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Walter M. Baker, state senator
Former state Sen. Walter M. Baker, who had served in the legislature representing the upper Eastern Shore for more than two decades and also had been a Cecil County attorney, died Tuesday of complications from diabetes at Christiana Hospital in Delaware....Tags: American Legion, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), College Sports, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Queen Anne (Prince George's, Maryland)
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Hampton Roads makes for sensible destination in Va.
Hartford CourantPORTSMOUTH, Va. -- Possibly the Hampton Roads area hasn't heard there's a bad economy going on, that we need to be thrifty and not squander our resources. Instead, this happily cluttered corner of Virginia luxuriantly overflows with fascinating places,...Tags: Nature, Shipbuilding, Douglas MacArthur, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Music Theater
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May 18 Letters: Comp time, online taxes, federal spending, energy conservation
Progressive influence I find it amusing to read letters to the editor where people are bound to one party and all it stands for and the vitriol that spews from their pens. Blind allegiance to either party — given both of their track records —...Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), International Energy, Conservation, Government Health Care, Energy Saving
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Breathing new life into old Gloucester country store
The first time John Warren walked into the old Pointer Brothers store in the Guinea section of Gloucester, he felt like he'd stumbled into something special. Though the original sales and display area on the first floor had been cut up by a maze of...
Tags: Guinea
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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: Tea Party Movement, Elections, U.S. Congress, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Phoebus (Hampton, Virginia)
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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: Phoebus (Hampton, Virginia), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Housing and Urban Planning, Interior Policy
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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: James City County, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Physiology, Agricultural Research and Technology, Animals
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The annual VIMS Marine Science Day is Saturday
The annual Virginia Institute of Marine Science "Marine Science Day" will be held Saturday at the Gloucester Point campus from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The open house features exhibits, a parade, children's activities, seining on the York River, lab tours,...Tags: Festive Events, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Agricultural Research and Technology, Marine Science, Agriculture
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May 3 Letters: McDonnell inquiry
Governor Bob McDonnell claims that CEO of Star Scientific Inc. Jonnie R. Willliams, Sr. to date has contributed more than $130,000. To his family, his campaign, and who knows what else, yet Mr. Williams did not expect anything at all for his "gifts." What...Tags: Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Ken Cuccinelli, Government, Star Scientific Incorporated
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Oyster farming down to a science
On the scenic shores of Mobjack Bay in Gloucester County, oysters are being farmed by the millions. John Vigliotta owns one of the largest caged-oyster companies in the state, taking oysters from microscopic eggs to 3-inch cage-grown market beauties...
Tags: Customs and Tradition, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Restaurant and Catering Industry, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, James River
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Gloucester weekly crime log and arrest report
In the 14800 block of George Washington Memorial Highway Deputies received a report on April 4 from the 7-Eleven in Glenns in which a clerk saw a male remove two cans of Colt 45 beer and leave the store. Jerrod Max Palmer, 18, of Pine Crest Drive in...Tags: Highway Transportation, Vandalism, Police Arrests, Prosecution, Theft
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Climate change could hike pollen counts, allergy rates
An unusually cool March has kept seasonal allergy sufferers in Hampton Roads indoors, out of the line of fire of springtime pollen — and breathing easier because of it. But the word from climate scientists and allergists is to enjoy it while it...
Tags: Research, Hampton Roads Weather, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Conservation
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