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The Northampton Civic League will hold a meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Northampton Community Center, 1435-A Todds Lane, Hampton. There will be a potluck dinner and the election of 2009 officers. Visit www.nhcl.hamptonva.net for more information or call...

If you're looking for a gift that keeps on giving, try doing what Patti Jo Anderson has done every Christmas for about 20 years. She gives her nieces, nephews and — beginning soon — her two nearly grown-up daughters gift memberships for the...

A NASA Langley Research Center engineer who worked on the Mars Phoenix Lander mission will discuss the mission tonight at the Virginia Air & Space Center in Hampton. Prasun Desai, who led Langley's effort to guide Phoenix to the first successful...

The Hampton Clean City Commission School Pride in Action Committee is inviting all Hampton students — public, private and home schooled — to participate in this year's Remarkable Trees Environmental Arts Contest for grades K-12. Judging will...

In order of rank: $1 million for Newmarket Creek property $705,000 for E911 telephone system equipment $1.5 million to resurface part of Mercury Boulevard $1 million for street resurfacing projects citywide $500,000 for a new breakwater at Buckroe...

Once a year, it happens. Your child's birthday comes and suddenly, it's up to you to plan a special day that will make your little one feel like royalty. But wait — you're still finding pieces of candy in the grass from last year's piñata? Can't...

Stay: A place like the Embassy Suites includes a day spa — Spa Botanica. The Magnolia House is a bed and breakfast in downtown Hampton, originally built in 1889. It's gone from family home to apartment house to restaurant before it was opened up as...

STORY TIMES 11 a.m. Fridays, July 11, 18, 25 and Aug. 1 Bluebird Gap Farm, Pine Chapel Road, Hampton Experience the art of storytelling through magic, music, puppetry and prose. Come early and bring a picnic basket or stay after to greet the animals...

Whether you're after a few minutes on a carousel, a couple hours with a bowling ball or all day at a theme park, Hampton Roads has an attraction for you. Here are some of them. American Rover. Sightseeing and party cruises on a tall ship. Waterside in...

Silver screen scene Whether you're looking for a mainstream cineplex, an upscale art house, or a distinctive dinner-and-a-movie experience, Hampton Roads has just the ticket. Multiplexes are in cities ranging from Hampton to Williamsburg, and the Cinema...

With the release of the newest Harry Potter movie on Wednesday and the anticipation for the final book building steadily, Potter events are cropping up everywhere. Here are a few events to help you get into the Potter mindset: 10 a.m. July 12....

It's late at night, and the Hampton Carousel is quiet. The music is turned off, the doors are shut, and the horses closed away. The mix of interior lighting and moonlight gives the carousel the appearance of the crystal carousel that sat on grandma's...