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Agriculture Back Bay Blackwater Pungo Virginia Beach

Agriculture: For Del. Barry Knight, an end to decades of hog farming

July 26, 2016 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE BACK BAY — A few years back, state Del. Barry Knight sold must of the land for his original hog farm in Back

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Agriculture Food & Drink Pungo Virginia Beach

Summer means prime time for blueberry farm in Virginia Beach’s Pungo

July 26, 2016July 26, 2016 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE PUNGO — Blueberries and blackberries, those sweet harbingers of full summer, are ripening in the orchards at Pungo Blueberries, Etc. This

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Agriculture Environment Government Virginia Beach

Extension program returns to Virginia Beach for second summer to help rural residents test water supplies

July 14, 2016July 14, 2016 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE — The Virginia Cooperative Extension is offering low-cost tests to determine the safety of well water for the second summer

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Agriculture Government Pungo Virginia Beach

Pungo man advocates coyote bounty, but no immediate plans

July 12, 2016July 12, 2016 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE — Last month, Pungo’s William B. Dawson Jr. asked the city council to consider enacting a $75 bounty on coyotes to

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Agriculture Virginia Beach

Agriculture: Young Virginia Beach beekeeper shines in HBO documentary

July 3, 2016September 19, 2016 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS CREEDS — Gabrielle Taylor, 14, and guests gathered at the Creeds Ruritan Community Complex on Sunday, June 5, to watch a screening

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Agriculture Back Bay Creeds Government Ocean Lakes Pungo Virginia Beach West Neck

Leadership, future on display at 2016 Virginia Beach 4-H Livestock Club show and sale

July 1, 2016September 19, 2016 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS CREEDS — The annual show and sale for Virginia Beach 4-H Livestock Club was held on Thursday, June 2, and Friday, June

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Agriculture Blackwater Government Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach Manager: Blackwater town hall to cover more than crime

June 28, 2016June 28, 2016 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE — City Manager Dave Hansen said public safety concerns in the city’s south and the need for volunteer rescue personnel

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Agriculture Pungo Virginia Beach

Produce, past merge in Virginia Beach at Henley’s at Pleasant Ridge

June 21, 2016June 21, 2016 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS PUNGO — Even as Henley’s at Pungo Ridge prepared to open in mid-May, merging sale of Henley Farms produce downstairs to an

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Agriculture Back Bay Creeds Environment Pungo Schools Virginia Beach

Students learn about gardening, composting and more at Creeds Elementary School in Virginia Beach

June 19, 2016June 22, 2016 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE CREEDS — Students at Creeds Elementary School demonstrated a compost tumbler that helps them – and some helpful worms – keep a

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Agriculture Government Public Safety Pungo Virginia Beach

Strawberry Festival officials, city police do outreach on traffic, parking issues; no deal with Back Bay Farms

May 26, 2016May 26, 2016 The Independent News

  BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE – Pungo Strawberry Festival officials and city police have done outreach on the parking and traffic game plan for

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