BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE HILLTOP — Will Sessoms, who has served as mayor for eight years, overcame his guilty plea to a misdemeanor conflict of interest charge and
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BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH – State Sen. Bill DeSteph, R-8th District, wants the state attorney general to determine whether it is appropriate for
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS PUNGO — The Princess Anne Independent News, a community newspaper founded two years ago to serve southern Virginia Beach, is now an
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — Given some of the naysaying about newspapers — and given that some of that naysaying is pretty much on point
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO – The Tar Roof, an art gallery that opened this past year in a 164-year-old farmhouse, is seeking conditional use
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE MOUNT TRASHMORE — Before the walk began, Tasha Frederick of Sandbridge tied a ribbon into the hair of 9-year-old Laney Frederick. They
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE BACK BAY — In the city’s south, where a number of churches stretch back hundreds of years, Back Bay Christian Assembly is
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — In late July, at night, in Sandbridge, a Virginia Beach police officer approached a car parked on Molly Cooper Road.
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — Sometimes, even among friends, it seems like English-speaking folk aren’t speaking the same language. Don’t worry. This isn’t about politics,
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — I am writing about a mural in Back Bay that I decided not to write about some months ago. It’s the