THE INDEPENDENT NEWS PUNGO — Here are some of images that, with few exceptions, we ran in print or online during this past year. Click
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — Fifth-grade students from several Virginia Beach schools competed in a STEM Airplane Challenge at the Military Aviation Museum on Friday,
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE – Virginia Wesleyan College, a private liberal arts institution on the Virginia Beach-Norfolk border, will introduce its first master’s degree
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS WEST NECK — The Floyd E. Kellam High School marching band is a fixture at home football games, leading the stadium in
Ed. note — The Independent News asked School Board candidates to send information about their campaign organizations and priorities. School board candidates were not included in
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS NAVAL AIR STATION OCEANA — More than 6,000 students, many from Virginia Beach public schools, attended a special STEM event at the
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE – The city schools division is hosting two food drives in October to support the Beach Bags program, which provides
BY LAUREN CALCUTT HIGHGATE GREENS — The weeks before Labor Day seemed the same for two thirds of my life. I barely finished a summer
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS CREEDS — Students returning to Creeds Elementary School found that the stairs have a new look and, perhaps, that their opportunities to
BY LAUREN CALCUTT HIGHGATE GREENS — I live off of the stretch of Princess Anne Road between Nimmo United Methodist Church and Seaboard Road. Before Nimmo Parkway