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The Virginia Department of Transportation, in a late-afternoon Friday news dump, made several announcements regarding staff additions, including the hiring of a new chief financial officer, John W. Lawson. The 21-year VDOT veteran will oversee VDOT’s $3.3 billion annual budget and will provide oversight and bring innovation to VDOT’s spending of state and federal resources….
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University of Richmond head football coach Latrell Scott announced Monday that junior starting QB Aaron Corp will undergo season-ending knee surgery this week after sustaining the injury on the first offensive series in Saturday’s game at New Hampshire. “This is a tough situation for Aaron and our team and we wish Aaron the best as…
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University of Richmond head football coach Latrell Scott announced Monday that junior starting QB Aaron Corp will undergo season-ending knee surgery this week after sustaining the injury on the first offensive series in Saturday’s game at New Hampshire. “This is a tough situation for Aaron and our team and we wish Aaron the best as…
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The Washington, D.C.,-based Linc Services LLC is working with Harrisonburg to complete energy-efficient improvements to the Cecil F. Gilkerson Community Activities Center. The building renovations, which began in early September and are scheduled for completion by mid-October, are projected to save the city more than $150,000 over the course of 15 years. “We’ve had a…
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Transition Voice launched today as the first magazine devoted to the subject of oil and fossil fuel depletion and what it means to the economy. The online publication will run news, analysis, and features to help families, communities, business leaders, and government officials better understand the challenge of finding affordable energy and the need for…
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A public-input meeting to discuss a draft water-quality improvement plan for segments of South River and Christians Creek on the state “dirty waters” list will be held in the City Council Chambers at the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building in Downtown Waynesboro on Wednesday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. The draft plan will be presented…
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The last time before today that there was a significant rain event in Waynesboro, 200 gallons of diesel fuel ended up in the South River in the vicinity of the Invista plant on DuPont Boulevard. How the diesel fuel made its way into the river on July 29 is still a mystery. “At this time,…
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Florida State football coach Jimbo Fisher talks with the news media in advance of his team’s game on Saturday with Virginia. Pretty good defense you’re facing this week? “Very good, they are 12th in the country, and seventh in scoring. You go watch VMI, watch Richmond, they are a very go program and then go…
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Berkeley Glenn Elementary, Westwood Elementary, Wenonah Elementary, William Perry Elementary and Kate Collins Middle School in Waynesboro will be joining schools from around the world to celebrate International Walk to School Week Oct. 4-8. Approximately 1,800 students from Waynesboro Public Schools will be walking to school next week along with parents, teachers, and community leaders….
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Join the Waynesboro Family Y at the Waynesboro Library – Mondays at 10 a.m. and at 5 p.m. – for screenings of movies highlighting health issues. The schedule of screenings includes: Monday, Oct. 4: “Food, Inc.” Drawing on Eric Schlosser’s “Fast Food Nation” and Michael Pollan’s “The Omnivore Dilemma,” director Robert Kenner’s Oscar-nominated documentary…
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