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Toomey reaffirms background check support Six months after the Sandy Hook murders of 20 children and six adults, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., reaffirmed his support for expanding background checks on firearms sales, and said he hopes the Senate can...

YORK — When graduate Alexandre Nicholson spoke about the 11 other members of York River Academy's class of 2013, he noted the friendships that formed between the students. "They are one of the reasons I was able to get through high school," he...

YORK — York County School Board member Barbara Haywood challenged the Grafton High School class of 2013 to rise to the occasion in future pursuits during graduation Friday. "Be all that you can be. Be the best that you can be," she said. The...

The cast of the 2013 Virginia Shakespeare Festival is a motley crew, with Equity actors sharing the stage with high school thespians. What's drawing them together is "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Shakespeare's comic romp of the antics of four lovers....

More than 12,000 Hampton Roads residents were without power about a day after a line of strong thunderstorms passed through the area, and some may not have it restored until Sunday. However, while workers are still cleaning up from Thursday's storm,...

Editors' Note: "DP Buzz" is an interactive feature of the Daily Press Opinion Page. We email weekly questions on issues and topics affecting Peninsula-area citizens. Each week, subscribers can choose whether to weigh in or not with a short answer. Here is...

YORK — The graduation ceremony for York River Academy scheduled for Thursday night has been postponed due to the threat of severe weather. Katherine Goff, coordinator of community and public relations for the York County School Division, sent out a...

She's grand, all right Today, June 14, is Flag Day, which isn't so much a holiday as it is an observance. We don't close banks or municipal offices for Flag Day, and if kids are out of school it's only because the school year has ended. But in honor of...

For quite some time now, enthusiastic volunteers have been whacking brush, clearing debris and replacing ties and rails on the old Pennsylvania Railroad's Northern Central Division, one of the nation's most historic stretches of railroad, which courses 10...

The history of Poquoson is coming to life in a new book titled "Image of America Poquoson." The book, which chronicles the 382-year history of the water-front city, highlights the settlement of Poquoson in 1631 and the growth and development of the...

Jennifer Seltzer, reading specialist for Poquoson City Public Schools, was honored twice in May. She was chosen PCPS division Teacher of the Year and Newport News Reading Council Reading Teacher of the Year. Seltzer represented Poquoson Primary School...

Each week the Daily Press Editorial Board offers a list of those persons or institutions deserving of "roses" and those deserving of "thorns." This week's roses go to the following: •Connor Boyd, 11, of Poquoson, who averted a crash by immediately...