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My friend and neighbor Blue O’Connell loves music, animals, nature (especially trees), and friends. A few years ago, she traded a job with money benefits for one with other kinds of perks: writing and playing music at schools, nursing homes, hospitals, parties, just about any place.
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After weeks of steady increases, gas prices may have reached a springtime peak of $3.70 per gallon (April 28). The national average price of regular grade gasoline dropped two cents this week to $3.66 Friday.
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No. 11 Virginia (10-8) will host No. 18 Princeton (12-6) on Sunday (May 9) at 4 p.m. at Klöckner Stadium in Charlottesville, Va., in the second round of the 2014 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship.
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Mike Papi delivered the game-winning hit with a two-out, two-run single in the seventh inning, and the UVa. bullpen closed down Georgia Tech from there, in a 4-3 win by the top-ranked ‘Hoos Friday night in an ACC series opener in Charlottesville, Va.
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The top-ranked UVa. baseball team will host Georgia Tech Friday at 6 p.m. for Game 1 of a three-game ACC series at Davenport Field in Charlottesville, Va.
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The UVa. men’s lacrosse team continues its season as the Cavaliers (10-5) host the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays (10-4) on Sunday in the first round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament.
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Bettina K. Ring began work this week as only the seventh State Forester of Virginia in the 100-year-history of the Virginia Department of Forestry. She was appointed by Gov. Terry McAuliffe just four weeks ago.
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The F.R.E.E. Foundation Equipment Reuse/Recycling and Gifting Program of Roanoke won the Commonwealth Council on Aging’s top 2014 “Best Practices” award for its creative and effective approach to serving older Virginians.
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The Virginia Film Festival will once again offer a high-profile platform to high school filmmakers from throughout the Commonwealth with its third annual ACTION! High School Director Competition.
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The reigning NCAA champion UVa. men’s tennis team will begin its quest for another title this weekend by hosting first and second round action of the 2014 NCAA Tournament Saturday and Sunday at the Snyder Tennis Center.
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