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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…
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Blood tests have helped determine a contributing factor to the cause of the fatal traffic crash that claimed two lives on Afton Mountain on the evening of May 12, 2010. The Office of the Medical Examiner’s findings confirm the presence of difluroethane in the blood system of Edward L. Furrow, 29, of Waynesboro, Va. Difluroethane…
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AugustaFreePress.com is giving away two tickets to the John Prine concert at the Charlottesville Pavilion Saturday night at 7 p.m. To win, post a comment on the Augusta Free Press on Facebook giving us in 25 words or less a reason for us to give you the tickets. The deadline to enter the contest is…
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UVa. football coach Mike London talks with the news media on Monday. The Cavs (2-3, 0-2 ACC) host North Carolina (3-2, 1-1 ACC) on Saturday. QUESTION: Ras-I Dowling and Chase Minnifield are playing well. Cornerback seems like a strong position for the team – what makes those guys as good as they are? COACH LONDON:…
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Georgia Tech defensive coordinator Al Groh talks with the media in advance of the team’s game with Virginia on Saturday. On how Saturday’s game will be different “Every Saturday night, there are only two ways you can feel in your competition. You can feel a sense of satisfaction from accomplishment you get because the result…
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