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Column: Our annual celebration in Pungo represents an important — and valuable — Virginia Beach industry

May 28, 2018May 28, 2018 The Independent News

BY DAVID TRIMMER COURTHOUSE — Greetings to everyone! I hope and trust all of you are having a wonderful spring and looking forward to Memorial

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Pungo Strawberry Festival 2018: The ‘berry best’ of Virginia Beach

May 25, 2018May 25, 2018 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — The dignitaries for the 35th annual Pungo Strawberry Festival, which begins this weekend, were announced during the annual festival

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Celebrating the ‘berry’ heart of Virginia Beach with the Pungo Strawberry Festival

May 24, 2018 The Independent News

Ed. Note – The following is adapted from remarks during the Wednesday, May 9, press conference announcing the dignitaries and theme.  BY TODD JONES

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Pungo Tales: The Pungo Strawberry Festival, our community celebration

May 23, 2018May 23, 2018 The Independent News

BY WALTER A. WHITEHURST PUNGO — The Pungo Strawberry Festival, which will take place this weekend, May 25-27, began in 1983 and has continued to

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Elections: Princess Anne seat on the Virginia Beach City Council draws a crowded field of candidates

April 26, 2018June 30, 2018 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — Four candidates are lined up to challenge Virginia Beach City Councilmember Barbara Henley, the incumbent in the Princess Anne

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Letter: The agricultural reserve program is an established planning tool and a net benefit for Virginia Beach

April 24, 2018April 24, 2018 The Independent News

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

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Back Bay-Knotts Island Waterfowl Festival brings collectors, carvers and families to Creeds to celebrate artistry

April 21, 2018 The Independent News

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

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Editorial: Effort to kill a farmland preservation program that helps all of Virginia Beach must be stopped

April 16, 2018April 16, 2018 The Independent News

That ending the agricultural reserve program was proposed at all — then argued with questionable logic — shows a troubling division between Virginia Beach government and the

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Agriculture: I am a 12th generation farmer who knows killing the ARP threatens our industry

April 10, 2018 The Independent News

BY SCOTT MORRIS PLEASANT RIDGE — I am a 12th-generation farmer of land in the Pungo area, and I would like for my son to have

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Letter: Ending farmland preservation in rural communities a dishonest idea

April 8, 2018April 8, 2018 The Independent News

Dear Editor: Virginia Beach City Manager Dave Hansen believes that the agricultural reserve program, or ARP, is no longer needed. That statement in itself

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