THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE — The former Captain George’s and marina site in southern Virginia Beach is scheduled to open to the public as the 20-acre
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BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — Red Wing Park may be known for its gardens, but it’s grown a reputation as a hotspot for players
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE — The City Council voted this past month to move the Creeds polling location from the firehouse to Oak Grove
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — Children traveled to Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge on Tuesday, July 26, to participate in a fishing clinic led
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — A pilot flying a Waco biplane landed in a soybean field on Thursday, July 28, after the aircraft experienced
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — The Independent News seldom gets to engage in the sort of H’wood biz “slanguage” pioneered by Variety. So you may
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
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
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE CREEDS — Students at Creeds Elementary School demonstrated a compost tumbler that helps them – and some helpful worms – keep a
Ed. — This story was updated on Tuesday, June 28, to include information on a suspect in motor vehicle theft cases. BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE