Scott German: Terps sizzle, Cavs fizzle

Scott German

When the Virginia Cavaliers shoot the basketball well, they often find themselves in competitive games. When they don’t, then things can turn ugly. Very ugly. The latter being the case here Thursday evening as the visiting Maryland Terrapins capitalized on a horrendous shooting performance by Virginia to claim a 66-42 Atlantic Coast Conference win here…

Artisans Center of Virginia launches education series

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The Artisans Center of Virginia and Piedmont Virginia Community College are teaming up to offer a series of business classes for artisans. ACV Studio School courses are offered at The Stultz Center for Business & Career Development, 501 College Drive, Charlottesville, at the intersection of I-64 and Va. 20. To register, call 434.961.5354 The course…

Festival features best of Virginia indie film

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The Virginia Film Office and the Virginia Production Alliance are cooperatively producing the fourth annual Virginia Indie Film Festival Feb. 26 and 27. The Festival features independently produced documentaries, short films and features from Virginia filmmakers. The films were selected by panels of industry professionals and come from Midlothian, Blue Ridge, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Roanoke,…

Creigh Deeds: General Assembly Report

Creigh Deeds

The 2011 session is proving to be one of the busiest I’ve seen. A typical day starts before 7 a.m. when constituents come to the General Assembly Building to meet with their legislators, followed quickly by 7:30 a.m. subcommittee meetings. Standing committees meet before and after the 12 p.m. session and last into the evening,…

Robert Hurt: The first step, not the last, towards true health-care reform

Robert Hurt

The people of the Fifth District sent a clear message on Election Day in support of repealing the government takeover of health care. This week, I was proud to put the will of the people into action by co-sponsoring and voting to repeal the health care law that raises costs, increases taxes and spending, and…

Legacy names Gauldin as new president

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Teresa Gauldin is blazing a new trail for women in business. Gauldin has been named president of the Waynesboro-based Legacy Group Holding Corporation, a conglomerate of construction businesses including Mathers Construction Team, March Excavating LLC and Augusta Erectors Inc. Gauldin, who had most recently served as president of Augusta Erectors Inc., and will assume the…

Creigh Deeds: Session report

Creigh Deeds

The regular 2011 session of the General Assembly began on the second Wednesday of January. The day was full of pomp and circumstance and some matters of substance. We swore in a new state senator, Bill Stanley, from Franklin County, who was elected to fill the seat of newly elected Congressman Robert Hurt. The Courts…

Grants will help adaptive-sports company push activities for people with disabilities

Chris Graham

Wintergreen Adaptive Sports, a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) corporation whose mission is to improve the lives of people with disabilities through outdoor sports and recreation, has received two key grants to enhance its 2011 programming. Disabled Sports USA, the largest organization in the country that supports recreational and sporting activities for people with disabilities, awarded WAS a…

Chopper-Cessna collision in Augusta kills two

Chris Graham

Virginia State Police are investigating an aircraft collision that claimed two lives Friday afternoon in Augusta County. Trooper K. Hyden is investigating the incident and is still in the process of confirming the identities of the deceased. At 2:27 p.m. Friday, a single-engine Cessna 172H and a medical transport helicopter made contact in the air…