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After City Council vote, Confederate monument removed from municipal center

August 9, 2020January 23, 2025 The Independent News

Ed. — This originally ran in the Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, print edition.  BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE OCEANFRONT — The Virginia Beach City Council in

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Elections Government Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach district voting referendum effort fails in City Council vote

August 9, 2020January 24, 2024 The Independent News

Ed. — This story originally ran in the Aug. 9, 2020, print edition. It was archived in January 2021. BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE —

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Elections Government Virginia Beach

Notebook: VB GOP vote for new chair needs do-over; Franklin on ballot for Kempsville SB; Owen bows out of at-large council race

August 1, 2020August 1, 2020 The Independent News

Ed. — This originally appeared in the Sunday, July 19, print edition. THE INDEPENDENT NEWS VIRGINIA BEACH — Hot mess ahead. The Republican Party of Virginia

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Government Human Rights Virginia Beach

Column: Overcoming inequality, the knee on the neck of Black America

July 31, 2020January 14, 2024 The Independent News

BY BILL CURTIS VIRGINIA BEACH — Thomas Paine, a Virginian and an American revolutionary, penned a pamphlet titled “The Crisis” on Dec. 23, 1776, that

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Agriculture Back Bay Business Government Pungo

Planning Commission recommends denial of proposed event venue on farmland in rural Virginia Beach

July 29, 2020July 29, 2020 The Independent News

Ed. — This story originally appeared in the Sunday, July 5, print edition. It has been updated to include the date upon which the City

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Agriculture Back Bay Business Food & Drink Pungo Virginia Beach

Blackberry season is underway in southern Virginia Beach

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE PUNGO — Summer’s heat and sun are ripening the blackberries, and this fruit is becoming available locally at markets. Blackberries aren’t

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Blackwater Public Safety Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach police identify bicyclist killed in nighttime crash with car on Blackwater Road

July 23, 2020 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS BLACKWATER — A man died on Sunday, July 19, during a nighttime crash between a car and the bicycle the man was

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Elections Government Virginia Beach

Abbott: Let Virginia Beach citizens say via referendum whether district voting should change

July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — The Virginia Beach City Council may consider putting a referendum on the November ballot that could lead to big

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Faith Human Rights Virginia Beach

Column: Turn pain into promise, violence into peace and equality

July 12, 2020July 12, 2020 The Independent News

Ed. — This appeared in the Sunday, June 7, print edition of The Independent News. BY ISRAEL ZOBERMAN VIRGINIA BEACH — What a year it has

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Elections Government Virginia Beach

Taylor tops among three in GOP primary, rematch set with Luria

July 12, 2020 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — Former U.S. Rep. Scott Taylor, a Virginia Beach Republican and business consultant who served as a U.S. Navy

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