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Sept. 23 high school roundup: (volleyball, cross country, field hockey)
Daily PressIn girls volleyball Wednesday, Danielle Hankins had 10 kills and five aces as Gloucester (7-2, 3-0 Peninsula District) beat visiting Woodside 25-7, 25-18, 25-8. Britini Westfall added 14 assists for the Dukes. ... Jordan Holt had seven aces and nine...Tags: Boston Bruins, Volleyball, Basketball, Health, Sports
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Rous named Virginia Symphony conductor
Benjamin Rous has been selected as the new associate conductor of the Virginia Symphony. His first assignment here will be conducting the symphony's free outdoor pre-season concerts in August-September. As associate conductor, he'll be responsible for...Tags: Godzilla (fictional animal), Documentary (genre), Movies, Hampton Roads, Entertainment
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Part 2: Making news again
757-247-4783In any list of history's greatest warships, the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor ranks at or near the top. That's why American school kids have celebrated the Union ship and its Confederate adversary for nearly 145 years with the singsong phrase "the...Tags: History, Hampton Roads, Armed Forces, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USS Monitor
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Volunteer Opportunities in Williamsburg
Daily PressACT-SO (Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological-Scientific Olympics). Volunteers are needed to help with recruiting students, coaches, mentors and qualified judges in the areas of science, humanities, performing arts, visual arts and business. ACT-SO...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Metal and Mineral, Hampton Roads, Sports, The Salvation Army
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Ways to volunteer in your community
Here are a few ways you can get involved in your community: Cat volunteers are needed. Adoptable cats from Animal Resource Foundation will be living at Petco in Newport News. Volunteers will provide full-service care, including cleaning, love and...Tags: Volleyball, Finance, Peninsula Agency on Aging, Disasters and Accidents, Hampton Roads
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Part 3: Replicating the mighty turret
757-247-4783When you've got history's most famous gun turret, you've got a sure-fire museum attraction. But what do you do when your internationally known artifact has to spend most of the next 20 years underwater? At the new USS Monitor Center - where...Tags: USS Monitor Center, Documentary (genre), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts and Culture, History
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Part 4: Bringing the Monitor saga to life
757-247-4783Inside the Williamsburg office of Two Rivers Multimedia Solutions, the tangle of connections between the staff's computers and various gangs of blinking storage drives hardly ever stops humming. Two glowing monitors stand on each desk, sucking data from...Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Sam Waterston, Documentary (genre), Entertainment, CSS Virginia
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Links to 'New World'
757-223-5682Relying on movies to boost tourism has mixed results, but state officials are banking on a potential blockbuster. This Wednesday, the buzz around "The New World" will get louder, as the movie about Jamestown has its invitation-only East Coast premiere at...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, History, Renee Zellweger, Jude Law, Movies
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Taking a high-tech look beneath the surface
247-4783Careful measurement is the cardinal rule of archaeological science. But seldom has the data collected been as exact and revealing as the point cloud generated by a 21st-century laser beam from the 19th-century surface of the USS Monitor gun turret....Tags: Hampton Roads, Entertainment, Wars and Interventions, USS Monitor, CSS Virginia
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Many wonders of the Noland Trail
247-4781Virginia is home to about 40 varieties of ferns. But you don't have to go to the mountains or countryside to see all those native ferns. Each kind grows somewhere along the 5-mile-long Noland Trail in Newport News. When you enter the trail near The...Tags: Sculpture, Shipbuilding, George Mason, Education, Lion (animal)
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Enjoy the great outdoors at these best walking spots
Daily PressWalk your way to better health and less stress while you enjoy the great outdoors at these best places to walk: GLOUCESTER Beaverdam Park. Three trails of varying lengths, bordering lake and habitats; groups can take 10-mile one-way hike bordering the...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Lifestyle and Leisure, Natural Resources, Nike, Inc.
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Sites seek to bring past into the future
342-8812Sometimes, it doesn't take explosive movies or computer simulations to revive interest in a history museum - just a touch of velvet. A $24.3 million wing opened a year ago at Jamestown Settlement, with new movies and interactive panels and...Tags: Hampton University, History, Jamestown Settlement, Entertainment, Colonial Williamsburg
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Original site for Mariners' Museum topic gallery.
