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U.S. Attorney Tim Heaphy will host a media event on Friday in Charlottesville to announce that Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Blue Ridge is the recipient of a $350,000, three-year federal grant to promote crime prevention through youth mentoring. The Mentoring Children of Prisoners grant is awarded by the U.S. Department of Health…
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Tom Perriello was the underdog yet again, and yet again got caught up in a political wave. The only difference – this one forced him to swim against the current. “I think what really torpedoed his chances here was the D next to his name,” said Isaac Wood, the House race editor at the University…
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The media landscape is changing, and not just for consumers of news and entertainment. “No one has a dollar to waste, so being able to put your dollars to where they’re going to be likely to give you a return really helps as you’re moving forward,” said Harmony Tenney of Staunton, a featured author in…
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Join the AFP for live updates on results from the 2010 midterm elections. Editor Chris Graham is monitoring the latest numbers from the polls and will post live updates along with commentary and analysis. 10:58 p.m. That’s a wrap. The race in the 11th will clearly be too close to call tonight. Democrat Gerry Connolly…
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A Downtown Waynesboro furniture business is expanding its operations due to an uptick in sales. How’s that for good economic news? “That’s something that Waynesboro should be proud of. Things are tough, and a lot of people in our industry have dropped out. But we were able to weather that part of it, and have…
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I swear I could hear some Al Groh coming out of Mike London. The first-year UVa. football coach had just been asked by a reporter how he could maintain his positive approach to his rebuilding effort in the face of the Cavs’ third consecutve blowout ACC loss, 44-10 to rival North Carolina. London was noticeably…
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We’re getting older every minute, but music – music never gets old. “I still listen to a lot of the music that my parents listened to,” said Drew Thompson, the host of the Charlottesville-based WNRN’s “Les Temps Per Due,” which highlights the best music of the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. The Wilson Memorial and…
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Dr. H.B. Cavalcanti, a professor of sociology at James Madison University, has written a book about the United Church of Christ from the perspective of one of the smallest associations within the 1.2 million-member denomination. The United Church of Christ in the Shenandoah Valley: Liberal Church, Traditional Congregations, which was published in September, studies UCC…
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Wake Forest redshirt-freshman running back Josh Harris and North Carolina junior wide receiver Dwight Jones headline a list of six players recognized as the Atlantic Coast Conference Football Players of the Week, announced Monday by the ACC. Harris, in his first career start, ran for 241 yards, the fifth-best mark by an ACC freshman. He…
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Wake Forest redshirt-freshman running back Josh Harris and North Carolina junior wide receiver Dwight Jones headline a list of six players recognized as the Atlantic Coast Conference Football Players of the Week, announced Monday by the ACC. Harris, in his first career start, ran for 241 yards, the fifth-best mark by an ACC freshman. He…
