

VB City Council and School Board elections are nonpartisan, but party committees back candidates

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — On a Saturday this past month, one of two candidates to become the chairperson of the Republican Party

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Agriculture Environment Health & Fitness Virginia Beach

Column: Debunking a few common gardening myths, such as where to put that banana peel

August 13, 2020August 13, 2020 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — A recent conversation with Alexandra Cantwell, adult education manager at the Norfolk Botanical Garden, showed me much of

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Courthouse Government Human Rights Virginia Beach

After City Council vote, Confederate monument removed from municipal center

August 9, 2020January 23, 2025 The Independent News

Ed. — This originally ran in the Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, print edition.  BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE OCEANFRONT — The Virginia Beach City Council in

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Elections Government Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach district voting referendum effort fails in City Council vote

August 9, 2020January 24, 2024 The Independent News

Ed. — This story originally ran in the Aug. 9, 2020, print edition. It was archived in January 2021. BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE —

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