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Senior Center members from East Rock, Price Rotary and Timberville Broadway Senior Centers enjoyed the Senior Prom sponsored by the James Madison University Nursing Students Association. The theme for the Prom was “Monster Mash,” and seniors were treated to good food, dancing, door prizes, and lots of fun. Some of the seniors chose to wear…
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Three stellar former Bridgewater College athletes and a former coach have been selected for induction into the college’s Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday, Oct. 14, in the Kline Campus Center, as part of Homecoming activities. The inductees will also be recognized the following day at half-time of the Eagles’ Homecoming football game against the…
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Springbrook Family Medicine of Broadway has joined the RMH Medical Group. “This new arrangement allows Springbrook’s dedicated family practitioners to focus on providing care while RMH assumes responsibility for billing, staffing and other administrative needs,” said Dave DeCeault, executive director, RMH Medical Group. Practitioners include Mark Mast, MD, Jordan Hill, DO, and Gary Corder, PA-C….
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ShenanArts is now accepting registrations for summer camps and workshops. Camps will be held in July for children of all ages. A series of workshops is also be offered, for children and adults. Does your child love to perform? Want your child to have some fun this summer? Come sing, dance, and act your way…
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RMH Senior Advantage will hold its fourth annual Aging Gracefully Conference, promoting healthy living for those 55 and up, from 8 a.m.-noon May 17 at the Harrisonburg First Church of the Nazarene, 1871 Boyers Road. The event will include talks from physicians William Lennen, MD, RMH Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, on joint pain and advanced…
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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…
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A request for a special-use permit that would allow a Texas-based energy company to drill for natural gas in Rockingham County is perhaps permanently on the table. Locals still need to arm themselves with knowledge of the process known as hydrofracture that companies use to extract natural gas from the ground and its long list…
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and its community partners will hold the second nationwide prescription drug take back day from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. April 30, operating collection sites throughout the nation where unused, unneeded or expired prescription medications can be turned in. Unused or expired prescription medications are a public safety issue because they lead…
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Harrisonburg educator Luke A. Hartman has been named vice president for enrollment at Eastern Mennonite University. He will assume his new role Aug. 1, 2011. The appointment was announced Wednesday, Jan. 26, by EMU President Loren Swartzendruber. In his new role, a president’s cabinet-level position, Hartman will oversee the departments of admissions and financial aid….
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What I’ll remember about longtime Waynesboro High School athletics director Mel Morris, who passed away Friday night from an apparent heart attack, was seeing him in the stands at WHS football games every Friday night in the 2009 season. AugustaFreePress.com did live Internet broadcasts of WHS football in ’09, and Jerry Carter and I traveled…
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