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Gloucester officials use VIMS Tidewatch system during storms
Gloucester officials are using the VIMS Tidewatch program (referenced in a Daily Press story here: http://bit.ly/TNGfd1) as one of the tools to ensure public safety during storm events. The Tidewatch system forecasts the potential for coastal flooding,...Tags: Safety of Citizens, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Government, National Hurricane Center, Politics
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Tuesday's 12/11 local schedule (updated Monday AM)
COLLEGES Men’s basketball Apprentice at Virginia State, 7 Norfolk State at Illinois, 8 HIGH SCHOOLS Boys basketball Phoebus at Heritage, 7:15 Woodside at Hampton, 7:15 Kecoughtan at Warwick, 7:15 Menchville at Gloucester, 7:15 Bethel at Denbigh, 7:...Tags: Government, Western Branch, Windsor (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Hampton University
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Friday's 12/7 local schedule (updated Thursday AM)
COLLEGES Men’s basketball VCU at Old Dominion, 9 p.m. Florida Christian December Classic: Trinity (Fla.) vs. Ave Maria, 6 Apprentice at Florida Christian, 8 Women’s basketball N.C. Central at Old Dominion, 11 a.m. Hampton at Md. Baltimore...Tags: Baltimore County, Western Branch, Windsor (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Hampton University, Christianity
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Tuesday's 12/4 local schedule (updated Monday AM)
COLLEGES Men’s basketball Richmond at Old Dominion, 7 Virginia Wesleyan at Lynchburg, 7 Women’s basketball Virginia Wesleyan at Marymount, 6 William and Mary at Navy, 7 HIGH SCHOOLS Boys basketball Kecoughtan at Denbigh, 7:15 Gloucester at...Tags: King and Queen (King and Queen, Virginia), Windsor (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Charles City (Charles City, Virginia), Christianity, Hampton University
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'Timeless' church reflects 300 years of changes
Sometime in the fall of 1712, a gang of Williamsburg brickmakers began firing tens of thousands of bricks for what would become one of colonial America's most indelible landmarks. Completed three years later, Bruton Parish Church has long been...Tags: Anglicanism, Renovation, Government, Arts and Culture, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)
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Hampton Roads pirates: Black Bart vows revenge after shipmates hang in Virginia
Bartholomew Roberts didn't start out wanting to be a pirate. But not for nothing did the Welshman captured by a buccaneer crew in 1719 get the nickname "Black Bart" — or compile a record of plunder that ranks among history's greatest. In just...
Tags: Blackbeard Pirate Festival, Elizabeth City, Executive Branch, College of William and Mary, Hampton Roads
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BE GREAT: Graduate program helps students succeed
At times, DaQuan Paige has doubted he'd ever make it all the way through high school. The 14-year-old, an eighth-grader at Page Middle School, had to repeat second grade and saw his grades slip last year as he battled a kidney disease. He even failed...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, American Red Cross, Hampton Roads, The Salvation Army, Financial Aid
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GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD: Phoebus freshman quickly finds sprinting niche
HAMPTON — Phoebus girls track coach Vernita Brown realized quickly that it was best that she coached her daughter, freshman Carolyn Brown, as little as possible. "When she first started running AAU a couple of years ago, we learned from that summer...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Minor League Baseball, Manufacturing and Engineering, Track and Field
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Gloucester Jail meets state standards after inspection
The Gloucester County Jail earned a rating of 100 percent compliance following a two-day visit by auditors from the Virginia Board of Corrections. Sheriff Darrell Warren said the audit was completed last month. Warren received notification via letter by...Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Gloucester County, Prisons
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Peninsula Foodbank seeks holiday donations
At its turkey giveaway on Wednesday, the Foodbank of the Virginia Peninsula gave out 1,100 birds but couldn't meet the needs of its more than 200 member agencies. This time last year it had 1,400 turkeys to give away. "We didn't have even a fraction...
Tags: Turkey (animal), Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Holidays, Christopher Newport University
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Native grasses benefit Virginia gardens
Years ago, I learned to appreciate the beauty and value of ornamental grasses in a yard. I tried several and have finally settled on my all-time favorite — Morning Light miscanthus sinensis for its tolerance to wind, saltwater and soil. It's a...
Tags: Salt, Science, York County (Virginia), College of William and Mary, Book
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Virginia Gazette publisher: `Gloucester is a distant footnote ...'
Here below in quotation marks is what Virginia Gazette Publisher Bill O'Donovan wrote in an opinion piece that appeared in the Wednesday issue of the newspaper. In case you haven't heard of the Virginia Gazette, and many of you in Gloucester probably...Tags: Surry (Surry, Virginia)
Dec 10, 2012
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Dec 9, 2012
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Dec 5, 2012
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Dec 2, 2012
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Nov 12, 2012
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May 30, 2012
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Nov 23, 2012
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Jun 23, 2012
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Nov 21, 2012
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Nov 14, 2012
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Nov 15, 2012
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Nov 14, 2012
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