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Tween stars kick off concert series

From Busch Gardens — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:38:00 EDT

JAMES CITY - Two acts with teen appeal will kick off Busch Gardens Live concert series this weekend.

Williamsburg Symphonia, Youth Orchestras hold joint concert

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:53:00 EDT

WILLIAMSBURG - In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, the Williamsburg Symphonia and Williamsburg Youth Orchestras presented a concert May 4 at Phi Beta Kappa Hall that featured the combined orchestras presenting Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Italien.

Strawberries are in late, local farmers say

By Nicole Paitsel , npaitsel@dailypress.com | 757-247-4737 — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:22:00 EDT

Strawberry blooms are turning into berries a bit late this year, local farmers say.

Yorktown's Civil War history commemorated May 25-27

Tue, 14 May 2013 07:09:00 EDT

YORKTOWN – Colonial National Historical Park will commemorate Yorktown's Civil War history during Memorial Day weekend, May 25-27. Special activities at the park’s Yorktown Battlefield unit include troop encampments, military and surgical demonstrations, and a wreath laying ceremony at the Yorktown National Cemetery.

York River may yield 1781 shipwreck

By Mark St. John Erickson , merickson@dailypress.com | 757-247-4783 — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:47:00 EDT

Shifting currents have revealed a 10th ship from the Revolution

Two of the nation's foremost underwater archaeologists began work in the river off Yorktown Beach Wednesday morning, surveying the previously undetected wreck of a ship that may have been scuttled by the British during the Revolution.

Weight loss camp at W&M designed for girls 11-18

By Ann Efimetz, aefimetz@vagazette.com — Mon, 6 May 2013 13:21:00 EDT

Summer weight loss camp at W&M

The problem of childhood obesity in the U.S. is not going away.

Prosperity moved to Richmond with capital

By Steve Vaughan, svaughan@vagazette.com — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:23:00 EDT

Relocation to Richmond sent Williamsburg into decline

WILLIAMSBURG – When the capital of Virginia moved from Williamsburg to Richmond in 1780 during the Revolutionary War, prosperity went with it.

At Colonial Williamsburg, history does not repeat itself

By Andrea Sachs — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:37:00 EDT

Williamsburg liberated, then shelled

By Mark St. John Erickson , merickson@dailypress.com | 757-247-4783 — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT

Not long before dawn on April 11, 1863, the first elements of Wise's Legion began pushing up the streets of Williamsburg, sweeping out the smattering of Union defenders in a raid designed to sow confusion during the main Confederate attack on Suffolk.

Cheap romance: Celebrate Valentine's Day the frugal way

By Nicole Paitsel, npaitsel@dailypress.com | 757-247-4737 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:43:00 EST

Sweethearts won't up the ante this year by way of Valentine's Day gifts, according to a report by the National Retail Federation.