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Government Sandbridge Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach poised to help some Sandbridge property owners deal with sand encroachment

June 21, 2016April 12, 2017 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE – The city council today may help a dozen property owners deal with sand encroachment by declaring a health and

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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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Business Government Sandbridge

Commission reviewing event homes, Airbnb to tour Sandbridge on Thursday, host Q&A with public

May 17, 2016May 17, 2016 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE — The Beaches and Waterways Advisory Commission will meet on Thursday, May 19, at 3 p.m. in Sandbridge to tour the

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Government Virginia Beach

How many signatures does anti-light rail extension effort need for referendum?

May 3, 2016May 3, 2016 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE – John Atkinson, the city treasurer who launched a grassroots effort to stop light rail from expanding to Town Center,

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Business Government Sandbridge

Beaches and waterways commission to tackle ‘event homes’ issue

May 3, 2016May 3, 2016 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE SANDBRIDGE – Ongoing inquiry into whether Virginia Beach should regulate the rise of event homes, big houses built to hold gatherings

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Government Public Safety Virginia Beach

Beach EMS officer charged in fatal crash after investigation into possible distracted driving

April 18, 2016September 19, 2016 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE – A grand jury on Monday indicted a Virginia Beach emergency medical services officer on a count of reckless driving

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Agriculture Government Virginia Beach

A change for agriculture department amid budget proposal; commission may discuss it Monday

April 11, 2016April 11, 2016 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — The details of the proposed city spending plan have been reported over the past weeks, and officials have touted a

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Environment Government Health & Fitness Virginia Beach

Environment: Stepping back, resetting in the fight for menhaden

April 5, 2016April 5, 2016 The Independent News

BY JOSH WHITENER VIRGINIA BEACH — Steven Epstein, founder of Chesapeake Bay Defense, has worked with citizens and government officials to limit menhaden fishing in the

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Government Virginia Beach

Dyer revokes motion, leaving referendum effort to city treasurer-led group

March 18, 2016April 5, 2016 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE — After a series of discussions about extending light rail and the controversy that surrounds the effort, the City Council on

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Government Public Safety Virginia Beach

Body-worn camera talk covers risks, reward of program coming in 2017

March 10, 2016 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE — Police discussed the planned introduction of body-worn cameras, which may come in 2017, during a meeting of the First

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