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Story by Jim Bishop The (Shenandoah) hills will be alive with the sound of (string) music as a cooperative program between Harrisonburg City Schools and Eastern Mennonite University begins this fall. The city school system is funding a strings instruction program through EMU’s Preparatory Music Program, part of the university’s music department. It will begin…
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Story by Chris Graham A Japanese company that has been making stocks, bouillons and natural meat flavorings in Harrisonburg since 1989 announced today that it is investing $18 million to expand its local operations.
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Story by Chris Graham The Harrisonburg television market is starting to get crowded. “This is a big step forward for us,” said Tracey Jones, the general manager of the Harrisonburg-based WHSV-TV3 and a regional vice president for the Atlanta-based Gray Television, which announced earlier this month that it is adding a Fox affiliate to the…
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When Tony DeMacio landed his first full-time baseball scouting job, with the Atlanta Braves, he was given a list of amateur players to follow in New England for the spring of 1984.
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A Staunton man is in custody after a pursuit that began in Augusta County and ended with a crash inside the Staunton city limits on Thursday.
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Every fall, a few thousand people who grew up in Augusta County watch football from somewhere else. The broadcast map does not move with them.
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This item about Beth Macy having a new campaign jingle has me thinking of the moment The Soggy Bottom Boys started belting out “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow” at a rally for Pappy O’Daniel.
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The UVA and JMU women’s basketball programs announced on Monday that they have agreed to a three-game annual series that will begin on Nov. 19 with a game in Charlottesville.
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The debate over having debates season has officially kicked off in the Sixth District congressional race, as expected, launched by the Democratic Party challenger, Beth Macy.
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Bradley Hanner made his Major League debut for the New York Yankees over the weekend, pitching one inning of relief in Toronto against the Blue Jays.
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