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York seeks regional enterprise zone
YORK — With the downsizing of the Dominion Yorktown power station looming and the closure of the Yorktown refinery and Altria tobacco plant a few years ago, York County officials are pursuing a state enterprise zone designation to help attract...Tags: York (York, Pennsylvania), Yorktown (York, Virginia), York County (Virginia), Business, Realty
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May 20 Letters: Second Amendment, Hampton budget, IRS rules
Second Amendment support From the recent letters to the editor concerning the Second Amendment, it is obvious that emotions, rather than reason, are taking over the discussion. When in doubt, I like to go to the source documents, and, in this case, there...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, Politics, U.S. Army
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Daily Press Feedback for Monday, May 20: Street-racing crash, military sexual trauma, IW controversy
Serious crash A major vehicle accident Saturday in James City County, attributed to racing on a street, caused three people to be hospitalized. After being ejected from a Volkswagen, one of the racers was run over and dragged approximately 4 miles by a...Tags: James City County, Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia)
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Army selective about visitors after dusk at Fort Monroe
HAMPTON — You better think twice about entering Fort Monroe after the sun has gone down. Depending on where you plan on going, the guards may turn you away. The Army places guards at the entrance of Fort Monroe each night. At times, visitors are...
Tags: Fort Monroe, G. Glenn Oder, Phoebus (Hampton, Virginia)
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K.G. teacher in running for national honor
The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.Erlynn Kirsch, an eighth-grade world history teacher at King George Middle School, was awarded the Virginia Education Association Award for Teaching Excellence, the highest award the association offers for teaching excellence in Virginia. The award...Tags: Culture, Social Sciences, Education, Teaching and Learning, Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia)
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Hampton Circuit Court gets new system for accepting marriage applications
When Hampton's clerk of circuit court, Linda Batchelor Smith, was at a clerk's conference last summer, she learned about a new system for accepting marriage license applications. A clerk from another jurisdiction "was just praising the system" to the...Tags: Langley Air Force Base, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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For 2013 Daily Press poet laureate, love sparked the desire to write
Allen M. Weber says he hadn't thought about becoming a poet until he fell in love with one. The winner of the 2013 Daily Press poetry contest, Weber lives in Hampton and works at Newport News Shipbuilding where he teaches radiation safety. His...
Tags: LifeOne Incorporated, Shipbuilding, Ghent, Newport News Shipbuilding, Edgar Allan Poe
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At Hampton VA, caring for sexual assault victims is ongoing battle
— Over two weeks, the Pentagon has suffered a string of embarrassments in its effort to show progress in curbing sexual assault within the ranks. A Defense Department anonymous survey estimated a 35 percent increase in sexual assault and related...
Tags: U.S. Military, Hampton Roads, Abusive Behavior, U.S. Army, Military Justice
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With apartments gone, historians wonder what is below Harbor Square
HAMPTON — The derelict buildings, playing children and crime associated with the property's seedy visitors are long gone from the former Harbor Square site downtown. But as the city plans to redevelop the 17.7-acre tract — and contractors...
Tags: College of William and Mary, Hampton Roads, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Colonial Williamsburg
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Out of town arts and entertainment event calendar
Richmond Times-DispatchVIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL -- Music, theater and dance performances throughout Hampton Roads through June 2. Highlights are below; full program at http://www.vafest.org, (757) 282-2822. Today: Virginia Opera in "Carousel," 2:30 p.m. at Harrison Opera House,...Tags: Hampton Roads, Artists, Colonial Williamsburg, Memorial Day, Chaka Khan
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Traffic backups on both I-64 and I-664 in Hampton
Daily PressOn I-64 East in the City of Hampton, at Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel East, motorists can expect major delays due to congestion, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation. Traffic is backed up about 2 miles. On I-664 at mile marker 3 in the...Tags: Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, Virginia Department of Transportation, Traffic
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Economic development: all hands on deck
By Jay Joseph An economic development director recently told me that his job is the one city job everyone thinks they can do. Folks don't think they can be the City Attorney or the Police Chief, but they think they can be the Economic Development...Tags: Hampton Roads, Economy, Economic Policy, Business, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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