Dear Editor: Merriam-Webster defines kindness as the quality or state of being sympathetic or helpful; having a forbearing nature. Dozens of songs and poems
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS TOWN CENTER — Town Center City Club is a private club that caters to businesspeople, offering a quiet place to meet and
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THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE – The City Council last month granted a conditional use permit to the Princess Anne Masonic Lodge No. 25, AF
BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — I was walking around downtown Norfolk one recent evening when I noticed that I was the only one wearing
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — A nonprofit organization that is not required to identify its backers raised more than a half-million dollars last year and
BY LINDA RUSSELL VIRGINIA BEACH — We’re nearly through the football season, which reminds me that this time last year my granddaughter, then 12, announced
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — It started on a Sunday with a basket of unmatched socks, as all great tragedies do. My wife set it
Ed. — The first of two county-led workshops for prospective volunteer firefighters is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., today, at the Knotts Island
BY KIMBERLY ANNE TUCKER VIRGINIA BEACH — I decided to run for the Virginia House of Delegates in the 81st District this year because I wanted