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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: Abraham Lincoln, Executive Branch, Politics, Mathews County, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Living Here: Getting around
How fitting is the moniker Hampton Roads? Sure, that's the official name of the water that the region is built around, but it's also a hint about the traffic you'll face around here. Anyone who has lived in Hampton Roads for a couple of months will have...
Tags: Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, Virginia Department of Transportation, Amtrak, Travel, Isle of Wight County
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Living Here: Military installations
Newcomers will see it right away: Hampton Roads and theU.S. military go hand in hand. Every branch of the service is represented in this corner of southeastern Virginia: Start with the world's largest naval base and the only East Coast home for the...
Tags: American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Central Intelligence Agency, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), U.S. Navy, Shipbuilding
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Free beach music concert series at Yorktown starts June 7
Beach music -- that variant of Southern R&B made popular at oceanside party zones Virginia to South Carolina -- signifies good times and summer fun for many. Those eager to scratch the shag-dancing itch will find what they're looking for at the...
Tags: Yorktown (York, Virginia), Arts and Culture, Concerts, Mark Roberts, Music
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Peninsula Health District opening new office on Ironbound Road
The Peninsula Health District would like to make the citizens of the Historic Triangle aware that new offices to serve James City County, Williamsburg and York County are located at 4095 Ironbound Road, Williamsburg, VA 23188. The building is in...
Tags: York (York, Pennsylvania), Health, James City County
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Hampton plant sale features locally grown plants
A small native tree called red buckeye and a perennial known as Mexican petunia are two plants you surely want to check out during the Hampton master gardeners plant sale 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. I grow both in my garden, and they are must-have plants for...
Tags: Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Hampton Coliseum, Plant Openings, Forestry and Timber
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Five ways to spend spring break in Hampton Roads
So Disney World was outside of the family budget this year. But spring break doesn't have to be a somber, stay-at-home pity party. Here are a five ways to spend your time off in Tidewater — including a few suggestions for those of us whose...
Tags: Kate Winslet, Arts and Culture, Travel, Libraries, Titanic (movie, 1997)
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What are the healthiest counties? 3 in Central PA are in the top 10
The third annual County Health Rankings were released today. The Rankings are an annual check-up that measure how healthy people are and how long they live in nearly every county in every state, including Pennsylvania. Central Pennsylvania has three...
Tags: Lancaster County (Pennsylvania), York County (Pennsylvania), Diabetes, Lancaster County (Virginia), Cumberland County
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Even healthy Virginia communities have high rates of obesity, inactivity and excessive drinking
Is York County the Peninsula's healthiest county? Out of 131 Virginia communities ranked on a report card of local health, three in the region ranked in the top 10: York County (5), James City County (7) and Mathews (10); Hampton came in the middle of the...
Tags: Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Politics, Family, Mathews County, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Peninsula mosquito population increasing this summer
Biologists expect tick and mosquito populations to thrive this spring, largely because mild temperatures from last winter failed to kill off a large population of the disease-carrying pests. Technicians in Hampton are already finding mosquito larvae...
Tags: Weather, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Diseases and Illnesses, Malaria, Science
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Award-winning poet Nikki Giovanni will give free talk in Hampton next fall
Award-winning poet and Virginia Tech professor Nikki Giovanni will give a free talk at Hampton's Thomas Nelson Community College Oct. 4 as part of a series organized by Virginia Peninsula Literary Consortium. Giovanni has been called the "Princess of...
Tags: Arts and Culture, York County (Pennsylvania), The New York Times, Libraries, Los Angeles Times
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Gloucester Emergency Services Coordinator Paul Long steps down
Paul Long's stint as Emergency Services coordinator in Gloucester proved to be a short one. Long has left employment in Gloucester has returned to his former position in York County. He began work in Gloucester on Jan. 1 at a salary of $69,000 a year....Tags: Gloucester County, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Prince George County
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