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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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Elections Government Virginia Beach

Notebook: VB GOP vote for new chair needs do-over; Franklin on ballot for Kempsville SB; Owen bows out of at-large council race

August 1, 2020August 1, 2020 The Independent News

Ed. — This originally appeared in the Sunday, July 19, print edition. THE INDEPENDENT NEWS VIRGINIA BEACH — Hot mess ahead. The Republican Party of Virginia

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Government Human Rights Virginia Beach

Column: Overcoming inequality, the knee on the neck of Black America

July 31, 2020January 14, 2024 The Independent News

BY BILL CURTIS VIRGINIA BEACH — Thomas Paine, a Virginian and an American revolutionary, penned a pamphlet titled “The Crisis” on Dec. 23, 1776, that

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Agriculture Back Bay Business Government Pungo

Planning Commission recommends denial of proposed event venue on farmland in rural Virginia Beach

July 29, 2020July 29, 2020 The Independent News

Ed. — This story originally appeared in the Sunday, July 5, print edition. It has been updated to include the date upon which the City

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Agriculture Back Bay Business Food & Drink Pungo Virginia Beach

Blackberry season is underway in southern Virginia Beach

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE PUNGO — Summer’s heat and sun are ripening the blackberries, and this fruit is becoming available locally at markets. Blackberries aren’t

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