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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 02:00 am

Williamsburg News

Local news for Williamsburg, VA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

14 hrs ago | The Virginia Gazette

Village at Ford's Colony

"Even as amended, the retirement community is massive, dwarfing the three existing continuing care retirement communities already in Williamsburg.

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Fri Jul 18, 2008

Eater

The Plywood Report: Williamsburger, Fatty Crab, & Motorino Pizza

The awning is up . [PLYWOOD] 2) Williamsburg : Word on the street is Williamsburger the spot set to open on South 2nd and Wythe will serve its first burger in two weeks, though by the looks of this signage, ...

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Thu Jul 17, 2008

Hampton Roads Daily Press

62-year-old man indicted on 9 sex assault charges

A James City County man has been indicted on nine counts of sexual assault, including one count of rape.

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PilotOnline.com

Man charged with burning house at Pierce's Bar-B-Que

The York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office on Monday charged a man with arson in connection with a fire at the home of the owner of Pierce's Pitt Bar-B-Que near Williamsburg.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Poquoson, VA

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Midwood Paper

Williamsburg: Two men + one machete = mayhem

A gang of hoodlums - two of them armed with machetes - hacked a 19-year-old and a 26-year-old on South Third Street on July 12.

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Hampton Roads Daily Press

Man gets prison time for trying to shoot officer

A James City County man has been sentenced to a total of 13 years in prison, with four years suspended, and 20 years' probation for attempting to shoot a Williamsburg police officer during a confrontation in ...

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Williamsburg Magazine

3 Quarter time

C onstruction crews are busy at both ends of historic Quarterpath Road. The new clearing to begin infrastructure on Riverside's Quarterpath at Williamsburg community has rekindled anti-growth ...

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Tue Jul 15, 2008

The Virginia Gazette

$5 million gift will construct coffeehouse in Historic Area

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has applied to the City of Williamsburg to allow reconstruction of Richard Charlton's Coffeehouse on its original foundations adajcent to the Capitol.

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Mon Jul 14, 2008

Hampton Roads Daily Press

See the earliest existing images of Va. in Williamsburg

The earliest existing images of Virginia are being displayed in the state for the first time.

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Williamsburg Magazine

Finances improve, deficit reduced

All the hoopla surrounding the 400th and the queen last year had little impact on the bottom line of Colonial Williamsburg.

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Sun Jul 13, 2008

Williamsburg Magazine

Choke-ing on history

A low-budget Hollywood movie about a historical interpreter has to be a good thing for Colonial Williamsburg, right? Only if you accept the notion that there's no such thing as bad publicity.

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Related Topix: Movies, Entertainment

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Williamsburg Magazine

Condos trump students

A local entrepreneur has presented the city with a new plan to redevelop the former site of the Southern Inn, long an eyesore along Richmond Road.

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Related Topix: James City County, VA

Williamsburg Magazine

New rape law takes pressure off victim

Inside a refrigerator at the Police Department sits a recovery kit of phys ical evidence taken from the vic tim of a potential sexual assault.

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Fri Jul 11, 2008

Main Street Newspapers

Gen. Andrew Lewis established fife and drum tradition in Williamsburg

Descendants of the fifes and drum corps established by Salem's Andrew Lewis in 1776, Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums, marches down Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg.

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Thu Jul 10, 2008

Page News and Courier

New High School Class Benefits County's E-911 System

Students in Page County can make a difference. This schoolyear students at both local high schools were given an opportunity to make a difference in their own communities.

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Related Topix: Luray, VA, Hopewell, VA, James City County, VA, Richmond Metro

Hampton Roads Daily Press

New 'Youth Career Cafe' proposed for Williamsburg

The Peninsula Council for Workforce Development has proposed a new venue for Williamsburg area youths to receive career advice.

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Related Topix: James City County, VA

Wed Jul 09, 2008

Associated Content

Bruton Parish Church Williamsburg Virginia

Bruton Parish was formed in1674 by merging earlier parishes in Williamsburg, Virginia, dating to 1633.

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Williamsburg Magazine

Plants are rescued as bulldozers dig

Concerned citizens recently saved more than 700 native plants at Quarterpath Crossing.

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Mon Jul 07, 2008

Hampton Roads Daily Press

Make sure you're safe and legal

Local fire marshals recommend residents enjoy the show - but don't become the show.

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Related Topix: Virginia Beach, VA, Chesapeake, VA, York County, VA

Sat Jul 05, 2008

BellaOnline

Williamsburg, Virginia

When most people think of life in Early America, a picture of a small farm, with far-flung neighbors and a passel of geese, ducks, or chickens generally comes to mind.

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Williamsburg, Virginia is located in Williamsburg County and is part of the Norfolk Metro Area. Zip codes in Williamsburg include 23188, 23185, and 23186.

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