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  MSN Encarta - Search Results - Hampton (Virginia)
Hampton, independent city in southeastern Virginia, a port on the waterway Hampton Roads opposite Norfolk.
Hampton University, private, coeducational institution in Hampton, Virginia.
Virginia’s oldest institution of higher education, and the second oldest in the United States, is the College of William and Mary, founded in 1693 in...
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 Hampton Roads on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Port of Hampton Roads, established in 1926 under the State Port Authority of Virginia, is one of the busiest U.S. seaports.
Hampton Roads has long been important to the U.S. navy; Norfolk is headquarters for the Atlantic Fleet.
Hampton Roads was the site of the Civil War battle (Mar., 1862) between the ironclads Monitor and Merrimack.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/H/HamptonR1.asp   (543 words)

  
 Hampton Roads Virginia - Hampton Roads real estate and hotels
The Hampton Roads real estate market is hot, and there are several new developments to choose from.
Hampton Roads has a variety of hotels for vacations or business.
The Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront is the new standard for luxury on the boardwalk.
www.hamptonroadsvisitor.com   (183 words)

  
 Hampton Roads Virginia Real Estate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Tobacco, Virginia's traditional staple, is still the leading crop, and grains, corn, soybeans, peanuts, sweet potatoes, cotton, and apples (especially in the Shenandoah Valley) are all important.
Roanoke is a center for the rail transport equipment industry, and a high proportion of the nation's shipyards are concentrated at Hampton Roads, especially in Newport News.
N Virginia has become the home of one of the largest concentrations of computer communications firms in the U.S. Other leading industries include tourism and the manufacture of chemicals, electrical equipment, and food, textile, and paper products.
www.hamptonroads4sell.com /About_Virginia/page_884593.html   (382 words)

  
 HAMPTON ROADS, Virginia, Opinion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
But there is, in my view, a theme that unites them, as it does other high-profile Virginia death-penalty cases, including that of the ``Martinsville Seven,'' a group of fl men executed in February 1951 for the rape of a 32-year-old white woman in that city.
And it emerged again a few weeks ago in the unquestioned acceptance by Virginia officials of a federal report showing that every single person recommended for the federal death penalty out of the eastern district of Virginia in the past five years has been fl or Hispanic.
The Virginia rule setting time limits on introduction of new evidence after a verdict has been rendered -- even evidence of innocence -- is the nation's strictest.
www.truthinjustice.org /vaway.html   (1464 words)

  
 HAMPTON ROADS, Virginia, News
Virginia Wesleyan's scores were generally lower than those of other mid-Atlantic private colleges.
At Virginia Wesleyan, which has 1,400 students, results were mixed: More than half the freshmen said they never came to class unprepared, much better than the average for regional private colleges.
These are the 11 Virginia colleges and universities that participated in the National Survey of Student Engagement.
www.indiana.edu /~nsse/articles/vapilot_1123.htm   (964 words)

  
 HAMPTON ROADS, Virginia, News
That same year, the Virginia Beach Rescue Squad had $400,000 in revenue and $1.1 million in the bank.
In addition, the Virginia Beach Rescue Squad is the only city rescue squad to benefit from the Virginia Beach Rescue Squad Foundation Inc., a nonprofit philanthropic group set up more than a decade ago by a local businessman.
The Virginia Beach squad also borrowed $420,000 in a no-interest loan from the city to buy a new crash truck, a vehicle used to respond to vehicle extrications and disasters.
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 "Virginia- Hampton Roads, with anchorage chart" - MAPS
This restricted coastal survey was made in Washington D.C. in December of 1944 by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic department.
Hampton Roads in Virginia is illustrated on this map, the vessels permitted to anchor in specific areas are identified.
Details include the names of important cities and towns, major buildings on the coast, railroads, depth readings, prohibited and restricted areas where appropriate, some topography lines, cable areas, and red sectors.
www.mapsandprints.com /details.cfm?&type=maps&auto_key=1150129   (216 words)

  
 USO of Hampton Roads Homepage
USO of Hampton Roads Affiliate Location Director Mary Moyer along with volunteers and staff from the USO of Georgia took the USOHR mobile canteen to the Coast Guard's Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Alabama, one of the major military forward support bases for the hurricane relief effort.
Over the years, Larry's support of the USO of Hampton Road is the kind that can't be measured in dollars or statistics, but is essential and deeply appreciated.
The USO of Hampton Roads and Kings Dominion put on this program for children of service members who are chronically or terminally ill so the whole family can go out together and have a fun filled day.
www.usohr.com   (1524 words)

  
 Hampton Roads Emergency Management Committee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Hampton Roads Planning District Commission, in cooperation with the cities and counties of Hampton Roads.
The intent is to increase emergency awareness and preparedness throughout the region.
WHRO Center for Public Telecommunications, in partnership with the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission.
www.hremc.org   (101 words)

  
 Hampton Roads Virginia Realtors Brenda Gervais
Virginia Commonwealth Realty has been proud to offer our Hampton Roads, Virginia clients and customers the best in Professional Real Estate Services for over 25 years.
Virginia Commonwealth Realty and real estate agent Brenda Gervais primarily services the following Virginia Peninsula cities of Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, York County, Williamsburg, and James City County as well as the Hampton Roads / Tidewater cities of Suffolk, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Smithfield, and Isle of Wight.
We are also licensed to transact on any property within the State of Virginia.
www.allvahomes.com   (283 words)

  
 United States Army Signal Corps, Hampton Roads, Virginia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Virginia's vast Hampton Roads area became a crucial base during World War II.
On 15 June 1942, the army officially activated the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, under the command of the army's Transportation Corps, with its headquarters in Newport News.
Hampton Roads saw even more arrivals: 915,116 people, including the wounded and even prisoners of war.
www.lva.lib.va.us /whoweare/exhibits/treasures/arts/art-m12.htm   (215 words)

  
 Virginia's Hampton Roads Sprawls (phillyBurbs.com) | National   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
He embraces the 65-minute drive to Virginia Beach, Va., since it allows him to live on 10 affordable acres in Currituck County, at the intersection of a paved two-lane road and private gravel drive.
Both counties border Virginia and are fed by highways that run south from Hampton Roads, also known as Tidewater.
The average price of single-family homes in the Hampton Roads region has risen with the new demand; at the end of 2003 was $257,258, according to Residential Databank, a Virginia Beach company that tracks homebuying trends.
www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/1-05072004-296138.html   (674 words)

  
 Cultural Alliance of Greater Hampton Roads, Virginia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Its primary purposes is to enrich the lives of participating children through the study and performance of the world's great choral literature.
Children's songs and musical games, multicultural folk songs, classical music of the great composers and newly commissioned works are the materials used to increase children's sensitivity to the art in music and to provide cultural enrichment for the singer and the community.
VCC singers perform throughout Hampton Roads as well as with The Virginia Symphony, the Virginia Stage Company and The Cantata Chorus.
www.culturalalliance.org /memberdetail.cfm?orgid=63   (161 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Hampton Roads, Virginia (VA) - (harbor) - Facts and Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Hampton Roads, harbor, SE Va., in James R. estuary at its entrance to Chesapeake Bay, East Elizabeth R. estuary enters from S, Willoughby Bay on S, just within entrance; 4 mi/6.4 km long and 40 ft/12 m deep.
Hampton Roads has long been important to the U.S. Navy; Norfolk is hq.
Hampton Roads was the site of the Civil War battle (March 1862) bet.
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 Buyer Agents in Hampton Roads VA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Serving the Hampton Roads, VA areas of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Smithfield, Hampton, Newport News, York County, Poquoson, and Williamsburg, VA. Also licensed in North Carolina.
Real Estate Agents serving the Hampton Roads, VA areas of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Hampton, Newport News, York County, Poquoson, Gloucester and Williamsburg, VA. as Buyer Agents.
At Buyer's Broker of Hampton Roads, each real estate agent is uniquely qualified to help you find the real estate in Hampton Roads, Va areas including Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Hampton, Newport News, York County, Poquoson, Gloucester and Williamsburg, Va that you want.
www.finduhome.com   (391 words)

  
 Hampton Roads, Virginia Security Guard Company - Top Guard Security Services
Top Guard Security is Hampton Roads leading security guard service provider offering unarmed and armed security officers and mobile patrol services to industrial and manufacturing facilities, commercial properties, local and federal governments, residential communities and retail establishments.
Top Guard is Hampton Roads, Virginia's largest privately-owned security firm and the second largest woman-owned firm in the region.
Top Guard Security services the entire Hampton Roads - Tidewater Virginia region encompassing the cities of Hampton, Newport News, Williamsburg, Poquoson, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Isle of Wight, Smithfield, and York, James City and Gloucester Counties.
www.topguardinc.com   (422 words)

  
 HRAdventure > Hampton Roads Adventure Racing Virginia
Hampton Roads Adventure is a volunteer organization dedicated to bringing affordable and accessible adventure racing to south-eastern Virginia.
New Balance of Virginia Beach is a consistent contributor to race and raffle prizes and has been very generous in their support of HRAdventure
You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to."" agentjade J.R.R. Tolkien quotes (English Writer and Author of richly inventive epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings, 1892-1973) Without adventure civilization is in full decay.
www.hradventure.com   (924 words)

  
 Hampton Roads Emergency Management Committee Hurricane Preparedness, Southeast Virginia, Hurricane Safety & ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Hampton Roads, like other communities, is subject to the effects of major emergencies and disasters derived from natural, man-made or technological causes.
It is possible for a hurricane to strike Hampton Roads, threatening lives and property.
Hampton Roads communities and residents must be prepared to respond to the threat of major emergencies and disasters.
www.hremc.org /hurrican.htm   (5421 words)

  
 Full Circle AIDS Hospice Support | Hampton Roads, Virginia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In Hampton Roads, people with AIDS get that support from the dedicated volunteers and healthcare professionals who work with Full Circle.
Whether it’s providing emergency housing assistance, distributing the 20,000 meals donated annually, ensuring that clients have access to quality medical care, or simply spending time reading to a client, we are here so that no one with AIDS has to handle it alone.
AIDS Hospice Support was founded in 1991 to support women and men in Hampton Roads with AIDS who have no one to turn to, no one to take care of them.
www.fullcircleaids.com   (151 words)

  
 Hampton Roads Virginia Crime Prevention
Hampton Roads Virginia is a pleasant place to live but just like any large community, crime can have an affect on our quality of life.
Crime prevention in Hampton Roads Virginia requires education, awareness and involvement - our Hampton Roads police are only part of the equation in fighting and preventing crime, and arresting Hampton Roads criminals, scammers, and most wanted.
The purpose of Hampton Roads Virginia Crime Prevention is to put criminals behind bars, improve our quality of life in Hampton Roads and assist the different area police agencies in making their sometimes difficult job easier.
www.hamptonroads-crime.org   (728 words)

  
 Visit Hampton Roads Virginia: Hampton Roads / History & Heritage
Or visit the Emancipation Oak where President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was first read to Hampton residents.
Many of the sites are listed in the free Hampton Visitors Guide magazine, available at the Hampton Visitor Center.
Visit Hampton Roads is a cooperative venture of the Virginia Tourism Corporation and the Hampton Roads Partnership
www.visithamptonroads.com /site/content.asp?MGrp=1&MCat=2   (386 words)

  
 Virginia Beach, VA - pictures, attractions, links, visitor info, wallpaper & screensavers.
Virginia Beach, VA - pictures, attractions, links, visitor info, wallpaper & screensavers.
The City of Virginia Beach recently completed construction of the new City Seal on Mount Trashmore.
While we do encourage our viewers to use our pictures as desktop wallpaper on personal and work computers, if you are interested in using any of the images on this site, in any public way, please contact us to make the necessary arrangements.
www.beachscreens.com   (105 words)

  
 101.3 2WD
Hampton Roads - You are helping the hundreds of thousands of people affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Young professionals and singles in Hampton Roads mix it up at Virginia Opera's Operatini Night with live music, food and your favorite beverages.
When Severe Weather threatens Hampton Roads make sure you stay tuned to 101.3 2WD before, during and after the storm for up to the minute information.
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 Hampton Roads Virginia and More
This is Hampton Roads and more than you ever dreamed you would want to know about it, and if you would like, you may refer to it as The Tidewater Area; just please don't refer to it as that fabled city that the Sailors "lovingly" called it during the Big Conflict of WWII.
No self-respecting Hampton Roads web page could ever be complete without our own Virginian-Pilot, the premier newspaper of the area, the state, and the country.......Thanks for the Internet edition too, Virginian-Pilot..And thanks for Dilbert..And thanks for The Archives..And thanks for the Navy Capitol's only authorized newspaper The Flagship
National Weather Service Office, Wakefield, VA The National Weather Service office in Wakefield, Virginia, is located on Route 460, one mile west of the town of Wakefield in Sussex County.
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