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Faith Schools Virginia Beach

Column: After scheduling a school year’s start on Rosh Hashana, Virginia Beach should consider its growing religious diversity

February 25, 2020February 25, 2020 The Independent News

BY ERIC MICHAEL MAZUR Virginia Beach Schools Superintendent Dr. Aaron Spence on Friday, Jan. 30, sent a letter to “Virginia Beach City Public School

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Walter A. Whitehurst, pastor and author, crafted tales about his beloved home in Pungo village

February 9, 2020February 9, 2020 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE PUNGO — The Rev. Walter A. Whitehurst loved family, church and his home community of Pungo – and these became

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Back Bay Creeds Faith Pungo Virginia Beach

Celebrating Hudson’s Playground at Charity United Methodist Church

September 15, 2019September 15, 2019 The Independent News

Ed. — This originally ran in the Aug. 9 print edition. BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — Hudson’s Playground, celebrating the life of 4-year-old Hudson Foschi,

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Religious revival brings faith, music to Cedar Hall Farms in Pungo

August 23, 2019September 15, 2019 The Independent News

Ed. — This originally ran in the Aug. 23 print edition. BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE PUNGO — Holly Veber was on a mission trip to Chile

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Us: Terry King of Knotts Island

June 30, 2019June 30, 2019 The Independent News

BY TERRY KING KNOTTS ISLAND, N.C. — My friends and neighbors removed me from my family when I was about 25 years old – they

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Us: The Rev. Dr. James Allen of the Virginia Beach Interdenominational Ministers Conference

June 26, 2019 The Independent News

BY JAMES ALLEN VIRGINIA BEACH — I write this as we approach another Memorial Day, when service men and women are putting their lives

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Courthouse Faith Government Virginia Beach

At church near municipal center, finding solace after the Virginia Beach mass shooting

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 The Independent News

BY SHELLY SLOCUM COURTHOUSE — At lunchtime on Monday, June 3, dozens of people dressed in blue gathered at Courthouse Community United Methodist Church to

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Faith Government Kempsville Virginia Beach

VB Remembers, a gathering to honor people lost in the mass shooting

June 6, 2019June 6, 2019 The Independent News

BY VENI FIELDS VIRGINIA BEACH — While an official city memorial to the victims of the Friday, May 31, mass shooting at the municipal

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Greater Pungo community is ‘Hudson Strong’ during fundraiser at Blue Pete’s

February 25, 2019 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS PUNGO — The community came out as a “Hudson Strong” force of love on Sunday, Feb. 10, at Blue Pete’s Restaurant

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Remembering a child, showing love to a Pungo family with light blue ribbons

February 5, 2019February 6, 2019 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — A day after the tragic loss of 4-year-old Hudson R. Foschi in an accident, people expressed their remorse on social media,

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