Ed. — From the Sunday, Aug. 27, print edition. Georgia Allen and Latasha Holloway are seen in a combined image. [File photos/The Princess Anne Independent News] BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — The ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Sixty years ago, Princess Anne County merged with the city of Virginia Beach. The consolidation of the primarily agricultural county with the much smaller resort city was not without ...

COURTHOUSE — People throughout time and all over the world seem to have craved music, and for centuries they’ve turned to the dulcimer to provide it. That was true in the medieval Middle East as well ...

[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 election for the District 2 seat on the ...

WEST NECK — The owner of the defunct Signature at West Neck Golf Course has raised the possibility of turning it into a farm and enclosing it in a fence — and pushed back against a suggestion from the ...

COURTHOUSE — Virginia Beach is in the process of transitioning to a new government website at virginiabeach.gov, though the older city site, www.vbgov.com, is still operational and will remain up ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — In the front row of an audience gathered at the Philippine Cultural Center of Virginia on Saturday, May 28, a young midshipman sat next to a retired lieutenant commander on a special ...

BACK BAY — About 10 years ago, I made a half-joking suggestion during a family gathering in Pungo. I said this would be a pretty good place to start a community newspaper. The thought wasn’t met with ...

What are your specific qualifications for this office? I’ve lived in VB my entire life and was in VBCPS k-12 grade as were all 3 of my siblings. I’ve seen how the schools work from a student ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Virginia Beach rarely hosts a movie premiere, so an opportunity for a film buff to preview The Color Purple is an early Christmas present. And local organizations that do good work ...

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS VIRGINIA BEACH — The Independent News asked the three candidates for the special election in District 1 to answer a series ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Fourteen neighborhoods representing about 3,100 homes have rallied behind the Villages at West Neck’s campaign to persuade the Virginia Beach City Council to vote against an ...