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Hampton Roads women launch creative businesses to balance family, work
From tutu parties to mobile eyeglasses, women in Hampton Roads have tapped into their creativity to launch home-based businesses. More than 7.8 million women own businesses in the United States, a 20 percent increase between 2002 and 2007, according...
Tags: Asthma, Event Planning, York (York, Pennsylvania), Trips and Vacations, Travel
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Editorials: Motel kids, tax code, Open Door award
Open Door award This month's Daily Press Open Door award goes to the Virginia Public Access Project, which is launching a "VPAP Honor Roll," which will include all General Assembly candidates who file campaign finance documents electronically and score...Tags: Taxation, Marine Science, Family, York (York, Pennsylvania), Finance
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Master gardener training: May 31 is deadline to register for fall classes on the Peninsula
May 31 is the deadline to register for Peninsula-based master gardener training that begins in September and typically ends with graduation in November. "We are volunteers for Virginia Cooperative Extension, helping the public and the environment with...
Tags: York (York, Pennsylvania), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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York gearing up for 'Safety Town' program
Want to teach children about safety with fun hands-on activities? York County is seeking volunteers for its annual "Safety Town" program for pre-kindergarten age children. Four week-long sessions will be held from July 8-Aug. 2, including three at Mt....Tags: Schools, FEMA, York (York, Pennsylvania), Poquoson (Poquoson, Virginia), Elementary Schools
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Habitat, VIMS, Tabb scare: Daily Press roses, thorns
Each week the Daily Press Editorial Board offers a list of those persons or institutions deserving of "roses" and those deserving of "thorns." This week's roses go to the following: Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg, the City...Tags: Marine Science, York (York, Pennsylvania), Gloucester Point, Langley Air Force Base, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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York School Board weighs teacher cuts, health benefits
YORK — Plans for how the York County School Board is going to cut $1.74 million from its proposed 2014 budget are taking shape, with the board eyeing a reduction of six teachers and a switch to a cheaper health insurance plan. The School Board...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Prices, Teaching and Learning, Health Insurance, Education
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Saturday, May 18, FREE gardening/nature events for families and anyone interested in great outdoors
Learn and Grow Series with Art in the Garden Linda Miller, Artist and Virginia Master Naturalist, will help children 7 and older create a botanical portrait in colored pencil or watercolor from plant materials they select in the Williamsburg Botanical...
Tags: Seafood, Animals, Foods and Beverages, Marine Science, Agricultural Research and Technology
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York School Board continues weighing budget cuts
YORK — The York County School Board will continue its discussions on Wednesday about how to cut $1.74 million from its 2014 budget. The School Board must cut $1.74 million from its $124 million budget because the York County Board of Supervisors...Tags: Prices, Health Insurance, Health and Safety at School, York (York, Pennsylvania), Health and Safety at Work
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Bullet found on Poquoson school bus
POQUOSON — Police conducted an extensive search for bullets and weapons at three Poquoson schools Wednesday after a student found a bullet on a school bus. Poquoson schools Superintendent Jennifer Parish said the student found a 9mm bullet wedged...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Teaching and Learning, York (York, Pennsylvania), Poquoson (Poquoson, Virginia), Students
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Louisa man charged with scamming Hamilton's ex-wife for pardon
YORK — A man is facing felony charges in York County of bilking an ex-wife of former state delegate Phil Hamilton by promising to get him out of prison through a pardon from President Barack Obama. Joseph J. Yancey, 52, of Louisa County, faces six...
Tags: Trials, Court Preliminary, Barack Obama, Gun Control, York (York, Pennsylvania)
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York oyster cases head to Virginia Supreme Court
YORK — The Virginia Supreme Court has agreed to hear two land-use cases in York County involving commercial aquaculture operations in residential neighborhoods. The court clerk's office notified Jim Barnett, county attorney for York, on...Tags: York (York, Pennsylvania), Aquaculture, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Judges
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A cradle of slavery on the York
When the director of the Middle Passage port markers project arrives in Yorktown to give a talk about slavery Friday night, she'll find herself in the perfect place. Though Old Point Comfort and Jamestown can lay claim to the first Africans in English...
Tags: Slavery, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Social Issues, Colonial Williamsburg, York (York, Pennsylvania)
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