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updated: Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:54 am

Yorktown News

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Richmond, VA ::

President George Bush Saturday said military forces make it possible for America to endure as a free society.

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Thu Jul 03, 2008

7cities

Blue Cactus Cafe

Expect to wait for a table at this tiny diner-style Tex-Mex joint located in the historic district of Hilton Village.

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Related Topix: Newport News, VA, Life, Food, Dining

Tue Jul 01, 2008

The Virginia Gazette

Fifes & Drums ready for 4th

Meticulously restored colonial homes and superb interpreters are integral to Colonial Williamsburg's success.

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Related Topix: Hampton, VA, Arlington, VA, Williamsburg, VA

Sun Jun 29, 2008

Rushville Republican

Journey across United States by bicycle begins

I decided to ride a bicycle across the country for two reasons. I thought it'd be a great way to raise interest about the orphaned and needy kids at Compassion International whom I worked with in the Peace ...

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Related Topix: Williamsburg, VA

Fri Jun 27, 2008

Style Weekly

Review: View Finder

Just as next summer will be a good time to visit Beijing - with the crowds attracted by the Olympics gone but new facilities left behind - this year is a great time to visit Virginia's historic triangle - ...

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Williamsburg, VA

Wed Jun 25, 2008

Williamsburg Magazine

Windmill tilts toward history

Momentum is building to replicate an 18th century windmill in the village of Yorktown.

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Mon Jun 23, 2008

Hampton Roads Daily Press

Tour firm's owner confident company will survive downturn

Maxanne Taverniti has seen a lot of stresses on the tourism industry in her 19 years offering tours through her business, Maximum Tours Ltd.

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Related Topix: Virginia Beach, VA, Williamsburg, VA

Sat Jun 21, 2008

Biking Bis

10 rules for the Tour de TransAmerica bicycle touring race

With this month's ultra-endurance Race Across America, followed by the Tour Divide and the Great Divide mountain bike races, I thought there should be an extreme race for touring bicyclists.

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Thu Jun 19, 2008

WVEC-TV Norfolk

Special Weather Statement

The strong thunderstorm will be near U.S. Naval weapons station at 740 PM EDT... Wicomico at 745 PM EDT... Lackey at 750 PM EDT... Yorktown at 755 PM EDT... Harris Grove at 800 PM EDT... Hornsbyville at 805 PM ...

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Related Topix: York County, VA, Weather, Wicomico, VA

Fri Jun 13, 2008

Hampton Roads Daily Press

Ex-sailor to serve 9 years for attack at Va. park

A 26-year-old ex-sailor will serve nine years in prison for his role in the September attack of an acquaintance at Colonial National Historic Park in Yorktown.

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Related Topix: Poquoson, VA

The Virginia Gazette

W. C. O'Donovan: Regional push

A9-to-4 school schedule is an ambitious goal pursued by parents, WJC administrators and coaches as recognizing that teenagers can learn better if they start school 90 minutes later.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Newport News, VA, Hampton, VA, Williamsburg, VA, Opinion

Wed Jun 11, 2008

Ithaca Journal

Cornell grad to ride cross county for cancer research

Monday, Cornell University graduate Philip Haar and his father Jack embarked on a journey to honor a friend whose life was cut short by cancer.

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Related Topix: Sarcoma, Medicine, Health

Sun Jun 08, 2008

Hampton Roads Daily Press

York rescuers search York River for missing boater

York County Rescue and Fire personnel are searching for a missing boater in the York River off the Yorktown refinery.

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Related Topix: York County, VA

Thu Jun 05, 2008

Hampton Roads Daily Press

Climate change: Is it a hoax or is it true?

Bruce Wielicki has been researching the Earth's atmosphere and its changing climate since the 1970s, when his fascination with the nascent study of global warming drew him away from his chosen field of ...

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Related Topix: Oceanography, Science, Global Warming, Gloucester Point, VA

Tue Jun 03, 2008

WVEC-TV Norfolk

Swim advisory lifted at Newport News beach

For one day, a beach was closed to swimming because bacteria levels were too high.

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Related Topix: Newport News, VA

Sun Jun 01, 2008

Hampton Roads Daily Press

Godspeed to set sail in June

Jamestown Settlement 's Godspeed will be on the move for the first half of June, providing ample opportunities to view the vessel both up close while dockside and in the Chesapeake Bay under full sail.

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Related Topix: Norfolk, VA

Fri May 30, 2008

Hampton Roads Daily Press

Which 'Sex and the City' character are you?

Are you a seemingly innocent Charlotte? Or, maybe, saucy Samantha? And who wouldn't want to be Carrie? Most fans of the HBO series "Sex and the City" can relate to one of the characters, and that may be the ...

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Related Topix: Hampton, VA, Newport News, VA, Entertainment

Wed May 28, 2008

Hampton Roads Daily Press

Volunteer guided by faith

By day, John Hefner is an aeronautical engineering technician at NASA Langley, though he refers to himself as a "grease monkey." On Thursday nights, however, he's the "night boss," as some of his fellow ...

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Related Topix: Lackey, VA, Dentistry

Mon May 26, 2008

StarNewsOnline.com

Skate Tour

Photo 1 of 8 Next Photo Credit: WILMINGTON STAR-NEWS Dylan Tenney, 7, of Yorktown, VA, skates in the junior division of The Free Flow Tour, the AST Dew Tour's official amateur BMX and skate competition series, ...

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Sat May 24, 2008

Rankin Ledger

TASTE: Best of the best

Quail Ridge Press in Brandon, in keeping with its hallmark of collecting only the top recipes, has for the first time left the ground and flown into the culinary "wild blue yonder." The Best of the Best Air ...

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Related Topix: Recipes, Life, Food

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