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Hampton Roads is the name for the Norfolk-Virginia Beach metropolitan area in southeastern Virginia. Hampton Roads is home to the major United States Navy, Air Force and Army bases. It also is home to NASA and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. The area is also full of historical landmarks and miles of beaches.
Hampton Roads is the name for the Norfolk-Virginia Beach metropolitan area in southeastern Virginia. Hampton Roads is home to the major United States Navy, Air Force and Army bases. It also is home to NASA and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. The area is also full of historical landmarks and miles of beaches.
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Good fences made for good neighbors in 1912
100 Years Ago Of-fensive neighbors In the Howard County courthouse column: "After the completion of the criminal docket, the civil docket was taken up and the first case on it was the one of Curtis vs. Thompson. This grew out of a dispute over a...Tags: Summits, Howard County, Carl Sandburg, Electrical Appliance, Robert Frost
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Discovery of WWII shells at state park spurs search
Growing up, George E. Raley Jr. heard stories that the military had conducted some sort of testing during World War II on the quiet Southern Maryland peninsula known as Newtowne Neck.
As an adult, he would learn that his father had assisted in...Tags: Science, Natural Resources, Applied Physics, Emergency Incidents, New Year's Day
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Baltimore sneak preview of PBS film on War of 1812 tailored to local audience
Random "Jay Walk"ers interviewed by Jay Leno doubtless have forgotten the War of 1812, if indeed they learned about it at all, but Marylanders know all about it, don't we?
Let's see, there's the (original) British Invasion, Fort McHenry, Francis Scott...Tags: PBS (tv network), American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Movies, Documentary (genre), Fort McHenry
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Marine Col. Susan B. Seaman assumes duties as commanding officer
Marine Col. Susan B. Seaman, of Columbia, assumed duties as commanding officer for Marine Corps Forces Command Headquarters and Service Battalion from Lt. Col. Anthony A. Ference during a change of command ceremony attended by more than 100 Marines,...Tags: United States Naval Academy, Camp Lejeune (military base)
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Howard, Hood to wed in September
Katherine Howard and Andrew Hood Sam and Melissa Howard, of Chesapeake, Va., announce the engagement of their daughter, Katherine Elizabeth Howard, to Andrew Symmes Hood, son of Carl and Cynthia Hood, of Dayton. The bride-to-be is a 2002...Tags: Blacksburg, College of William and Mary, Colleges and Universities, Virginia Tech, Biomet Incorporated
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Baltimore vs. Norfolk: A tale of two ports
It was just one headline among many of its kind in The Baltimore Sun during the 1980s and 1990s: "Baltimore loses round to Va."
The 1995 article noted that the shipping giant Maersk Lines was ending its service between South America and the port of...Tags: Transportation, Railway Transportation, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Cruises, Panama
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Chesapeake Bay gets a flexible diet
Spend our money more wisely.
I think that's what the average person wants from government. We're not extremists. We don't want government spending indiscriminately on programs that don't work, nor do we want government indiscriminately slashing...Tags: Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Fishing, Chesapeake Bay, University of Maryland, College Park, Local Government
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Varsity Football Game of the Week: No. 1 Gilman vs. Oscar Smith (Va.)
Game of the Week
No. 1 Gilman (1-0) vs. Oscar Smith, Va. (0-0)
Where: I-95 Kickoff Classic at Morgan State
When: Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Coaches: Biff Poggi, Gilman; Richard Morgan, Oscar Smith
Last meeting: First meeting.
Key players to watch:
Gilman:...Tags: Auburn Tigers, Morgan State University, ESPN (tv network), Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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Brian R. Murphy, veteran and technical adviser, dies
Brian R. Murphy, a Social Security Administration senior technical adviser and Army veteran, died Friday of cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson.
The lifelong Hamilton resident was 59.
The son of a Baltimore Life Insurance Co. regional manager and...Tags: Morgan State University, Harford Road, Scranton, Elkton, Hamilton
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Dirty trucks in port targeted
With more than a million miles on the road, Armand Patella's 19-year-old Ford 9000 truck has seen better days.
But he's hung onto it, because new trucks aren't cheap. Patella, the head of Picorp trucking service on East Lombard Street, still uses the...Tags: Lawyers, Physical Conditions, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Authority, Baltimore County
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Last week's rain totals mapped
Maryland WeatherThe National Weather Service has produced a map of the 72-hour rain totals during last week's nor'easter. The map makes clear just how much more seriously affected counties to our south were, and especially those in southeast Virginia (left). Rain totals....Tags: Maryland
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Boykins was a Hampton Roads standout
Baltimoresun.com StaffBryan Black, the high school sports editor at The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Va., answered two questions about Terps wide receiver commitment Kerry Boykins on Jan. 8. What are your impressions of Terps wide receiver commitment Kerry Boykins? How is he...Tags: High Schools, Schools, Virginia Tech, University of Southern California
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