BY LISA BURKETT SANDBRIDGE — I dreaded a summertime tradition in my family. It happened each June, and it involved an involuntary evacuation of my family’s
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Could opening the Great Bridge Lock ease flooding in southern Virginia Beach? Or could creating an inlet?
Correction — An earlier version of this story did not fully identify City Manager Dave Hansen due to an editing mistake by John, who regrets
BY LINDA RUSSELL VIRGINIA BEACH — Unless you attend the city council meetings or other events, such as those involving the Sister Cities chapter in
BY PAT GALLAGHER VIRGINIA BEACH — Service is the act of helping another person. Librarians, store clerks and tollbooth collectors all perform important services, though
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE OCEANFRONT – Virginia Beach hosted the 61st annual conference of Sister Cities International this past month, bringing people from around the
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS VIRGINIA BEACH – A citizen recently fell for a con in which someone pretending to be from the Internal Revenue Service
BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE BACK BAY — Growing up in Alaska, where small planes are used routinely for transportation, Jarod Hoogland became so interested in
Ed. note — Virginia Beach Mayor Will Sessoms read the following letter, dated Monday, Aug. 14, during the Virginia Beach City Council meeting at City
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — The city staff has recommended an approach toward addressing flooding problems in the Ashville Park neighborhood near Pungo that
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — I recently wrote about what some call “fake news,” a term that is inexact to the point of uselessness. It