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Forum: Join us in Creeds to hear candidates for Virginia Beach City Council talk about our local issues

October 18, 2018 The Independent News

BY BOBBY VAUGHAN CREEDS — It is our pleasure to invite you to the Virginia Beach City Council Candidates Night this evening, Thursday, Oct.

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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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Planning commissioner from Ashville Park running in Princess Anne District to join Virginia Beach City Council

April 24, 2018April 24, 2018 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — Dr. Karen Beardslee Kwasny, an educator from Ashville Park who serves as a Virginia Beach planning commissioner, will

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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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Letter: Farmland preservation program should go away and Virginia Beach put tax dollars into flooding neighborhoods

April 16, 2018April 16, 2018 The Independent News

Dear Editor: My opponent in the Princess Anne District, City Councilmember Barbara Henley, helped create and voted for the agriculture reserve program, or ARP,

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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: Virginia Beach agriculture commissioners oppose proposal to end farmland preservation program

April 10, 2018April 10, 2018 The Independent News

Ed. — Virginia Beach Agriculture Advisory Commission Chairperson Diane Horsley and fellow members of the commission signed the following letter to Mayor Will Sessoms and

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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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ARP: Ending farmland preservation program inconsistent with Virginia Beach’s Comprehensive Plan

April 4, 2018April 4, 2018 The Independent News

The author, the former Comprehensive Planning Coordinator in Virginia Beach, argues that preserving the Virginia Beach Agricultural Reserve Program within the proposed operating budget

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Letter: The ARP and Ashville Park

March 30, 2018March 30, 2018 The Independent News

Dear Editor: In 2011, I put a “for sale” sign in my yard in Courthouse Estates, and my husband and I began looking for a

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