VDOT road report: June 17-21
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The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks.
Search Results for Harrisonburg
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Waynesboro Generals win at Covington, 4-0
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Starter Tyler Fox and three relievers combined to limited Covington to two hits, and the Waynesboro Generals won on the road, 4-0, Friday night.
Waynesboro Generals fall to rival Staunton, 7-3
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James Reeves struck out nine in a solid outing on the mound, and the Staunton Braves rode his effort to a 7-3 win over the Waynesboro Generals on Thursday.
Benefits of Hospice Volunteering Talk at ERSC
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Whitney Meyerhoeffer, Volunteer Coordinator with Southern Care, spoke to 22 ERSC members and 3 volunteers on June 12 about the “Benefits of Hospice Volunteers.”
Ralph Northam, Mark Herring win Democratic nominations
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State Sens. Ralph Northam and Mark Herring will complete the Democratic Party ticket for the 2013 state elections. Northam, D-Norfolk, defeated Aneesh Chopra for the lieutenant governor nomination, with 54.3 percent of the more than 140,000 votes cast. Herring, D-Leesburg, won a tighter battle with former federal prosecutor Justin Fairfax for the attorney general nomination, with 51.6 percent of the votes going to Herring.
Local workshops highlight National Small Business Week
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National Small Business Week comes to the Valley June 17-21 with a series of workshops being offered by the Small Business Development Center (SBDC). Celebrate Small Business! will offer five workshops on five days in five locations from Luray to Harrisonburg to Lexington. All the workshops are free to the business community.
The Bodacious Best of Snuffy Smith at local book signing
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Being the cartoonist for King Features’ Barney Google and Snuffy Smith comic strip has been the greatest joy of John Rose’s professional career. Rose, who will sign copies of his book The Bodacious Best of Snuffy Smith at Bookworks in Downtown Staunton on Saturday from 3-5 p.m., always wanted to be a cartoonist. He started drawing on his parents’ living room walls and continued throughout his school years in the margins of his test papers (hoping for extra credit).
Intern Begins Working With CDSME
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Ophelia Addai Boateng, James Madison University Senior majoring in Public Health Education, will be spending the next eight weeks as an intern with the Chronic Disease Self-Managment Education Program.
VDOT road work report: June 10-14
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The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks.
Valley Fourth seeks entries for ‘Get Outdoors’ parade
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Valley Fourth, Harrisonburg’s quintessential 4th of July celebration, is seeking entries for the annual “Get Outdoors” Parade. The parade will be held on Thursday, July 4, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. along Main Street in Downtown Harrisonburg.
