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THE INDEPENDENT NEWS Ed. — The following are responses to questions posed by The Independent News to candidates for the District 7 seat on the Virginia Beach School Board. Answers to our questions in ...
Virginia Beach’s new horticulture agent is Ashton Holliday-Goulart, who has a background in conservation, environmentally-friendly landscaping and working with volunteers. [Tammy Mas/Courtesy] Ed. — ...
A city firefighter extinguishes part of the fire at the former golf course at West Neck in Virginia Beach on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. [Ray Smith/Virginia Beach Fire Department] Ed. — From the Sunday, ...
Karen Beardslee Kwasny [Courtesy] Ed. — From the Sunday, May 22, print edition. BY KAREN BEARDSLEE KWASNY VIRGINIA BEACH — I live in the part of the city known as the Transition Area, which was ...
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS VIRGINIA BEACH — The following information was provided by state and city elections officials. Here is a schedule of in-person voting locations in Virginia Beach and general ...
A brush fire burns at the former Signature at West Neck golf course in Virginia Beach on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. [Ray Smith/Virginia Beach Fire Department] BY DENNIS HARTIG WEST NECK — The owner of ...
[Rick Friday/For The Independent News] THE INDEPENDENT NEWS Ed. — The following are responses to questions posed by The Independent News to candidates in the special election for the District 1 seat ...
Virginia Beach attorney William “Bill” Lascara of Pender & Coward is the 49th king of the Neptune Festival. [David B. Hollingsworth/For The Princess Anne Independent News] Ed. — From the Sunday, April ...
[Illustration by Rick Friday/For The Princess Anne Independent News] BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — The Independent News submitted questions to candidates for Virginia General Assembly races ...
Avangrid aims to address concerns and clear up misconceptions about the project, said Megan Higgins, the company’s senior director of new project development. Higgins is the project director for Kitty ...
City Councilmember Jessica Abbot, who represents the Kempsville District, sponsored the creation of the Virginia Beach Urban Agriculture Advisory Committee. [John-Henry Doucette/The Princess Anne ...
Farmer John Cromwell, president of Virginia Beach Farm Bureau, listens to a presentation about the Project Wayne proposal during a meeting at the Creeds Ruritan Community Complex in Back Bay on Monday ...