Williamsburg News

Join Helen Hamilton on a plant walk at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 22, to see aquatic wildflowers and grasses.

Police arrested a 40-year-old man for hitting another man with a bottle on Lorimer Street on May 31. The victim told police he was between Grand and Maujer streets at 5:20 pm when the defendant struck him in the face with a glass bottle.

Colonial Williamsburg plans to reconstruct a market house on its grounds with the help of a $1 million gift from one of the owners of McLean-based Mars Inc. The market house is the third major historic reconstruction funded by Forrest Mars Jr. of Big Horn, Wyo., since 2007 with gift funds totaling $11 million.

Visitors who take the liberty of getting to know the Courtyard Williamsburg Busch Gardens Area are in for a treat now that a multi-million dollar renovation project has been completed.

Duck Donuts, which has a location in Kill Devil Hills on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, announced on its Facebook page last Friday that it will open two new locations, including one in James City County .

Work is under way for the Virginia Shakespeare Festival's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

Located less than 7 minutes from Colonial Williamsburg, a living representation of 18th century America, this hotel features an indoor pool and whirlpool.

Summer travel is something we all look forward to. It is meant to be a fun and relaxing time, but for many people it can also be financially stressful.

More than 12,000 Hampton Roads residents were without power about a day after a line of strong thunderstorms passed through the area, and some may not have it restored until Sunday.

Township resident Paul Charles "PJ" Judge graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in history from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg Va.

Ramsey, who is committed to Clemson, won with scores of 66-70-70 at the tournament in Williamsburg, Virginia.

House leadership just announced a "special conference" on immigration for July 10, offering members a closed-door session to talk about the GOP's strategy on an issue that is deeply dividing the party.

DoubleTree by Hilton today announced it has opened the DoubleTree by Hilton Williamsburg in the culture-rich town of Historic Williamsburg.

Their program includes fogging/spraying the entire City from public streets every Wednesday around dusk, on-site yard inspections, eliminating breeding sites such as standing water and using a low-toxicity pesticide to reduce larvae when removing standing water is not feasible.

Like any other savvy skipper on the Chesapeake Bay, Capt. Samuel Travis took extra care when he moored his ship in the York River on the windless evening of June 12, 1813.

The Williamsburg James City County School Board lifted the suspension for a Jamestown High senior who had a kitchen knife in his car on campus, a day short of the end of his 10-suspension.

Today, June 12th is the 237th birthday of the Virginia Declaration of Rights, adopted unanimously by the Fifth Virginia Convention at Williamsburg Virginia on June 12th, 1776.

The stated purpose of the agreement is to continue to develop and expand a framework of cooperation between SRMC and RBC to mutually benefit both organizations and the communities they serve.

Williamsburg, Va- While parts of Hampton Roads remained relatively dry during Tropical Storm Andrea's visit, she drenched Williamsburg and James City County Friday afternoon.

EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 300 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN NEW KENT COUNTY... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KING WILLIAM COUNTY... NORTHWESTERN CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG... SOUTHEASTERN KING AND QUEEN COUNTY... EAST ... (more)