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Business People - July 22
Hagerstown-Washington County Economic Development Commission During its recent annual meeting, the Hagerstown-Washington County Economic Development Commission elected new officers to lead the board of directors. The following members were selected...Tags: The Pennsylvania State University, Health and Medical Professionals, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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Police briefs - Dec. 26
Male attacked with knife at Pa. Walmart CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania State Police were looking for the person who assaulted a male Friday with a knife in the Walmart parking lot on Lincoln Way East in Chambersburg, Pa. An unknown person...Tags: Cocaine, York County (Pennsylvania), Prosecution, Drug Trafficking, Prosecution
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A cradle of slavery on the York
When English colonists began settling on the south bank of the York River in the 1630s, enslaved black labor was the exception rather than the rule. African field hands and house servants were not only prohibitively expensive but notoriously hard to...
Tags: Slavery, Lightfoot (James City, Virginia), York (York, Pennsylvania), Hampton Roads, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
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Virginia slavery took root in the rich soil of the York
Old Point Comfort and Jamestown may have the distinction of being the first places associated with the arrival of Virginia's first Africans in 1619. But it wasn't until decades later that slavery really took off -- and when it did it was the south...
Tags: Yorktown (York, Virginia), Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Arts and Culture, Slavery, York (York, Pennsylvania)
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A divided York School Board approves $1.74 million in budget cuts
YORK — A divided York County School Board voted 3 to 2 Wednesday to approve $1.74 million in budget reductions that cut six teaching positions and switched the school division to cheaper health insurance. "No matter what the decision is tonight,...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Career and Workplace, Health Insurance, York (York, Pennsylvania), Labor Legislation
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Annual sales tax holiday on hurricane supplies begins Saturday, May 25
Daily PressThe annual sales tax holiday on hurricane preparedness supplies will take place Saturday, May 25 to Friday, May 31. During this seven-day period, purchases of hurricane preparedness items, including portable generators, will be exempt from the...Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Hurricanes, York (York, Pennsylvania), Hampton Roads, FEMA
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York School Board to vote on budget cuts
YORK — The York County School Board during a work session on Wednesday will revisit plans to cut $1.74 million from its 2014 budget of $124 million. The board is cutting its spending plan after the York County Board of Supervisors decided to...Tags: Yorktown (York, Virginia), Health Insurance, Health and Safety at Work, York (York, Pennsylvania), Government Debt
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York supervisors approve enterprise zone proposal
YORK — A proposal for an application for a regional enterprise zone including York County, James City County and Williamsburg was met with a positive response from the York County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday when the board unanimously gave its...Tags: James City County, York (York, Pennsylvania), Hampton Roads, Business
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York seeks regional enterprise zone
Daily PressWith the downsizing of the Dominion Yorktown power station looming and the closure of the Yorktown refinery and Altria tobacco plant a few years ago, York County officials are pursuing a state enterprise zone designation to help attract more businesses to...Tags: Yorktown (York, Virginia), James City County, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Realty, York (York, Pennsylvania)
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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: Trips and Vacations, Sales, Ralph Lauren, Services and Shopping, York (York, Pennsylvania)
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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, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Phoebus (Hampton, Virginia), York (York, Pennsylvania)
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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: Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), York (York, Pennsylvania), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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