Norton (Norton, Virginia)

Latest Confirmed Casualties and Missing Persons in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.

2001-09-15 19:57:00

The following is a list of confirmed dead as of Monday. List compiled from sources including Pentagon websites, New York Coroner's Office, and Times wire services, by Times researchers Cary Schneider and Kent Coloma and Times staff writer Myrna Oliver....

Ragdale opens doors to artists, its art to public

2013-06-14 09:32:00

Novelist Lise Haines is scheduled to arrive at O'Hare this afternoon. She will then spend the night with relatives, and Monday will make her way to north suburban Lake Forest and a place called Ragdale and begin a creative adventure. Haines is a child...

Running: Husband and wife bring their kids along for first 5K race at Run for the Brass

2013-06-09 04:52:00

They haven’t been running all that long themselves, but it took Shannon and Billy James of Georgetown almost no time at all to get their kids to follow in their footsteps. And that’s what brought them to Danville on Saturday morning. The...

Legislators say port lobbying work violated spirit of state law

2013-06-09 00:00:00

A current and a former state lawmaker said the Virginia Port Authority's decade-long federal lobbying activity runs afoul of a 1994 bill barring agencies in the commonwealth from hiring lobbyists. The law states employing an outside lobbyist "by an...

Harford County seniors graduate, ready for the next step

2013-06-04 00:00:00

They've waited 13 years for this day to finally come – Graduation Day. For the hundreds of members of the Class of 2013 in Harford's public and private schools, it's the end to 13 years of hard work and the beginning of something new, whether it be...

Yorktown woman wins $1 million Virginia Lottery prize

2013-05-22 18:27:00

A Thomas Nelson Community College student from Yorktown won a $1 million prize in a Virginia Lottery game, officials announced Wednesday. Jazlyn Leak won the prize playing the state’s $70 million Payout Spectacular, a Scratcher game where...

First call of "Taps"

2013-04-29 09:27:00

It’s just 24 notes sounded on a bugle — and it lasts only 50 to 60 seconds all told. Yet no piece of music is more widely known in America than the strains of “Taps” — or more deeply felt. When the plaintive call was...

Tony Awards Nominations Tuesday: The Guessing Game

2013-04-29 04:54:00

Now for some fearless predictions in advance of Tuesday's 8:30 a.m. announcement of the Tony Award nominations: Best play: The Nance, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Lucky Guy, The Assembled Parties,� Best revival of a play: The Trip to...

Obituary: Patricia Kay Shuler

2013-04-05 08:17:00

Patricia Kay Shuler NORTON, Va. — Patricia Kay Shuler, 63, died Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville, Ky.� Born in the Dorchester community of Wise County, Va., Kay was a daughter of the late Paul and...

Blue Ridge PBS to shut down two transmitters, eliminating access to programming in some areas

2013-03-28 09:42:00

Blue Ridge PBS is shutting down two transmitters that carry the station's over-the-air digital signal to parts of Southwest Virginia and Tennessee. Media outlets report that the transmitters in Norton and Marion will be shut down sometime before June...

William L. Hanna

2013-02-19 14:52:00

William L. Hanna of Damariscotta, ME, formerly of Foxboro, MA, passed away February 9, 2013, at the age of 91. He was predeceased by his wife of 70 years, Anita. He is survived by his brother, James, of Huntington Beach, CA, and his family; sons,...

Alpha idles two Virginia mines, lays off about 80 workers

2013-02-13 14:12:00

Two Alpha Natural Resources mines in Virginia have been idled as part of cutbacks announced last fall. Alpha spokesman Ted Pile tells media outlets that the company idled its Red Onion surface mine near Pound and Bluff Spur underground mine near...

Sede Norton, of Poquoson, won $150,000 in a Virginia Lottery game.

2013-05-22 18:33:00

, as well as some unusual varietals from France and Spain. The tasting room has patio seating for 40 and a picnic pavillion features grills so you can fire up a meal.

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