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Valley 4th, Harrisonburg’s annual Independence Day celebration, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year in downtown Harrisonburg. The Valley 4th festivities will take place on Monday, July 4th, from 3 to 10 pm on Court Square. Festival-goers will experience all of the patriotic sights and sounds that they look forward to each year, including appearances…
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Over the past two and a half years, the Administration has imposed several unnecessary government regulations and mandates on the private sector that have destroyed jobs, stifled innovation, and slowed our economic recovery. Despite the fact that unemployment still stands unacceptably high in the 5th District and across the nation, the Administration continues to overstep…
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Behind a sterling pitching performance from Tyler Wilson (Sr., Midlothian, Va.), the Virginia baseball team remained in the hunt in the College World Series with an 8-1 win over California Thursday evening in an elimination game at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha. A stadium-record crowd of 25,833 witnessed the contest; it also was the largest crowd…
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A year ago, in the midst of over nine percent unemployment and a quickly escalating 13 trillion dollar national debt, the White House launched its “Recovery Summer” tour in an effort to gain support for its failed trillion dollar stimulus plan. Since the stimulus was signed into law, what we have seen is anything but…
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Virginia left-handed pitcher/first baseman Danny Hultzen (Jr., Bethesda, Md.) was selected by the Seattle Mariners with the second overall pick in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Monday evening. Hultzen is the highest draft selection in Virginia baseball history. “I was completely and utterly shocked that I was picked that soon,” Hultzen said….
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The NCAA announced this morning that Charlottesville, Va., has been selected as one of eight super regional host sites for the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. Virginia will play host to UC Irvine in a best-of-three series, which will run June 11-13 at UVa’s Davenport Field. The teams will play at 1 p.m. Saturday…
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Central and Southside Virginians have made it abundantly clear that the most important issue facing the people of the Fifth District is job creation, and the disappointing May unemployment report highlighted the critical need for real change in our nation’s Capitol. For over two years, Democrats in Washington have pursued a failed economic agenda based…
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Virginia won the Charlottesville Regional with a 13-1 victory over East Carolina in the championship game Sunday night before 5,050 fans at Davenport Field. The Cavaliers, the tournament’s No. 1 overall seed, advance to the NCAA Super Regional round for the third consecutive season as they also recorded their school-record 52nd victory of the season….
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North Carolina pulled away from a tie game after five innings to defeat James Madison 9-3 to win the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional and advance to the super regional round on Sunday night at Boshamer Stadium. UNC, the overall No. 3 seed nationally and ranked 10th, swept through the regional by a three-game combined score…
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Virginia improved to 2-0 in the Charlottesville Regional with a 10-2 win over St. John’s on Saturday night before a Davenport Field record crowd of 5,050. The Cavaliers, the No. 1 national seed, tied the school record with their 51st win of the season. UVa advances to the regional championship game at 6 p.m. Sunday….
