BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE LANDSTOWN — For years, musicians from Hampton Roads, North Carolina and beyond have gathered at the Virginia Beach Farmers Market to play and
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BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — Four Girl Scouts designed a Girl Empowerment Camp for their Silver Award, and they organized, prepared and put it on at
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — A shootout left two people dead after police say a man opened fire at officers trying to take him into custody late
BY AMY POULTER COURTHOUSE — As the number of body cameras worn by police officers grows around the U.S., Virginia Beach police are researching options on
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE NORTH LANDING — Along North Landing Road, near a large test plot tended for the Virginia Cooperative Extension by Curtis Wolfarth, dozens of
UNDER ITHAKA’S BLUE SKY AGAIN Now standing under Ithaka’s blue sky Again, only the enemy to find, This time at home, and, even worse,
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS BACK BAY — Al Henley, 69, whose family has been here since the late 1600s, comes from generations of people who
BY MISSOURI VAUGHAN PUNGO — Explaining what 4-H means is like trying to describe what water tastes like. I grew up calling the Virginia Beach
Agricultural reserve program restrictions complicate plans for L-Z Grace, returning warriors retreat
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — Landing-Zone Grace Warriors Retreat, a planned charitable destination for members of U.S. special operations forces who return from combat, faces an
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — Virginia Beach will host the 2017 annual meeting and conference for Sister Cities International, a notable achievement for the