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Friday Jun 26 | Hampton Roads Daily Press

Proposals to renovate Obici mansion sought

Private groups hoping to renovate the historic Obici mansion in Suffolk might be asked to begin submitting proposals soon.

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Related Topix: Sussex County, VA, Courtland, VA

Sat Jun 06, 2009

WTKR-TV Norfolk

Motorist dies after crashing into tower

Isle of Wight - A motorist died Friday morning after crashing into the base of a water tower in Isle of Wight County.

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Related Topix: Isle of Wight County, VA, Isle of Wight County, England, Windsor, VA, Franklin, VA, Suffolk, VA

Wed May 27, 2009

PilotOnline.com

Suffolk economic development director quits

Cynthia "Cindy" Cave former city economic development director. SUFFOLK The city's economic development director has quit after less than seven months on the job.

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Related Topix: Prince George County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA

Wed Apr 22, 2009

PilotOnline.com

SPSA to raise fees to highest in the nation

SPSA adopted the highest trash-disposal fees in the nation Wednesday as part of a financial rescue plan for the troubled waste authority.

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Related Topix: Portsmouth, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, Franklin, VA, Norfolk, VA, Chesapeake, VA

Sat Apr 18, 2009

Roanoke Times

A tiresome problem

The Virginia Waste Tire Program recently reached a milestone, erasing more than 2 million scrap tires from the Roanoke region.

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Related Topix: Roanoke, VA, Roanoke Metro, Henry County, VA, Axton, VA, Roanoke County, VA

Thu Apr 16, 2009

Hampton Roads Daily Press

Va lawyer ordered to pay 4 estates more than $4M

A published report says a longtime Franklin attorney who was ordered to pay more than $4 million to four estates has surrendered his law license.

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Related Topix: Franklin, VA

Sun Apr 12, 2009

The Virginian-Pilot

Portsmouth officials voice concerns on SPSA bailout

As municipalities vote this month on a bailout plan for the troubled regional waste agency, leaders of the city that hosts the Southeastern Public Service Authority's biggest assets - two large trash plants - say they have some major concerns.

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Related Topix: Portsmouth, VA, Franklin, VA, Norfolk, VA, Chesapeake, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA

Fri Apr 03, 2009

PilotOnline.com

Officials plan utility work in hopes of luring firms

The project The Turner Tract site could accommodate as much as 2.2 million square feet of warehouse space on the 494-acre site.

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Related Topix: Franklin, VA, Suffolk, VA

Wed Apr 01, 2009

WAVY-TV Portsmouth

Dogbreeder faces animal cruelty charge

SOUTHAMPTON CO., Va. - A viewer called 10 on your side concerned after after a visit to her dog breeder's home in Southampton County.

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Mon Mar 30, 2009

Hampton Roads, Virginia, news, sports...

Organizations partner to preserve 416 acres of woodland

More than 416 acres of woodland, including three acres of pristine frontage along the Blackwater River, will be protected from development.

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Wed Mar 18, 2009

The Free Lance-Star

By Any Means Necessary: A Legacy Of Black Education Began Here

ARIA LOUISE MOORE was born of mixed-race parents in Fredericksburg in 1800. Her father was Scotsman Edwin Moore of Edinburgh, and her mother was a free black woman born in Toronto .

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Mon Mar 16, 2009

Http

a Remarkable Treesa

"Remarkable Trees of Virginia," Nancy Ross Hugo, Jeffrey Kirwan, photography by Robert Llewellyn Longtime garden writer Nancy Ross Hugo teams up with Jeffrey Kirwan, an extension specialist and professor in the ...

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Related Topix: Virginia, Home Gardening, Home, Giles County, VA

Sat Mar 14, 2009

The Virginian-Pilot

Weather observations from Ivor, Virginia - Revised

I'm new at blogging, forgive me. Current weather conditions from Southampton County, Ivor, Virignia 5431 Proctors Bridge Road 2.4 miles NNE of Ivor, the temperature is 37.5 degrees with drizzle, the barometer ...

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Related Topix: Ivor, VA, Weather, Opinion

Fri Mar 06, 2009

Library Journal

Library Director

JOB TITLE: Library Director COMPANY: Blackwater Regional Library POSTDATE: 3/6/2009 LOCATION: Courtland, VA DESCRIPTION: LIBRARY DIRECTOR Blackwater Regional Library The Board of Trustees of the Blackwater ...

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Related Topix: Libraries, Courtland, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, Franklin, VA

Mon Mar 02, 2009

PilotOnline.com

Va. peanut farmers concerned about uncertain market

Loading... A massive recall of foods that might contain salmonella-contaminated peanuts has the whole nation looking askance at a food once eaten with abandon.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Suffolk, VA

Sat Feb 21, 2009

PilotOnline.com

The Virginian-Pilot Spelling Bee

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Wed Feb 11, 2009

School Bus Fleet

Bus drop-off accidents claim 2 students

Last week, a 10-year-old in Indiana was killed after getting off a school bus in a school parking lot, and police in Virginia released findings from a similar bus drop-off accident that took the life of a ...

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Related Topix: Courtland, VA

Thu Feb 05, 2009

WAVY-TV Portsmouth

Deadly school bus accident

Riverdale Elementary School released its preliminary findings into what caused 4-year-old Jameer Woodley to be struck and killed by a school bus in January.

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Related Topix: Franklin, VA

Wed Feb 04, 2009

The Virginian-Pilot

Sheriff: Bus driver who hit student was given all-clear signal

The Southampton County school bus driver who drove over a 4-year-old boy, killing him, had received a signal that the area was clear, the sheriff's office said Wednesday.

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Sat Jan 31, 2009

Eastern Shore News

Webtide's regional water and wastewater system makes sense

In voting to reject Webtide Partners Unsolicited Proposal for a regional water and wastewater system under the Virginia Public Private Education and Infrastructure Act , the Town of Cape Charles has chosen a ...

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Related Topix: Cape Charles, VA

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