2013 Boobird Spooktacular
Jim Seward invites you to Bluebird Gap Farm's fall festival, Boobird Spooktacular, which offers hayrides, beekeepers, mad science, fun and slightly scary activities and trick-or-treating on Oct. 24.
Superhero Day 2018 is April 4 at Hampton Public Library
Come dressed in your best superhero costume to celebrate Superhero Day noon-4 p.m. April 4 at the main Hampton library, 4207 Victoria Blvd., Hampton, Va. Meet some of your favorite superheroes, including our local community heroes from the military, police and fire department. Parade starts at 1:15 p.m. Face painting, Bluebird Gap Farm animal friends, Lego fun, Storm Troopers, Hampton Roads Superhero Squad, and so much more! Krispy Kreme is providing doughnuts. First-come, first-served! More information:
Air Power Park Museum
Air Power Park Museum: If you haven't been inside lately, you're in for a surprise. Karen Harden, along with pilot and volunteer John Whistler, discuss the renovated museum with its expanding collection of model airplanes. And you'll find out that a program for the History Channel came here to film one of the park's planes in an upcoming show.
Hampton City farm and park makes changes due to animal illness
Hampton's Bluebird Gap Farm made some changes after one of their animals became ill.
Sheriff B.J. Roberts talks the history and future of the Sheriff's Office
Sheriff B.J. Roberts has been Hampton's sheriff for 25 years - so far. He's also taken leadership roles in the state and national sheriff's associations, while he works to ensure safety in the city's courts and jails, as well as education and training programs to reduce the chances that former inmates will end up back in jail.
Hampton, Virginia
Hampton is an independent city in Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 137,436.
As one of the seven major cities that compose the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, it is on the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula.
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History of Pasture Point and Olde Wythe
Two Hampton neighborhoods have been added to the National Register of Historic Places. Economic Development's Amy Jordan and the Hampton History Museum's Mike Cobb talk about the history of Pasture Point and Olde Wythe -- from native Americans to streetcars to today.
Superhero Day 2019
Dress in your best Superhero costume and come celebrate Superhero Day from noon-3 p.m. April 3 at the main library. A lot of Superheroes will be here including our community heroes from the military, police and fire department. Face painting, games, treats and even some animals from the Bluebird Gap Farm will be part of the celebrations. Come join us for a Super Fun day!
Sandy Bottom Nature Park offers year-round programs
Ranger Melissa Henderson is enjoying her dream job at Sandy Bottom Nature Park -- leading nature programs, taking care of animals and maintaining trails. Join her for a look at the programming you can enjoy at the park all year.
Carolina Wren with nest material calling for mate
A busy and hopeful Carolina wren. I watched this wren leave the nest site several times to gather material for building. Once he had some material, he would perch in a conspicuous place and call loudly for usually over a minute, as he is in this video. I believe he was hoping to attract a mate, but sadly, no wrens responded to his calls. In the meantime, he is getting the nest ready!
Bluebird Gap Farm in Hampton, Virginia. March 11, 2019.
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20 and Odd: Africans' Arrival in 1619
The 13News Now documentary 20 and Odd: Africans' Arrival in 1619 looks at the extraordinary story of the first Africans who arrived in English North America.
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Hampton City Schools - Academic Excellence Banquet - May 30, 2019
Selected high school students were honored for academic accomplishments.
Hampton City Schools - School Board Meeting - September 3, 2014 - 6:30pm
Visit Hampton City Schools BoardDocs for the published agenda.
1. Meeting Opening
2. Recognitions - 6:24
3. Consent Agenda - 11:18
4. Superintendent & Staff Reports - 12:25
5. Hearing of Any Delegations or Presentation of Any Written Communications or Petitions - 1:08:25
6. Items for Action - 1:15:15
7. Deliberation - 1:16:51
8. Deliberation - First Read - 1:25:00
9. Information - 1:34:07
10. Adjournment
The Great Gildersleeve: The Grand Opening / Leila Returns / Gildy the Opera Star
Premiering on August 31, 1941, The Great Gildersleeve moved the title character from the McGees' Wistful Vista to Summerfield, where Gildersleeve now oversaw his late brother-in-law's estate and took on the rearing of his orphaned niece and nephew, Marjorie (originally played by Lurene Tuttle and followed by Louise Erickson and Mary Lee Robb) and Leroy Forester (Walter Tetley). The household also included a cook named Birdie. Curiously, while Gildersleeve had occasionally spoken of his (never-present) wife in some Fibber episodes, in his own series the character was a confirmed bachelor.
In a striking forerunner to such later television hits as Bachelor Father and Family Affair, both of which are centered on well-to-do uncles taking in their deceased siblings' children, Gildersleeve was a bachelor raising two children while, at first, administering a girdle manufacturing company (If you want a better corset, of course, it's a Gildersleeve) and then for the bulk of the show's run, serving as Summerfield's water commissioner, between time with the ladies and nights with the boys. The Great Gildersleeve may have been the first broadcast show to be centered on a single parent balancing child-rearing, work, and a social life, done with taste and genuine wit, often at the expense of Gildersleeve's now slightly understated pomposity.
Many of the original episodes were co-written by John Whedon, father of Tom Whedon (who wrote The Golden Girls), and grandfather of Deadwood scripter Zack Whedon and Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog).
The key to the show was Peary, whose booming voice and facility with moans, groans, laughs, shudders and inflection was as close to body language and facial suggestion as a voice could get. Peary was so effective, and Gildersleeve became so familiar a character, that he was referenced and satirized periodically in other comedies and in a few cartoons.