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Hampton's Blackbeard Pirate Festival offers visitors music, food and entertainment,including a re-creation of Blackbeard's last fight on the Hampton River.
Hampton's Blackbeard Pirate Festival offers visitors music, food and entertainment,including a re-creation of Blackbeard's last fight on the Hampton River.
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Work begins on downtown bank
HAMPTON – Since first announcing plans in spring 2010 to build its new headquarters at East Queen and Wine streets, Old Point National Bank has helped archaeologists dig into downtown's 400-year history. Upward progress, however, has been slow...Tags: Arts and Culture, Phoebus (Hampton, Virginia), Archaeology
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Toby's Dream grants wishes to children in Hampton Roads
"Whatever their dream is, we try to make it happen," says Joan Steele, executive director of the 2-year-old nonprofit Toby's Dream Foundation. The wish-granting foundation has already fulfilled dreams for 70 children with chronic medical conditions and...Tags: Symptoms, Human Body, Health Treatments, Emergency Health Procedures, Lymphatic System
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Don't miss the boat on Hampton Roads festivals this spring
Scurry up into the metaphorical crow's nest and train your eyes on the calendar's horizon. You'll spot a fleet of festivals heading straight for Hampton Roads.
Spring is when outdoor parties start popping — right along with the flowers. This...Tags: Hampton Jazz Festival, GEICO, Natural Resources, Al Pacino, Virginia Arts Festival
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So ye want to talk like a pirate, eh? A Daily Press guide to plank-walking-good pirate vocabulary
Daily PressIf you're ready for celebrating Hampton-style with this weekend's Blackbeard Festival that also means that you'll be speaking pirate-like, eh? Just in case it's been awhile since your timbers shivered, we've compiled a guide to pirate-speak. Here are the...Tags: The Monkees (music group), Seinfeld (tv program), Davy Jones, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Pickles
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Big events for June
At long last, summer is about to arrive — at least in name — and with it a bumper crop of outdoor festivities, from a pirate fest in Virginia to a watermelon-seed-spitting soiree in Texas. For more fun in the sun there's Coney Island's wacky...Tags: Personal Service, FIFA World Cup, Cadiz Incorporated, Marcia Ball, Arts and Culture
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Hampton continues celebrating its 400 year anniversary with Blackbeard Pirate Festival
WTKR-TV3The city of Hampton continues celebrating its 400 year anniversary this weekend with the Blackbeard Pirate Festival. The festival runs throughout the weekend and includes a variety of children's activities, vendors, arts and crafts, live music by 'Fins,'...Tags: Ceremonies, Society, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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Hampton dig uncovers 18th-century structure
Archaeologists probing the site of the future Old Point Bank headquarters in downtown Hampton have unearthed a 1700s foundation that may be linked to one of the 400-year-old city's most famous families.
Discovered about 3 feet below the surface after a...Tags: Family, Heavy Engineering, James Barron, Arts and Culture, Property
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Old Hampton dig turns up growing evidence of lost landscape
Archaeologists exploring the site of the future Old Point Bank headquarters have uncovered evidence of two early wells, a cellar and an outbuilding that appear to be linked to the previously unearthed brick foundation of a mid-1700s dwelling....Tags: Crimes, History, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, Building Material
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The biggest and best festivals: Slurp an oyster, talk like a pirate, celebrate diversity, relax to music, support a local artist.
Slurp an oyster, talk like a pirate, celebrate diversity, relax to music, support a local artist. JUNE Norfolk Harborfest. June 11-13. One of the region's largest festivals. National and local music acts, Parade of Sail, food and crafts. Town Point...Tags: Hampton Jazz Festival, Hampton Coliseum, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Pork, Peanut and Pine Festival, Lanexa
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Summer season is chock full of festivals
Daily PressHardly a summer weekend goes by without a festival to celebrate in Hampton Roads. Here's a look at this season's lineup. APRIL Cruisin' Virginia Beach Auto & Motorcycle Super Show. 10 a.m. April 26. Virginia Beach Oceanfront. 425-3111. Crabtown Seafest...Tags: Hampton Jazz Festival, Neptune Festival, Hampton Coliseum, Popular Music (genre), Latin Music (genre)
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Living history is specialty of Hampton interpreters
Some people study history, and some people live it. Longtime Hampton residents Richard Askew and T.J. Savage are historic interpreters who travel around the Peninsula, providing personal history lessons. Askew presents his portrayals at the Hampton...Tags: Government, Society, John Murray, Arts and Culture, Education
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