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Woodside High School is one of six high schools in Newport News, Virginia.The Virginia Department of Education has accredited Woodside since the 2003–04 school year. The school has a twin school, Heritage High School, that was built simultaneously and designed by the same architects.
Joe Samuel Frank (November 14, 1942 – October 27, 2022) was an American politician who was the mayor of Newport News, Virginia. A native of Newport News, and a lawyer, he was first elected mayor for the term starting July 1, 1996. He was re-elected in May 1998, 2002, and 2006. His last term expired on June 30, 2010.
The Newport News Dodgers were a minor league baseball affiliate of the Brooklyn Dodgers between 1944 and 1955. They played in the Piedmont League and were based in Newport News, Virginia. The teams played at Peninsula War Memorial Stadium on Pembroke Avenue in Hampton, Virginia. The stadium was built by Brooklyn Dodgers President Branch Rickey ...
The congregation responsible for building the church was organized as Newport News Baptist Church in 1881, the same year the C&O Railway came to the area. A meeting on 14 July 1881 held at Warwick (Denbigh) Baptist Church ordained L.R. Millbourne as the initial pastor, who served simultaneously at Denbigh (Warwick County), Newport News, and Emmaus (York County) for a time.
1978 photo of Newport Lights billboard on Roosevelt Road west of Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Once TV advertisements were banned in the United States, Lorillard advertised the brand through poster advertisements. The Newport ads in this theme range from 1980 to present day and feature the "Newport Pleasure" or "Alive with Pleasure" campaign ...
Location of Newport News in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport News, Virginia.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Newport News, Virginia, United States.
The Peninsula Fine Arts Center (Pfac) is an art center located in Newport News, Virginia, and is associated with the Virginia Museum of FineIt is located at 101 Museum Drive on the grounds of the park surrounding the Mariners' Museum and is accredited with the American Alliance of Museums (AAM).
Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, California, January 2013 The recorded history of the Newport Beach, California region began when the area was first explored by Europeans in the 1500s. Prior to that time, Native Americans such as the Tongva and Juaneño / Luiseño people had been living in the area for thousands of years.