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In 1800s Williamsburg, 'Cheap Store' made black merchant rich
Like many other small towns across the rural South, Williamsburg spent most of the late 1800s struggling to recover from the catastrophic effects of the Civil War. Abandoned by many of its residents after Federal troops occupied the area in May 1862,...
Tags: James City County, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Virginia State University, College of William and Mary, Business
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Friday's 1/25 local schedule (updated Friday AM with forecast-related postponements)
COLLEGES Wrestling Binghamton at Old Dominion, 7:30 Indoor track and field Penn State National Invitational (including Hampton) Liberty Invitational (in Lynchburg; including CNU) Hokie Invitational (at Virginia Tech) Women’s bowling Golden Bear...Tags: Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Weather Reports, College of William and Mary, Charles City (Charles City, Virginia), Kutztown
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Daily Press Internship Programs
The Program The Daily Press offers a paid summer internship program. Internships may be filled in any newsroom function: local news, sports, features, copy desk, online/digital, editing, photo or graphics. You'll be assigned real work: Reporting,...Tags: Hampton University, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Christopher Newport University, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), College Baseball
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Saturday's college multi-sport roundup: Apprentice takes ninth at wrestling nationals
Daily PressIan Jones placed third at 285 pounds and Lafayette High graduate Kyle Spruill placed fifth at 149, leading Apprentice to ninth place among 30 men’s Division I teams at the National Collegiate Wrestling Association championships in Allen, Texas....Tags: Virginia Cavaliers, College of William and Mary, College Sports, Gymnastics, Ohio State Buckeyes
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Sequestration would reach far into the Virginia Peninsula community - and affect health services
Like a victim tied to buzz saw table in an old movie melodrama, federal, state and local agencies and departments, and a host of businesses and nonprofit organizations are watching with alarm as budget blades churn toward them. On Friday automatic...
Tags: Hampton University, Career and Workplace, Students, Breast Cancer, Labor Legislation
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Gloucester County earns award for website transparency
Gloucester County is one of 19 local cities, counties and school districts in Virginia and 247 across the nation to receive an award for its transparent government website. The "Sunny Award" is from Sunshine Review, a national nonprofit organization...Tags: Government, James City County, Gloucester County, Mathews (Mathews, Virginia), Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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Achilles Elementary School wins state recognition
Achilles Elementary School has earned the 2013 Virginia Board of Education Distinguished Achievement Award, as announced by Gov. Bob McDonnell today. The school was among 98 across Virginia that met all state and federal benchmarks for at least two...Tags: Elementary Schools, Government, Bob McDonnell, Politics, Schools
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Tuesday's 3/12 local schedule (updated Tuesday AM)
COLLEGES Men’s basketball Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference first round (at Norfolk Scope Arena): No. 9 Coppin State vs. No. 8 Bethune-Cookman, 4 No. 10 Florida A&M vs. No. 7 N.C. A&T, 6:30 No. 11 Howard vs. No. 6 Delaware State, 9 Women’s...Tags: Human Interest, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), College of William and Mary, Poquoson (Poquoson, Virginia)
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Link to VA Court of Appeals opinion in Shannon Gore case
Here's a link to an opinion from last year issued by the Virginia Court of Appeals upholding the termination of parental rights of Shannon Gore, the Gloucester mother who kept her daughter in a makeshift cage for years. As a warning, the opinion has... -
VIMS Seafood Symposium coming up March 12
The annual Chefs' Seafood Symposium will be held Tuesday, March 12, at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science in Gloucester Point. The education symposium, open to chefs, culinary students and representatives of the seafood industry, will feature...
Tags: Science, Marine Science, Aquaculture, Lifestyle and Leisure, Gloucester Point
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Brent and Becky's Bulbs: Enoy Wine in the garden, children's classes and spring garden tours
The Virginia Wine Society presents Wine in the Garden at Brent & Becky's Bulbs in Gloucester with wine educator, Charles Birr talking about "Irish Wines are Smiling" at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 2. Charles has been educating and entertaining "students"...
Tags: American Heart Association, Floral Design, Tourism and Leisure, Lifestyle and Leisure, Wines
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Gloucester 40 member Doris Baynes dies
Longtime Gloucester resident Doris Baynes, a member of the Gloucester 40, died Feb. 18. She was 91. Baynes had a long record of activism dating back to 1936 when at the age of 15 she yelled at strike breakers who crossed the picket lines after her...
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