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Agriculture Back Bay Blackwater Courthouse Creeds Elections Government Oceanfront Pungo Sandbridge Virginia Beach

Flooding: Back Bay marsh restoration a focus among southern Virginia Beach projects in referendum

October 11, 2021 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, Oct. 3, print edition. BY SANDI SNIDER AND JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE— City voters are considering whether to support a sweeping

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Courthouse Government Virginia Beach

Developer’s lawsuit against Virginia Beach followed rezoning denial related to flooding concerns

October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 The Independent News

Ed. — This story originally appeared in the Aug. 17 print edition. BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE – A developer that wants to build a small

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Agriculture Environment Government Virginia Beach

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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Agriculture Government Virginia Beach

Read the Virginia Beach city manager’s memorandum about ending the city’s farmland preservation program

March 29, 2018March 31, 2018 The Independent News

Ed. — The following includes most of the letter Virginia Beach City Manager Dave Hansen wrote to Mayor Will Sessoms and members of the

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Agriculture Pungo Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach city manager proposes ending agricultural reserve program, shifting funds to flooding projects

March 27, 2018March 27, 2018 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE – Virginia Beach City Manager Dave Hansen wants to end the agricultural reserve program, which buys development rights so farmers

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Agriculture Ashville Park Back Bay Courthouse Government Pungo Sherwood Lakes Virginia Beach

Improvements in Sherwood Lakes should help ease flooding issues

September 28, 2017September 28, 2017 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE  COURTHOUSE – Improving the capacity of and drainage from the two lakes at Sherwood Lakes, a subdivision near Pungo that experienced

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Ashville Park Creeds Government Pungo Virginia Beach

There’s a plan to ease flooding in Ashville Park, but uncertainty remains about possible development nearby

August 7, 2017 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — The city staff has recommended an approach toward addressing flooding problems in the Ashville Park neighborhood near Pungo that

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Agriculture Ashville Park Courthouse Government Schools Sherwood Lakes Transportation Virginia Beach

Budget: Virginia Beach proposal would raise taxes for all day kindergarten, restore agricultural reserve money

April 3, 2017 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE – Virginia Beach City Manager Dave Hansen on Tuesday, March 28, unveiled a spending plan that would raise real estate

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Agriculture Ashville Park Courthouse Government Sherwood Lakes Virginia Beach

Agriculture: With advisory committee support, Henley to explore reserve program approach in transition area — and farming research

February 12, 2017 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE – Virginia Beach may consider whether the agricultural reserve program, which preserves farmland by purchasing development rights, can be used

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Courthouse Elections Government Kempsville Virginia Beach

New Virginia Beach councilperson in Kempsville District lists drainage, transparency among her priorities

January 14, 2017January 14, 2017 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE COURTHOUSE – Biking and hiking trails, improved drainage and driverless busses are priorities for newly-elected City Councilmember Jessica Abbott, who

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