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Panera Bread bakery-cafes will partner with Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network to help put food on tables for Food Bank recipients throughout the state when they host their first “Panera’s Pantry” food drive campaign through Nov. 23. Patrons can bring nonperishable canned food items to any Panera Bread location in the Blue Ridge Bread…
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I just found out this morning that a good friend, Tim Baker, is scheduled to undergo surgery to remove a brain tumor tomorrow. Talk about sudden – Tim and I play on a rec-league basketball team together, and our last game was two weeks ago. According to his Facebook Wall, he found out about the…
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MINUS: Can we make it official now? The Al Groh Era is over. Nine years into the run, Groh can’t field a competitive football team. That was plain and obvious Saturday. It wasn’t just the score – though 52-17 is, ugh, you know, it’s atrocious. Worse, far worse, are these numbers – 515 yards total…
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Story by Chris Graham Dave Norris sort of fell into the lap of Big Brothers Big Sisters. And Big Brothers Big Sisters needed something to go right after its most trying year in its 30-year history. “We are extremely optimistic about where we’re headed. Getting Dave on board was huge. We’ve had a year or…
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The meeting location for the Morgan Harrington Volunteer Search Party has changed for Friday-Sunday, Nov. 6-8. Volunteers must now sign-in at the Department of Forestry located at: 900 Natural Resources Drive Charlottesville, Va. 22903 Searches will begin this weekend at 9 a.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old,…
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Dr. Daniel Harrington and wife Gil, parents of missing Virginia Tech student, Morgan Dana Harrington, announced today the organization of a volunteer community search party to help find their daughter. The 20-year-old woman disappeared Oct. 17 while attending a Metallica concert at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville. Morgan has long blonde hair, blue…
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A four-team tournament in Myrtle Beach, an extended trip to Florida, a home-and-away series with Virginia, 12 games against 2009 NCAA Tournament teams, and home night games for the first time in program history highlight the 2010 James Madison baseball schedule released Tuesday. “It’s one of the toughest schedules we’ve had at JMU,” commented head…
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A detour will begin on Monday, Nov. 9 for eastbound traffic on a portion of Churchville Avenue (Route 250) in the City of Staunton. As part of construction on the Churchville Avenue in Staunton, Churchville Avenue will be closed to eastbound traffic from North Augusta Street (Route 11) to Albemarle Avenue. The eastbound lane will…
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The Wayne Theatre Alliance presents the fourth in its Murder at Fairfax Hall series of Inspector Kathy mysteries on Friday, Nov 13, at Fairfax Hall. The Inspector Kathy Mysteries feature a local victim and suspects who, with tongue-in-cheek, provide an evening of fun, mystery, and audience participation. After appetizers, drinks and a buffet dinner, the…
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On Tuesday, Nov. 10t, the Green Shuttle, a new shuttle service run by Green Taxi, officially begins trips from Downtown Harrisonburg to Dulles Airport, Downtown D.C. and Charlottesville. The service, owned by Heriberto and Elia Cortes, will run three days a week to Charlottesville and two to Dulles International Airport and Downtown D.C., with plans…
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