
Intern Begins Working With CDSME
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.

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.

The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks.

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.

The Waynesboro Generals scored a run on two hits in the first inning, but could manage only one hit the rest of the way in a 5-1 loss at New Market Saturday.

Harrisonburg’s 23rd season of the Fridays on the Square Music Festival, presented by Citizens for Downtown, begins this Friday, June 7.

Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance announced this week that The Steel Wheels as this year’s Grand Marshals of the Valley Fourth Parade. The “Get Outdoors” themed parade takes place Thursday, July 4, leaving from the Rockingham County Administration Building at 6pm and marching south to the City Municipal Building.

A two-out, two-run Tyler Bocock single in the seventh inning gave the Waynesboro Generals a 3-2 win over New Market on Sunday night.

On Saturday, June 15, volunteers for the Virginia Consortium of Quilters will hold a Documentation and Discovery Day at the Augusta County Historical Society, located in the R.R. Smith Center for History and Art at 20 S. New Street in Downtown Staunton.

The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank announced on Monday the promotion of Michael McKee to chief executive officer as well as the appointment of three new officers on the Board of Directors.

Long-time Waynesboro Generals owner Jim Critzer and his business, Linco Inc., are back on board with the Generals as major sponsors for the 2013 summer season.
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