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Gloucester County in Virginia
Gloucester County in Virginia
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Gas gauge
Some of the lowest prices that drivers reported Tuesday to virginiabeachgasprices.com: • $2.89, Shell, 12228 George Washington Memorial Highway, Gloucester • $3.09, Sunoco, 13195 Jefferson Ave., Newport News • $3.14, Sunrise Food Mart, 4854 Longhill...Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Carrollton, Transportation, Williamsburg
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Historically delicious
757-247-4952In the beginning, chocolate was a bitter and mostly cold drink — and it stayed that way for some 2,500 years. It took a sweet-toothed Spanish conquistador to add sugar to the traditional Aztec beverage sometime in the early 1500s. Another 125...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Beverage Industry, Forests, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Forestry and Timber
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Local man helps TV chef make oyster dressing
247-4784Gloucester oyster farmer Tommy Leggett, who raises commercial oysters on the York River and also works with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's oyster restoration program, will be featured in the "Emeril green" Thanksgiving TV special on the Planet Green...Tags: Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Marine Science, Public Holidays, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Whole Foods Market
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Re-regulation
I am disturbed by the continuing call for increased deregulation that has been a plank of the Republican Party for many years now. This great experiment in government we call the United States of America is built at its heart on a very simple...Tags: Litigation and Regulation, Mortgages, Gloucester Point, Government, United States of America
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More thoughts on those pesky assessments
Who's on Team Gloucester?DP reporter Jon Cawley reports there was a wide ranging view at Tuesday night's town hall meeting of the current status of the county's property assessments. The meeting was held by Gloucester supervisors to update residents on the effort. Cawley reports:... -
Upward, Middlesex
As a 2007 Middlesex High School graduate, I believe Middlesex County Public Schools needs to establish an Upward Bound program. This program, well established in the schools in many counties, such as Lancaster and Gloucester, will offer students a...Tags: Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia), Colleges and Universities
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Va. Beach man arrested for online contact with 'girl'
247-4635A 53-year-old Virginia Beach construction worker was arrested Friday on allegations that he came to Gloucester County after chatting on the Internet with what he thought was an under-aged girl, but who turned out to be an undercover investigator....Tags: Gloucester County
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Today is deadline for voter registration
Daily PressThe deadline for Virginia residents to register to vote in the Nov. 4 general election is at the end of the day toady. To download a registration form, go online to the State Board of Elections site. For complete information about voting, registration,...Tags: Gloucester County, Charles City (Charles City, Virginia), Isle of Wight County, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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New prosecutor in place for recall petitions case
247-4635It took some doing, but a replacement prosecutor is in place to try the civil court cases of four Gloucester County Supervisors facing a citizen effort to have them ousted from office. Substitute Circuit Court Judge Westbrook J. Parker appointed John T....Tags: Gloucester County, Juvenile Delinquency, Court Administration, Trials, Southampton
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Windmills offshore
Windmills would certainly be a more reliable and ecologically friendly way than oil rigs to harness energy off the Virginia coast. It would be less of a disaster if ships or storms damaged those than an oil rig with the promise of oil spills along our...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Disasters, Water Pollution, Environmental Pollution
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Youth Commission recruiting members
The Gloucester County Youth Commission is taking applications for members to serve on the 2008-09 commission from October to June. Those who are ages 13 to 18, reside in Gloucester County and are enrolled in school are eligible. The commission...Tags: Local Authority, People, Teen-agers
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When J.P. Morgan saved the banks
The Virginia GazetteWILLIAMSBURG -- When Wall Street bankers were panicking in October 1907, J. Pierpont Morgan was in Williamsburg assuming the risk of riding a rickety wagon through town. The story has relevance today. Morgan is remembered for rescuing the nation’s...Tags: Washington Post Company, Theodore Roosevelt, Huntington, Christianity, Stock Activities
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