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Annapolis' Borland, Williams lead classes at NOOD Regatta
Two Annapolis sailors, Jeff Borland and Tim Williams, took advantage of favorable winds on their home Chesapeake Bay waters to take the lead in their classes Saturday at the Sperry Top-Sider NOOD Regatta. Borland leads the nine-boat Etchells class...Tags: Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Kitty Hawk, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Pittsburgh
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Tour historical Cloverdale Garden during NASA's open house
Meagan and Mitchell Turner helped restore the Cloverdale Garden at NASA. Photo courtesy Andrea Turner Native plants are as much a part of history as centuries-old brick-and-mortar buildings. Just ask the Turner family of York County. For a year,...
Tags: Space Programs, Agricultural Research and Technology, Agriculture, NASA, Science and Technology
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Memorial Day: A Lot More Than Hot Dogs & The D-Day Museum
Most folks think of Memorial Day as the day that kicks off summer or the day that the great-American-hot dog notches its first outdoor cooking of the year. For those that commemorate the holiday with solemn remembrances of Our war-dead this is mostly...
Tags: Andrew Jackson, Nathan Hale, American Independence Corporation, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Memorial Day
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Storm brings adventure to dad and son
Our little boy got an unexpected gift in place of the party we'd planned for his 3rd birthday. Instead of gathering with his family and friends at Bluebird Gap Farm, Owen was hunkered down in our house near the old Hampton waterfront, watching with us as...Tags: Natural Disasters, Apple iPad, Hurricane Irene (2011), Disasters, Hurricanes
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Montini Catholic Hosted its “Shining Star” Fashion Show
TribLocal - ElmhurstOn Sunday, December 5th Montini Catholic High School’s Parent Club hosted its annual Fashion Show at the Carlisle Banquets in Lombard. This year’s theme was …... -
IBM computer named Watson will battle 'Jeopardy' champs for $1 million
L.A. Times Tech BlogAn IBM computer named Watson is taking on two of Jeopardy's top competitors. And to the winner will go $1 million.... -
A cradle of slavery on the York
When the director of the Middle Passage port markers project arrives in Yorktown to give a talk about slavery Friday night, she'll find herself in the perfect place. Though Old Point Comfort and Jamestown can lay claim to the first Africans in English...
Tags: Slavery, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Colonial Williamsburg, Memorial Day, York County (Virginia)
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Cuccinelli to hold Yorktown campaign event
Presumptive Republican nominee for governor and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli will be on the Peninsula Saturday for a campaign event in Yorktown. The "Ken Cuccinelli for Governor NeighborhoodRally" will be held at 9 a.m. at the York Republican...Tags: Politics, Government, Executive Branch, Ken Cuccinelli, Elections
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Hampton Roads' authors bring their spookiest best!
Are you into the swing of Halloween yet? I hope so…it’s almost here! I haven’t yet bulked up on candy for trick-or-treaters, or seen Charlie Brown’s Great Pumpkin (one of my favorites), but I have been checking out the many books...Tags: Halloween, Mystery (genre), Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Nags Head
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Tennis: Local team takes state combo 7.5-rated mixed doubles championship
sdearth@dailypress.com | 757-247-4640A steady Peninsula team captured the 7.5-rated combination league mixed doubles state (district) championship over the weekend in Charlottesville. Mixed Trouble won all five of its team matches on Boar's Head Sports Club's indoor hard courts to conclude...Tags: Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Tennis, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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Tennis: Yorktown's Bossman helps Va. Beach-based team to second place in USTA women's 4.0 nationals
Yorktown’s Ana Bossman helped a Virginia Beach-based team place second in the USTA Adult League 4.0 National Championships over the weekend in Tucson, Ariz. Her team won three matches — all by 3-2 scores — in pool play, and she went 2-...Tags: Courtland, Nottingham
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Tennis: Virginia Beach women's team with Yorktown's Bossman heads to USTA national 4.0 semis
Daily PressYorktown's Ana Bossman and her Virginia Beach-based team won their pool at the USTA League 4.0 Adult Championships in Tucson, Ariz. Bossman split a pair of doubles matches as her team finished pool play 3-0 with three consecutive 3-2 victories....
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