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Yorktown: Saturday's Christmas Market features music, food, history and shopping
Yorktown holds its 7th Annual Yorktown Christmas Market on Main Street 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1. The market will feature arts and crafts vendors with local shopping opportunities, living history exhibits, strolling musical entertainment, classic...
Tags: Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Religion and Belief, Holidays, Artists, Human Interest
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Living Here: History museums and sites
Museums and sites can help you track the story of our region. From the earliest settlers to the space explorers, Hampton Roads museums tell a continuous story of the importance of our region. History museums 1. Air Power Park. Vintage military jets,...Tags: Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), William Byrd, Bacon, Nathaniel Bacon, Human Interest
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Walk through spring on the Peninsula
Take a hike — literally! There's no need to head for the hills or drive for hours to find agreeable walking trails on the Peninsula. The whole region is dotted with green space and paved areas where walkers can escape for an hour or two while...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Arts, Colonial Williamsburg, College of William and Mary, The Hamptons
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Learn why birds need plants, not just feeders, in your yard
Where, oh, where are all my birds this winter?
Bluebirds seldom nibble on the freeze-dried meal worms, while woodpeckers and bluejays practically ignore the chopped nuts.
I faithfully check the feeders, but they seldom need replenishing. During past...Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Hampton Roads, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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Community news: Carner, Warhol qualify for Olympic trials in swimming
The Peninsula scored a sweep of the Virginia Swimming Coach of the Year honors.
Jack Bierie of the Coast Guard Blue Dolphins was honored as the 2010-11 Senior Coach of the Year and Tim Mousetis of South Eastern Virginia Aquatics was named the Age Group...Tags: Coast Guard Blue Dolphins Swim Team, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Heart Attack, Trials, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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Free admission to Historic Jamestowne and Yorktown Battlefield
Daily PressIn celebration of the official first day of summer, the National Park Service is waiving fees at all national parks Tuesday, June 21. Locally, fees will be waived at Colonial National Historical Park, which includes Historic Jamestowne and Yorktown...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Historic Jamestowne, Tourism and Leisure, Human Interest, Travel
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'Seed to Stalk' program digs into Virginia agriculture
During June, agricultural practices of the Powhatan Indian, English and west central African cultures of 17th- and 18th-century Virginia, from the types of tools used to the crops grown, will be explored in June at Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown...Tags: Jamestown Settlement, Tourism and Leisure, Human Interest, Radishes, Slavery
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Golf, bike and kayak locally
Daily PressThe Historic Triangle ... Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown ... are all about the great outdoors ... even more so now, thanks to three new brochures that pitch the area's golf, biking and ecotourism. Produced by the Greater Williamsburg Chamber and...Tags: Busch Gardens Orlando, Canoeing and Kayaking, Rivers, Nature, Dining and Drinking
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Summer season is chock full of festivals
Daily PressHardly a summer weekend goes by without a festival to celebrate in Hampton Roads. Here's a look at this season's lineup. APRIL Cruisin' Virginia Beach Auto & Motorcycle Super Show. 10 a.m. April 26. Virginia Beach Oceanfront. 425-3111. Crabtown Seafest...Tags: Hampton Bay Days, American Music Festival, Neptune Festival, Rhythm and Blues (genre), Tourism and Leisure
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Visitor center, the starting point of a history tour, debuts
757-223-5682A dozen days before 2007, organizers are hitting more milestones in preparing for Jamestown's 400th anniversary. A $7.4 million visitor center was unveiled Tuesday at Historic Jamestowne, the site of the New World's first permanent English settlement....Tags: Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), 400th Anniversary of Jamestown, Jamestown Settlement, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Tourism and Leisure
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