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There will be judged trail rides with horseback riding on Saturday, Oct. 13, in the scenic town of Swoope. The event will feature 10 judged obstacles with four to five mile courses through beautiful mountains, farmlands, fields and streams at the Cottage Hill and Bellevue properties.
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If Andy Schmookler can translate YouTube views into votes, he’s halfway to a monumental upset. A video of a speech given by the Sixth District Democratic congressional nominee is approaching 90,000 views on YouTube. Incumbent Bob Goodlatte won re-election in 2008 with 192,000 votes in the Sixth, garnering 63 percent of the vote in his race with Democrat Sam Rasoul.
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Chick-fil-A is being threatened with more boycotts over its stance on gay marriage.
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More than 400 people attended a peace rally at the Islamic Center of the Shenandoah Valley on Sunday. The rally came after someone vandalized the Islamic Center on Friday and the Reedemer Classical School in Keezletown on Saturday. Vulgarities like those painted on both of these buildings should not be considered a healthy example of our American freedoms. We may not share the same beliefs as our neighbor, but our American values should ring clear. It is our American right to freely celebrate and practice whatever religion we might want to.
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Enrollment at Fishburne Military School has been at its highest levels since the late 1960s. And that’s in a down economy. How have the admissions folks at FMS been able to outperform their peers?
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Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, will speak at the University of Virginia on Friday, Sept. 28, 7-9 p.m., at South Lawn Commons, Nau Auditorium, 1550 Jefferson Park Ave., Charlottesville.
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A bevy of new boutique businesses specializing in antiques and collectibles will officially open in the new Staunton Antiques Center on Saturday
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New for 2012, Skyland Resort is hosting a daylong event on Saturday, Sept. 8. The SeptemberFest Pig Roast will include three different types of chili, corn on the cob, and of course whole smoked hog, with a variety of sauces from traditional honey barbecue to roasted jalapeno
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The following is a list of VDOT highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton Transportation District during the coming weeks
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Chick-fil-A makes a damn good chicken sandwich. What is good to the taste buds might be hard to stomach considering the hateful comments from company president Dan Cathy, who in a radio interview this week said the U.S. is “inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage”
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