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Column: A lesson from my father’s military service

July 16, 2023 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, June 11, print edition. BY MICHAEL KENNEDY VIRGINIA BEACH — My father showed me how to use most of the

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Volunteers work together to clean up historic cemetery at Piney Grove Baptist Church

May 15, 2022 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, April 24, print edition. BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — Leon Fentress, a young U.S. Army corporal serving in

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Us: Terry King of Knotts Island

June 30, 2019June 30, 2019 The Independent News

BY TERRY KING KNOTTS ISLAND, N.C. — My friends and neighbors removed me from my family when I was about 25 years old – they

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Us: Back Bay Restoration Foundation President Todd Barnes

June 13, 2019June 15, 2019 The Independent News

BY TODD BARNES You don’t realize the long-term benefits of military service until well after it has ended.   Mine had started after having

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Column: On Memorial Day, remembering those who answer our nation’s call

May 28, 2018 The Independent News

BY LINDA RUSSELL VIRGINIA BEACH — I grew up in the mountains of North Carolina. You might say that I was a child of the Depression.

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From the Editor: On shared disciplines of military service and farming

December 3, 2017December 3, 2017 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — Bobby Vaughan and I spoke well before Veterans Day, when I was working on a story that involved the Farmer

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Letter: In support of staffing a Virginia Beach fire engine at Fort Story to reduce response times

October 27, 2017October 27, 2017 The Independent News

Dear Editor: The Virginia Beach Professional Firefighters would like to go on the record in support of the staffing of a Virginia Beach Fire

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