Valley League elects new leaders

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Dave Biery and Jim Phillips, two long-time officers of the Valley Baseball League, are stepping down. Biery, who has served as League president since 1985, will be retiring from his post after the 2012 season. Don Lemish, the former athletics director at James Madison University and current commissioner of the Rockingham County Baseball League, will…

DCCU announces marketing promotion

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DuPont Community Credit Union recently announced that Lindsey Megginson of Greenville has been promoted to marketing manager. “We are excited to have Lindsey join DCCU’s leadership team as marketing manager,” said Suzie Cook, DCCU vice president of marketing. “Lindsey will provide day to day supervision of the Marketing Department, and effectively promote and market DCCU…

VDOT awards Staunton District contracts

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At its June 15 meeting, the Commonwealth Transportation Board awarded two projects in the Virginia Department of Transportation Staunton District. The VDOT Staunton District serves Frederick, Shenandoah, Clarke, Warren, Page, Rockingham, Augusta, Highland, Rockbridge, Alleghany and Bath counties. A Turnkey Asset Maintenance Services (TAMS) contract valued at $14.7 million was awarded to DBI Services of…

Cline kicks off re-election bid with manufacturing tour

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Del. Ben Cline (R-24) today officially kicked off his campaign for re-election to the House of Delegates this November with a focus on creating jobs and accelerating Virginia’s economic recovery. Del. Cline was joined by Congressman Bob Goodlatte as he toured three local manufacturers in the 24th House District. “It has been an honor for…

DCCU recognizes local scholarship winners

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DuPont Community Credit Union recently announced the 20 scholarship winners at the 52nd Annual Membership Meeting. Since beginning the scholarship program over $172,000 has been awarded to high school seniors, and 180 seniors applied this year. “We are very pleased to provide scholarships to this year’s 20 recipients,” said Everett J. Campbell, chairman of the…

David Reynolds: Denial

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Boy, I’m sure glad I live in Rockbridgeland . . . and not in Virginia. And that our three local governments can take the year off. After all, we were told that almost everything was accomplished in paradise during 2010. But that the Commonwealth has all sorts of problems, from textbooks to roads, from funding…

David Reynolds: It’s next year!

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Contrary to last year’s press clippings, fist fights did not break out at this year’s Lexington-Rockbridge-Buena Vista “State of the Community” breakfast. Instead it was the usual sea of harmony sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, aka the local Pollyanna Society. The breakfast proved once again that there is a media bias. Representatives from our…

Local roads projects moving forward

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At its December meeting, the Commonwealth Transportation Board awarded several projects in the Virginia Department of Transportation Staunton District. The VDOT Staunton District serves Frederick, Shenandoah, Clarke, Warren, Page, Rockingham, Augusta, Highland, Rockbridge, Alleghany and Bath counties. In Augusta County a 3.6-mile paving and road rehabilitation project valued at $7,641,953.24 was awarded to Lanford Brothers…