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Letter: Knight reflects on recent Virginia General Assembly session

April 7, 2020 The Independent News

Ed. — This is adapted from state Del. Barry Knight’s recent letter to his consituents in the 81st House District following the recent session

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Winter Wildlife Festival celebrates its 10th year

January 25, 2020 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — Children’s and adult art classes, workshops, and storytelling will be among the activities offered during the 10th

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Column: Responding when a young humpback whale washes ashore

March 21, 2019 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — I walked northward from False Cape State Park toward Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge when I spotted the dead

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Us: Virginia Beach City Volunteer Coordinator Melissa Zibutis

June 12, 2018June 12, 2018 The Independent News

BY MELISSA ZIBUTIS The Virginia Beach Office of Volunteer Resources receives inquiries daily from people with the best intentions to make a difference in

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Sheriff’s sergeant announces Virginia Beach City Council candidacy in Princess Anne District

April 24, 2018April 24, 2018 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — David Fowler, a sergeant in the Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office who lives in Hillcrest Farms, announced this past

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This weekend’s Winter Wildlife Festival connects you with ‘watchable wildlife’ in Virginia Beach and beyond

January 25, 2018 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — The Winter Wildlife Festival this weekend will feature a number of exhibitions and activities for families and outdoors lovers

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Virginia Beach again considers cutting support to historic homes, museums

April 18, 2017February 22, 2018 The Independent News

Ed. note — This story was updated to reflect the difference in funding sources between the aquarium and historic houses within the overall departmental budget and

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Event honoring Virginia Beach’s volunteer rescue members becomes announcement of bigger thanks: Rock the Squads, coming in May

February 25, 2017February 25, 2017 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE OCEANFRONT — Volunteer rescue squad members and their families visited the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center last month, part of an

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Family encounters stargazer fish, an odd face in the Virginia Beach sand

July 17, 2016July 19, 2016 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE NORTH END — They thought it was a flounder, maybe a crab, but the creature peering up from the water’s edge at

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