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An army of local musicians to perform at Music 4 More festival in Chesapeake
Rob Devinney, a Virginia Beach-based event promoter, has put together an ambitious, two-day, indoor music festival that will feature as many as 55 local bands as well as out-of-town acts Mansions on the Moon and Life on Repeat. The Music 4 More Festival...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Music, Entertainment, Disc Jockeys, Music Industry
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Gloucester boats: More are taxed here than are registered
Gloucester County taxes more boats annually than are registered here, according to state and county figures. The county has 4,326 registered boats, according to statistics provided by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. There are 14 other...
Tags: Poquoson (Poquoson, Virginia), Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Middlesex County (Virginia), Gloucester County, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia)
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'Black liquor' bill resurrected
Some Annapolis lawmakers have gotten in the Easter spirit a little early. A bill that would curtail millions in renewable-energy subsidies for mostly out-of-state paper mills comes to the Senate floor Monday, after being killed last week and then revived...Tags: Justice System, Paper and Product Packaging Industry, Easter, Annapolis, Renewable Energy
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Saturday's 3/23 local schedule (updated Saturday AM)
COLLEGES Baseball Norfolk State at Maryland Eastern Shore (doubleheader), noon Emory and Henry at Virginia Wesleyan (doubleheader), noon William and Mary at Northeastern, 1 Christopher Newport at Averett, 1 Tufts vs. Apprentice (doubleheader at War...Tags: Phoebus (Hampton, Virginia), Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Coppin State University, Camp Lejeune (military base), Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia)
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Sunday's 3/24 local schedule (updated Saturday AM)
COLLEGES Women’s basketball NCAA Norfolk Region first round (in Durham, N.C.): No. 15 Hampton at No. 2 Duke, noon No. 10 DePaul vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State, 2:30 Baseball William and Mary at Northeastern, 1 Norfolk State at Maryland Eastern Shore, noon...Tags: College Sports, Coppin State University, Jacksonville (Indiana, Pennsylvania), Camp Lejeune (military base), Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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Friday's 3/22 local schedule (updated Friday PM)
COLLEGES Baseball William and Mary at Northeastern, 3 Towson at Old Dominion, 6 Christopher Newport at Averett, 3 Track and field Tribe Open (at William and Mary) VMI/Washington and Lee Carnival (in Lexington; includes CNU and Virginia Wesleyan) Wrestling...Tags: Phoebus (Hampton, Virginia), New Kent (Quinton, Virginia), Charles City (Charles City, Virginia), Poquoson (Poquoson, Virginia), Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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'Black liquor' deal goes sour
A deal environmentalists thought had been worked out to stop mostly out-of-state paper mills from cashing in on Maryland's renewable energy law by burning so-called "black liquor" has come unglued. The state's only paper plant in Allegany County has...
Tags: Justice System, Paper and Product Packaging Industry, Montgomery County (Virginia), Montgomery County (Maryland), Laws
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Early choices spawned slavery in Virginia
From the beginning, the first Africans who began arriving in Virginia in 1619 faced a harder life than the white indentured servants whose labors they shared. Singled out by religion and the color of their skin, they were seen very early on as...Tags: Jamestown Settlement, Social Issues, Colonial Williamsburg, Slavery
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Mildred E. 'Millie' Banwell, artist
Mildred E. "Millie" Banwell, an artist who was a longtime supporter of the Light House shelter and an active member of Calvary United Methodist Church, died Sunday of pulmonary fibrosis at Hospice of the Chesapeake in Pasadena.
The longtime Annapolis...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Auction Service, Religion and Belief, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Homelessness
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Rep. Randy Forbes visiting shipyards in Hampton Roads
Eyeing budget problems galore, Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Chesapeake, is visiting six shipyards in Hampton Roads today and Friday to gauge how deep cuts in defense spending will hurt business. He'll stop at Newport News Shipbuilding and five shipyards in...
Tags: BAE Systems Plc., Newport News Shipbuilding, Shipbuilding, John F. Kennedy, Aircraft Carriers
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Repeal of ultrasounds, TRAP regulations struck down by Virginia Senate committee
RICHMOND — A Senate committee on Thursday struck down a series of abortion measures designed to repeal some of the Virginia's anti-abortion laws and legislation to further restrict abortions, essentially leaving the issue at a stalemate. The...
Tags: Health Insurance, Health, Social Issues, Abortion, Hospitals and Clinics
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Rep. Scott taking VA gun control activist to State of the Union
U.S. Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, D-Newport news, has invited Virginia gun control activist Lori Haas to be his guest at President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address Tuesday. Haas, whose daughter Emily was shot but survived the 2007 Virginia...Tags: J Randy Forbes, Shootings, Barack Obama, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control
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