
VDOT to launch Safety Service Patrols
The Virginia Department of Transportation is working to reduce roadside surprises and delays for motorists with its launch of Safety Service Patrols

The Virginia Department of Transportation is working to reduce roadside surprises and delays for motorists with its launch of Safety Service Patrols

The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank received more than 170,000 pounds of food during Stamp Out Hunger on May 12

The Virginia men’s basketball team will play at Wisconsin in the 14th ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The game will be the first meeting between Virginia and Wisconsin in the Challenge

Today, Transportation Secretary Sean Connaughton was quoted by a national newspaper stating that both legislators and legislative staff are “idiots”

On Saturday, May 12, letter carriers across the nation will be participating in the country’s largest, single-day food drive – Stamp Out Hunger. The food drive will be taking place across the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank’s service area

Sigora Solar, a Waynesboro-based solar-installation company, has a new online presence with a successful website project completed by Augusta Free Press LLC

The Charlottesville-based Drs. Bower, Keenan & Associates has completed a corporate rebranding with the aid of Augusta Free Press LLC. AFP designed a new website – www.bowerkeenan.com – for the company, formerly the Albemarle Center for Health and Rehabilitation. AFP also developed a new corporate logo for Drs. Bower, Keenan & Associates that is highlighted on…

No. 8 Virginia has received a bid to the 2012 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship as the No. 5 seed and will host the Princeton Tigers in the first round on Sunday (May 13) at 1 p.m., inside Klöckner Stadium. The game will be televised on ESPN. This marks the fifth season (1974, 1981, 1993 and1994)…

The Bridgewater College Alumni Association recognized seven students for excellence in the campus community at the annual awards convocation on May 1. The Alumni Legacy Scholarships are presented to rising juniors or seniors whose parent(s) graduated from Bridgewater College. The scholarships, valued at $2,000 each, rewards loyalty of alumni who encourage their children to attend…

A Charlottesville man faces multiple charges following a vehicle and foot pursuit through Augusta and Nelson counties Tuesday morning (May 1, 2012). Trevis H. Johnson, 28, of Charlottesville, has been charged with one count each of speeding, reckless driving, drug possession, and one felony count for eluding police.
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