Jay Snyder joins Augusta Health Primary Care in Stuarts Draft

Chris Graham

John Atlee ‘Jay’ Snyder, D.O., a board-certified Internal Medicine physician, has joined the Augusta Health Primary Care office in Stuarts Draft.  The practice is located at 2927 Stuarts Draft Highway, Suite 101.  The office phone number is 540.221.7870. Dr. Snyder will see patients who are 18 years of age and older, with a focus on…

University of Virginia team wins Governor’s Business Plan Challenge

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Timothy Higgins, Andrew Andreae and Jessica Ungerleider, representing the University of Virginia, won the Capital One Grand Prize today at the Governor’s Business Plan Challenge. In recognition of Virginia’s strong entrepreneurial environment, the statewide challenge, co-hosted by Work It, Richmond, featured the best business plans or concepts crafted by undergraduate students this year.

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Mercy House youth tell stories of homelessness

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The Arts Council of the Valley awarded six Advancing the Arts grants for this 2012-2013 academic year. During March 2013, the creators of Residence and Refuge, a five-week writing and photography workshop made possible by an Advancing the Arts grant, worked closely with the Mercy House after-school program to offer elementary and middle school residents artistic skills with which to tell their stories.

Community groups mobilize for gang prevention project

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Glenn Martin, Gang Prevention Program Coordinator with the Central Shenandoah Valley Office on Youth announces that on Tuesday April 23, 2013, from 3-5:00PM, at the Farrier Court Apartment Complex in Staunton, adults and youth will work side-by-side to complete a community building beautification project which includes an indoor wall mural, and the planting of flowerbeds and trees on facility grounds.

Triumph over evil: The Elizabeth Smart Story

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Elizabeth Smart, at 25, has done quite a bit in life. She’s landed a prime gig as a commentator for ABC News. She’s served a Mormon mission in Paris, where she met her future husband, and has a foundation in her name through which she advocates for greater protections for children. That last one is very much personal for Smart, who at age 14 was taken at knifepoint from her Salt Lake City home by a self-proclaimed prophet and his wife, who held her captive for more than nine months.