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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: Social Issues, Slavery, Hampton Roads, Jamestown Settlement, Memorial Day
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Editorials: pencils as weapons, iPads in schools
A dull-pointed policy Sometimes a pencil is just a pencil. Except, apparently, when "zero tolerance" applies. Two 7-year-old boys at Driver Elementary School in Suffolk were suspended for two days this week because they pointed pencils at each other and...Tags: Judges, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry, Justice System, Poquoson (Poquoson, Virginia)
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Teen playwrights, anti-gang efforts, social media threats: Daily Press 'Roses and thorns'
Each week, the Daily Press offers a list of people or institutions deserving of "roses" and those deserving of "thorns." This week's roses go to the following: Terry Riddick, Randy Darden and Wilson Darden Jr. of Newport News, who founded Best Kept...Tags: Judges, Gang Activity, Crime, Law and Justice, Students, Teaching and Learning
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York oyster case headed to Virginia Supreme Court
YORK — The Virginia Supreme Court has agreed to hear two land-use cases in York County involving commercial aquaculture operations in residential neighborhoods. The court clerk's office notified Jim Barnett, county attorney for York, on...Tags: Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Science and Technology, York (York, Pennsylvania), Aquaculture
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York tax hike could be lowered
YORK — With the adoption of the county's 2014 budget looming, the York County Board of Supervisors is now weighing a proposal to reduce a proposed real estate tax rate increase from 2.3 cents down to 1 cent. Supervisor Tom Shepperd during a work...Tags: Career and Workplace, Budgets and Budgeting, York (York, Pennsylvania), Services and Shopping, Employees
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Heavy rain expected in Hampton Roads this week
The National Weather Service has issued a weather warning of showers and thunderstorms for the Peninsula Tuesday night and Wednesday, with heavy rain possible in some local areas. Cities impacted by the warning include Newport News, Hampton, York...
Tags: Fort Eustis, Weather, Hampton Roads, Natural Disasters, Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia)
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York School Board tackles $1.74 million in budget cuts
YORK — Several York County School Board members expressed their disappointment during a meeting Monday at having to cut $1.74 million from their budget plan after the Board of Supervisors last week opted to appropriate less money for schools than...Tags: Government Debt, Prices, Career and Workplace, Health Insurance, Budgets and Budgeting
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Rain garden: Explore and ask about rain garden during Saturday program at New Quarter Park in upper York County
Visit New Quarter Park at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 11, and learn how a unique rain garden is built to capture runoff in a shady area. The program will be presented by Jeanne Millin, Virginia Master Gardener, Tree Steward, Water Steward and Virginia Master...
Tags: York (York, Pennsylvania)
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Yorktown Market Days: Season starts Saturday with fitness and health theme and events
The 7th Annual Yorktown Market Days season kicks off Saturday, May 11, along the Yorktown waterfront at Riverwalk Landing between Buckner and Ballard streets, according to a news release. The market will operate weekly 8 a.m.-noon Saturdays through...
Tags: Labor Day, Health, Entertainment, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Memorial Day
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York School Board to tackle budget cuts
YORK — The York County School Board on Monday will go back to the drawing board to cut $1.73 million from its 2014 budget after the Board of Supervisors opted to increase funding to the schools by $1.17 million rather than the $2.9 million the...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, York (York, Pennsylvania), Yorktown (York, Virginia)
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Newsweek ranks local public high schools among top 2,000 in U.S.
Seven local public high schools are ranked among the top 2,000 in the nation, according to an online list released by Newsweek magazine Monday. Jamestown High School in Williamsburg and Poquoson High School were in the top 1,000 on the 2013 America's...
Tags: Grafton, Schools, York (York, Pennsylvania), High Schools, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)
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The incredible, edible cicada
Ever wonder what cicadas taste like? Outside the Western world, insects are considered an accepted food source for people. "If you travel to places like Thailand or Vietnam, you'll see food carts that have fried insects," said Dan Nortman, entomologist...Tags: NPR, Entertainment, Allergies, Radio, York (York, Pennsylvania)
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