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Williamsburg-James City County schools consider cutting jobs, dropping sports

Daily Press - Feb 21, 2012
By Rusty Carter The Virginia Gazette Besides reducing the base budget by nearly $1 million, the budget that Dr. Steve Constantino will present to the Williamsburg-James City County School Board Tuesday night also recommends cutting more than 50 jobs ...

Go Ape to bring high ropes adventure course to Williamsburg area

Virginia Business Magazine

Virginia Business Magazine - Feb 21, 2012
A Maryland company is bringing its treetop adventure course to the Williamsburg area this spring. Go Ape will open its second US location at Freedom Park in James City County. The high ropes course will be similar to its course at Rock Creek Regional ...

Greenpoint Cyclists Left Out of City's Proposed Bike-Sharing Plan

DNAinfo

DNAinfo - Feb 21, 2012
Williamsburg will discuss locations for its neighborhood kiosks of the citywide Bike Share program. (Department of Transportation) WILLIAMSBURG — The city's new bike-share program is set to offer thousands of wheels at 600 kiosks across Brooklyn and ...

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Williamsburg books

Insiders' Guide to Williamsburg 16th: and Virginia's Historic Triangle

by: Sue Corbett
Insiders' Guide to Williamsburg and Virginia's Historic Triangle is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown. Written by a local (and true insider), this guide offers a personal and practical perspective of the cities and the surrounding environs.
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Brooklyn by Name: How the Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks, Bridges and More Got Their Names

by: Leonard Benardo, Jennifer Weiss

Visit the blog for the book at www.brooklynbyname.com

From Bedford-Stuyvesant to Williamsburg, Brooklyn's historic names are emblems of American culture and history. Uncovering the remarkable stories behind the landmarks, Brooklyn By Name takes readers on a stroll through the streets and places of this thriving metropolis to reveal the borough’s textured past.

Listing more than 500 of Brooklyn’s most prominent place names, organized alphabetically by region, and richly illustrated with photographs and current maps the book captures the diverse threads of American history.
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The Gardens of Colonial Williamsburg

by: M. Kent Brinkley, Gordon W. Chappell, Kent M. Brinkley
The authors present the history of gardening on twenty Colonial Williamsburg sites, focusing on the eighteenth-century gardeners who planted them and the documentary and archaeological research that guided each garden's re-creation. Detailed plans and captivating photographs identify the plantings and show modern gardeners ways to enjoy the beauty of colonial gardens in their own yards
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Weekend Walks in Brooklyn: 22 Self-Guided Walking Tours from Brooklyn Heights to Coney Island

by: Robert J. Regalbuto

Weekend Walks in Brooklyn is an invitation to explore many Brooklyn neighborhoods, from trendy DUMBO to Coney Island, from the Hasidic enclaves of Williamsburg to the scenic Narrows of Bay Ridge, and from Brooklyn Heights promenade to the tree-lined streets of Park Slope.

Each of this book’s twenty-two self-guided walking tours begins near a subway station and features step-by-step directions, a detailed map, as well as factual and fascinating vignettes about points of interest along the way.
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A Day at Colonial Williamsburg

Highlights from filming at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. The film features the story of Virginia's historic triangle of Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown. Together, these three towns form a historical continuity of Sir Raleigh's dream of a new English colony in the New World: Jamestown - the beginning of the colonies; Williamsburg - the apex of the colonial era; and Yorktown, the end of the colonial dream and birth of a new American nation. Where America Began DVD is available "on location" at Colonial Williamsburg and at finleyholiday.com. For information on Colonial Williamsburg, visit www.history.org.

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Adrian Grenier: What is up with him and Williamsburg?

Adrian Grenier is hungover and waiting for a cab.

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Tour of Williamsburg

From the American Girls DVD

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JEFFREY LEWIS - 'WILLIAMSBURG WILL OLDHAM HORROR'

PROMO DIRECTED BY MARK LOCKE, from the Jeffrey & Jack Lewis album 'City & Eastern Songs'. www.TheJeffreyLewisSite.com www.myspace.com/jefflewisband www.roughtrade.com This video also features cameos from artists Biff Rose (www.biffrose.com) and Tuli Kupferberg of legendary New York band The Fugs (www.thefugs.com)! Will Oldham (or is it?) played by Turner Cody (www.turnercody.com). See it in higher res, plus Jeff & Jack's 'Posters' video in higher res too, at www.fortmarkfilms.com.

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