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Faith Government Kempsville Public Safety Virginia Beach

Us: Virginia Beach Police Department Chaplain Don Hipple

June 12, 2018June 12, 2018 The Independent News

BY DON HIPPLE I have been involved in volunteering for several years. From 1980 to 2003, I worked with the Special Olympics program and also

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Military Virginia Beach

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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Government

Hoeft: We need to look into our own hearts while searching for moral ideals in divided American times

May 22, 2018 The Independent News

BY J.R. HOEFT   It’s been difficult to avoid the drama surrounding President Donald Trump, the nuances associated with those who are investigating him

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Agriculture Back Bay Blackwater Business Chesapeake Creeds Currituck Environment Government Pungo Virginia Beach

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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Agriculture Ashville Park Courthouse Government Pungo Sherwood Lakes Virginia Beach

Editorial: Effort to kill a farmland preservation program that helps all of Virginia Beach must be stopped

April 16, 2018April 16, 2018 The Independent News

That ending the agricultural reserve program was proposed at all — then argued with questionable logic — shows a troubling division between Virginia Beach government and the

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Agriculture Back Bay Business Government Pungo Virginia Beach

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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Agriculture Back Bay Blackwater Business Environment Government Pungo Sigma Virginia Beach

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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Virginia Beach

Column: Differing General Assembly approaches to Medicaid expansion

April 3, 2018April 3, 2018 The Independent News

BY J.R. HOEFT CHESAPEAKE — In Virginia, we ask 141 people of tremendous skill – and tremendous ego – to come to an agreement after

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Agriculture Virginia Beach

Farmer John: Benefits of a beloved fowl mean it might just be time for a chicken in every Virginia Beach yard

March 31, 2018March 31, 2018 The Independent News

BY J.D. WILSON VIRGINIA BEACH — Why did the chicken cross the road?  To rule the world, of course.  There are some 20 billion chickens

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Government Human Rights Norfolk Public Safety Schools Virginia Beach

Column: In the wake of Florida shooting, a promise to act in the name of preventing gun violence

March 22, 2018 The Independent News

Ed. – The following is adapted from remarks delivered last month at Town Center during a vigil organized by local members of Moms Demand

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