BACK BAY — As the New Year approaches, here is a look back at our most widely read stories of 2023:
- Pungo Strawberry Festival canceled for 2023, faces uncertainty about whether and where it may return [Feb. 7, 2023]
- A beloved Virginia Beach institution lives on in digital age — and enjoys vinyl’s rebirth [April 2, 2023]
- West Neck war of words escalates between Virginia Beach, owner of former golf course following brush fire [May 5, 2023]
- Virginia Beach legislative affairs director resigns, manager apologizes for ‘false information’ to council [Feb. 19, 2023]
- Request coming to redevelop former golf course at West Neck, site of disagreements, recent brush fire [May 28, 2023]
- Developer seeking apartment approvals a leading campaign donor to some Virginia Beach council members [Oct. 16, 2023]
- Smith Discount Books in Kempsville returns months after car crashed into it [May 24, 2023]
- Blackwater Trading Post will reopen soon in rural Virginia Beach after changing hands, renovations [April 16, 2023]
- Ready to ‘fly’ during Virginia Beach Police Mounted Patrol annual beach ride at Sandbridge [Nov. 19, 2023]
- Back Bay Market, new in southern Virginia Beach, is a showcase for local flavor [Jan. 22, 2023]
- College student who aimed to challenge Virginia Beach’s Knight misses ballot due to apparent party paperwork issue [July 17, 2023]
- Project that would put manufacturing on farmland shrinks, Virginia Beach could preserve land to its south [May 16, 2023]
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