BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE PUNGO — This year’s growing season got off to a soggy start with heavy rains that damaged the strawberry crops
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Elections: Princess Anne seat on the Virginia Beach City Council draws a crowded field of candidates
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — Four candidates are lined up to challenge Virginia Beach City Councilmember Barbara Henley, the incumbent in the Princess Anne
Letter: The agricultural reserve program is an established planning tool and a net benefit for Virginia Beach
Dear Editor: The agricultural reserve program, or ARP, is Virginia Beach’s best idea. It is a mistake to cast this program aside with so
Back Bay-Knotts Island Waterfowl Festival brings collectors, carvers and families to Creeds to celebrate artistry
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE CREEDS — More than 400 people attended the second annual Back Bay-Knotts Island Waterfowl Festival at the Creeds Ruritan Community Complex this
Letter: Farmland preservation program should go away and Virginia Beach put tax dollars into flooding neighborhoods
Dear Editor: My opponent in the Princess Anne District, City Councilmember Barbara Henley, helped create and voted for the agriculture reserve program, or ARP,
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE CREEDS — This happened a couple days after the big snow last month, when kids were home from school for a week
With improved city relations, Atlantic Wildfowl Heritage Museum working to sustain its historic work
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS VIRGINIA BEACH – The director of the Atlantic Wildfowl Heritage Museum said the museum seems to be on better footing with
Citing unfinished business, Henley seeks reelection in Princess Anne District in Virginia Beach
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH – Councilmember Barbara Henley, a farmer who first joined the Virginia Beach City Council four decades ago and an
BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE CREEDS — It may have been raw and blustery outside, but when customers walked into Creeds Café one recent day, they were
What can we do in the New Year to help build inclusive communities amid a time of polarization? PHOTOS BY VICKI CRONIS-NOHE Ed. — These