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Middletown Exhibit Honors Civil War-Era Soldiers, Families
The Hartford CourantDavid Canfield was a Middletown marble carver who left home and family to enlist with the 14th Connecticut Volunteers in July 1862. In December, the Union soldier was shot dead while carrying a wounded comrade during the Battle of Fredericksburg....Tags: Monuments and Heritage Sites, Government, National Government, Family, Photography
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Head to Richmond to hear some mean blues
A blues reunion is set to rock Richmond tonight. Who's got the blues? A reconstituted version of The Blues Cats, local favorites Buddy Parker Band and the Newport News-based Freeborn Band. All three will lay down the low-down grooves at Alley Katz, a...Tags: Music Industry, Miles Davis, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Music, Prince
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This route might save you time if you're heading to Richmond on I-95
Avoiding the purgatory that is Interstate 95 on a holiday weekend is not all that difficult if you're heading from Baltimore to the Northeast. Pennsylvania offers a wide choice of routes to scoot to the west of Philadelphia and invade New Jersey. Going...Tags: Florida, Trips and Vacations, Upper Marlboro, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Maryland
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Heavy-duty rig causes heavy-duty damage
Drivers who use Silo Hill Road bridge in Plumstead Township must look for an alternate route. Bucks County officials said the bridge was closed Tuesday after a tractor-trailer that weighed five times the limit, damaged the bridge. In a news release, the...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Vehicles, Boyertown
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McCain campaign makes impression on York educator
247-4644— Denise Spencer's only disappointment about taking a leave of absence from her job to follow John McCain's presidential campaign was the outcome of the election. Spencer felt so strongly about national politics after doing some reading about...Tags: Christopher Newport University, John McCain, Republican Party, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Sarah Palin
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Lawmakers to examine state's $2.5B fiscal crisis
804-225-7345Roanoke and Fredericksburg can be lovely this time of year, but state lawmakers who go there this week will not enjoy their view. The cities will host state budget retreats, offering an up-close look at a $2.5 billion fiscal crisis that has cost jobs and...Tags: Thomas K. Norment Jr., Local Elections, Laws, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Regional Authority
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Stop and Shop
Special to The Baltimore SunHoliday shopping can feel like an expensive chore, robbing you of precious weekends. Or it can feel like a present to yourself. We've investigated three destinations, within a few hours drive, where you can get all of your holiday shopping done in a...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Toy Industry, Getaway Travel, LEGO Group, Starbucks Corporation
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high schools
Girls volleyball VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ALL-STATE TEAM Division I Flint Hill — Christie Fellows (player of the year), Chelsea Overholt and Marilyn Peizer. Fredericksburg Christian — Lindsay Swan. Liberty Christian — Arianna...Tags: Southampton (Southampton, New York), Sam Johnson, James Monroe, Greenbrier, Virginia
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Monday's agenda
REPUBLICANS •Sen. John McCain will be in Cleveland and Dayton, Ohio; and Allentown and Pottsville, Pa. •Gov. Sarah Palin will be in Leesburg, Fredericksburg and Salem, Va. DEMOCRATS •Sen. Barack Obama will be in Canton, Ohio; and...Tags: Sarah Palin, National Government, Barack Obama, John McCain, Leesburg
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On the move, on the rise
The young Obama was idealistic and driven. As the first black president of Harvard Law School's prestigious law journal, he attracted a flood of publicity and job offers. Returning to Chicago after graduation, he wrote his first book, "Dreams From My...Tags: Upper House, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, History, Parliament
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Chief of Ghana town visits Va. slave burial ground
Associated Press WriterA tribal chief of a town in southern Ghana traveled to Richmond to perform a ritual ceremony to recognize the pain suffered by enslaved Africans who were buried in a forgotten, centuries-old cemetery. Chief Kundumuah IV (pronounced kun-doo-MOO'-uh)...Tags: Slavery, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Road Transportation, Transportation, Minority Groups
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How about a little Zena-Joy for Malia, Sasha?
Dear President-elect Obama, Admit it: By now you're wishing you'd never promised the girls that puppy. Then bringing it up in your acceptance speech last week only made us all feel we have a stake in the matter. You've unleashed lively debate —...Tags: National Government, Armed Forces, Defense, Government, Landover
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