Why Newport News Daily Press Obituaries Are Making Waves Online

Daily Press: Paris’ Invalides is more than Napoleon’s tomb. For 350 years, it has been a home for war wounded

Daily Press: 18-year-old dies, another man is injured following Norfolk double shooting

Daily Press: High school scoreboard: Class 5 Region A lacrosse tourneys begin; Great Bridge wins in baseball

Daily Press: You Don’t Say: We knew it wasn’t great, but it was convenient, part III

Daily Press: 19 miles in under 2 hours: Hampton friends cross Chesapeake Bay on eFoils for charity

Daily Press: Business Notes: Sports card shop to open, Verizon to expand cable service

Daily Press: Virginia Tech Board of Visitors to consider forming Hokie Ventures, LLC

Daily Press: Leaving a legacy: Longtime journalist Wilford Kale dies at 81

Daily Press: Virginia Tech falls to North Carolina in ACC baseball quarterfinal, still likely headed to NCAA

Newport News has ambitions. This weekend’s Noodle convention is one manifestation of that, and part of a larger project.

Editorial: Newport News sets sights high as ‘Noodle’ convention set to launch

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Newport was the most important port in colonial Rhode Island, and a public school was established in 1640. The commercial activity that raised Newport to its fame as a rich port began with the immigration of a second wave of Portuguese Jews, who settled there around the middle of the 18th century.

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