UVA grad taking the international film community by storm
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The 2015 film festival circuit is in high gear and University of Virginia alumnus and filmmaker Jamie Sisley is having a terrific ride.
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Wildfire season in Virginia begins Sunday
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The 75-day spring wildfire season in the Commonwealth begins Sunday when the 4 p.m. Burn Law (which allows burning only between 4 p.m. and midnight) goes into effect. Citizens are reminded to be extra careful with any open-air fire from now through April 30.
Robert Hurt: The president’s budget proposes the same failed policies
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Last Monday, President Obama released his budget for the Fiscal Year 2016. His $4 trillion annual budget proposal never balances – ever – making it impossible to even begin paying down our staggering debt.
Community Emergency Response Team spring training
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The Charlottesville-UVA-Albemarle Office of Emergency Management is offering free Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) emergency preparedness training beginning in March.
EMU names longtime educator Sarah Armstrong director of MA in Education program
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Sarah Armstrong, a longtime public-school educator, will help teachers earn master’s degrees in her new role as director of the MA in Education program at Eastern Mennonite University.
Is your business prepared for disaster?
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Microbursts, earthquakes, Derechos, fires, and more. Disasters can happen at any time. Is your business prepared for it?
AAA: Gas prices up 12 cents a gallon nationally in past week
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The 100-plus days of plummeting gas prices across the country have come to an end. The national average price for regular unleaded gasoline has reversed course, jumping to $2.17 per gallon Friday, up 12 cents in the past week.
Breaking Free from the Marriage Plot: Writing Female Friendship
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What is the story of a woman’s life without the marriage plot? What are women’s lives really about? Novelist Rufi Thorpe will explore her own struggles as a writer to portray women as they are, and what happens when you write a novel that does not rely on marriage for its structural framework.
#3 UVA holds off late rally, tops #9 Louisville, 52-47
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Ninth-ranked Louisville closed a double-digit deficit to three points in the final seconds, but #3 UVA was able to hold on for a 52-47 win Saturday night in front of a sellout crowd at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Va.
Live Blog: #3 UVA basketball hosts #9 Louisville in ACC action Saturday night
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Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham will lead a live blog during Saturday’s ACC matchup between third-ranked UVA (20-1, 8-1 ACC) and #9 Louisville (19-3, 7-2 ACC). Tipoff is 7 p.m. at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville.
