Ed. note — The Independent News asked candidates for the Virginia Beach City Council Kempsville District seat on the ballot on Tuesday, Nov. 8, to answer
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BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — Given some of the naysaying about newspapers — and given that some of that naysaying is pretty much on point
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO – The Tar Roof, an art gallery that opened this past year in a 164-year-old farmhouse, is seeking conditional use
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE BACK BAY — In the city’s south, where a number of churches stretch back hundreds of years, Back Bay Christian Assembly is
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — In late July, at night, in Sandbridge, a Virginia Beach police officer approached a car parked on Molly Cooper Road.
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — Sometimes, even among friends, it seems like English-speaking folk aren’t speaking the same language. Don’t worry. This isn’t about politics,
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS CREEDS — Students returning to Creeds Elementary School found that the stairs have a new look and, perhaps, that their opportunities to
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
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS PUNGO —Earlier this summer, before the sweet corn season faded, Winky Henley and Bill Skipper of Skipper Farms traded a few notes
BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE PUNGO — There was a cool breeze blowing across Cartwright Family Farms, and the resident hogs were in heaven. One