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Back Bay Creeds Government Pungo Schools Virginia Beach

Charity makes a special delivery to a classroom in rural Virginia Beach

November 24, 2023 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, Nov. 5, print edition.   BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — Kayla DeGhetto, who teaches second grade at Creeds

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Media Pungo Virginia Beach

Column: Scholar looks at the fact and folklore of the Witch of Pungo story

August 30, 2023 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, Aug. 13, print edition. BY CORTNEY MORSE DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — Legends tell us who we are as a community, Dr.

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New book From the Ground Up collects columns from The Indy by Virginia Beach’s “Farmer John” Wilson

August 1, 2022 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — I am thrilled to announce that the columns by my friend John “Farmer John” Wilson, who has written

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Arts & Entertainment Schools Virginia Beach

Column: A worthy journey with challenging books

July 9, 2022 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, June 19, print edition. BY KAREN BEARDSLEE KWASNY VIRGINIA BEACH — I was a college senior when I encountered my literary

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Arts & Entertainment Government Military Virginia Beach

Worth Reading: On Pulitzer-winner Chernow’s biography of Hamilton

October 17, 2020October 18, 2020 The Independent News

BY CORTNEY MORSE DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow’s 2004 biography of the Founding Father, is a must read for American history enthusiasts,

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PAINCast: Virginia Beach author Toni Guagenti guests on latest podcast

May 25, 2017May 25, 2017 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS PUNGO – The second episode of PAINCast, an occasional podcast of The Independent News, features Toni Guagenti, author of a 100

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Arts & Entertainment Hilltop Media Virginia Beach

Books: For Beach author and Virginian-Pilot writer, a vinylography

January 22, 2016January 22, 2016 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE TOWN CENTER — Writer Rashod Ollison, familiar to readers of The Virginian-Pilot for writing about music and culture, is now the author of

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Pungo Virginia Beach

The teller of tales who records Pungo’s small town moments

December 30, 2015February 28, 2023 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — It may come as little surprise that the Rev. Walter A. Whitehurst, a retired pastor who remains active in

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