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Retail sales in Gloucester surged in fiscal year 2012
Maybe the "shop at home" message being delivered by members of the Gloucester Board of Supervisors is sinking in. Shoppers in Gloucester loosened up their wallets and spent $346.4 million at shops, businesses and restaurants in the county in the 2012...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting
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Gloucester officials use VIMS Tidewatch system during storms
Gloucester officials are using the VIMS Tidewatch program (referenced in a Daily Press story here: http://bit.ly/TNGfd1) as one of the tools to ensure public safety during storm events. The Tidewatch system forecasts the potential for coastal flooding,...Tags: Politics, National Hurricane Center, Government, Wakefield (Sussex, Virginia), Safety of Citizens
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Tuesday's 12/11 local schedule (updated Monday AM)
COLLEGES Men’s basketball Apprentice at Virginia State, 7 Norfolk State at Illinois, 8 HIGH SCHOOLS Boys basketball Phoebus at Heritage, 7:15 Woodside at Hampton, 7:15 Kecoughtan at Warwick, 7:15 Menchville at Gloucester, 7:15 Bethel at Denbigh, 7:...Tags: Baptist, Charles City (Charles City, Virginia), Smithfield, Government, Executive Branch
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Tuesday's 12/4 local schedule (updated Monday AM)
COLLEGES Men’s basketball Richmond at Old Dominion, 7 Virginia Wesleyan at Lynchburg, 7 Women’s basketball Virginia Wesleyan at Marymount, 6 William and Mary at Navy, 7 HIGH SCHOOLS Boys basketball Kecoughtan at Denbigh, 7:15 Gloucester at...Tags: Charles City (Charles City, Virginia), Baptist, Smithfield, New Kent (Quinton, Virginia), King William (King William, Virginia)
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GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD: Phoebus freshman quickly finds sprinting niche
HAMPTON — Phoebus girls track coach Vernita Brown realized quickly that it was best that she coached her daughter, freshman Carolyn Brown, as little as possible. "When she first started running AAU a couple of years ago, we learned from that summer...
Tags: Track and Field, Automotive Equipment, Students, Manufacturing and Engineering, Teaching and Learning
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VIMS to study microplastics in the Chesapeake Bay and ocean environments
A seabird snared by plastic six-pack rings, plastic pellets filling up a fish's stomach — such images aren't new. But what happens when tons of plastic debris slowly break down in the open ocean and leach toxic chemicals, furnish an unnatural reef...
Tags: Gloucester Point, Ecosystems, Science and Technology, Conservation, Environmental Issues
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Gloucester Jail meets state standards after inspection
The Gloucester County Jail earned a rating of 100 percent compliance following a two-day visit by auditors from the Virginia Board of Corrections. Sheriff Darrell Warren said the audit was completed last month. Warren received notification via letter by...Tags: Prisons, Gloucester County, Accounting and Auditing
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Peninsula Foodbank seeks holiday donations
At its turkey giveaway on Wednesday, the Foodbank of the Virginia Peninsula gave out 1,100 birds but couldn't meet the needs of its more than 200 member agencies. This time last year it had 1,400 turkeys to give away. "We didn't have even a fraction...
Tags: Pembroke (Giles, Virginia), Turkey (animal), Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia, Peninsula Town Center
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Native grasses benefit Virginia gardens
Years ago, I learned to appreciate the beauty and value of ornamental grasses in a yard. I tried several and have finally settled on my all-time favorite — Morning Light miscanthus sinensis for its tolerance to wind, saltwater and soil. It's a...
Tags: York County (Virginia), Science, York (York, Pennsylvania), Salt, Science and Technology
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Virginia Gazette publisher: `Gloucester is a distant footnote ...'
Here below in quotation marks is what Virginia Gazette Publisher Bill O'Donovan wrote in an opinion piece that appeared in the Wednesday issue of the newspaper. In case you haven't heard of the Virginia Gazette, and many of you in Gloucester probably...Tags: Surry (Surry, Virginia)
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Four Gloucester Point residents seek open seat on School Board
Four Gloucester Point residents are seeking the open seat on the Gloucester County School Board that was vacated upon the death of longtime member Jean Pugh. The four candidates for the open position are: --Troy Andersen, a Gloucester County native...Tags: Mathews (Mathews, Virginia), Mathews County, Gloucester Point, Gloucester County, Thomas Nelson Community College
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Purple muhly grass: Colorful wisp color the landscape in late summer and fall
Few plants rival the breathtaking beauty of purple muhly, or Muhlenbergia capillaris, in the fall -- clouds of purple wisps waving in the autumn sun, according to Helen Hamilton, past president of the John Clayton Chapter, Virginia Native Plant Society --...
Tags: York County (Virginia), Weather Reports, York (York, Pennsylvania), Weather
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