For Henley, Virginia Beach’s longest-serving council member, there is always unfinished business

In October, Councilmember Barbara Henley’s colleagues were considering a permit for a manufacturer in the southern reaches of Virginia Beach she’s represented for decades.

Henley, trying to stop it, read from prepared remarks.

Henley, long a watchdog of how the city uses its land, gave a history of how plans for the area have shifted; agricultural land that was supposed to be a biomedical park was being industrialized…

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