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Richmond downed the James Madison women’s basketball team 74-66 Thursday evening at Lehigh’s Stabler Arena. UR improved to 11-2 with its fifth straight victory, while JMU dropped to 7-3. The game was the first of two games in the opening round of the Lehigh Christmas City Classic. Richmond 6-0 sophomore forward Genevieve Okoro scored a…
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Allied Realty Company—with more than 2.5 million square feet of commercial, manufacturing and distribution holdings in downtown Huntington, Kenova, Nitro and Parkersburg, W.Va.; Paris, Ky. and Waynesboro and Harrisonburg, Va.—today announced that its board of directors has elected Rebecca Polan as its new president. “One of my goals is to find ways to boost job…
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Grief Share Group: Melissa Morris, social worker with Gentle Shepherd Hospice, facilitates a Grief Share Group every first Thursday of the month at 10:45 a.m. This program provides seniors with an opportunity to discuss feelings related to various losses they may have experienced in the past several years such as loss of independence, divorce, death,…
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In January, OASIS Fine Art & Craft offers a mezzanine exhibit of Elaine Hurst paintings, “A Different Perspective”, a members’ exhibit “From the Heart”, and a concert by Blue O’Connell. Elaine Hurst is a slim , gentle woman with a physique that tells you she is well-acquainted with the out-of-doors. In fact she recently traveled…
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James Madison junior forward Nikki Newman (Harrisonburg, Va./Turner Ashby) finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds for her first career double-double to lead the Dukes to their 15th straight home win, a 71-64 victory overCentral Connecticut State in women’s basketball Sunday afternoon at the JMU Convocation Center. JMU improved to 7-1 overall and 3-0 at…
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A week after taking their first loss of the season, the EMU women got back on the winning track with a 60-48 trumping of Shenandoah in Harrisonburg Saturday afternoon. It was a rough start to the game for the Royals as they had just finished up their exam week and missed second-leading scorer Raiven Patterson…
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The momentum is starting to build in Harrisonburg, as the Runnin Royals have their first winning streak of the young season. Eastern Mennonite used a big first-half run to get the lead on Messiah and then held on for a 68-57 victory on Saturday. After the EMU men scored the first point of the game,…
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WVPT has entered its last month of fundraising through TALENT WAR$ with more than $1,800 donated through more than 40 competing talent videos. The station’s first ever interactive, online, video talent contest and fundraiser, TALENT WAR$ is offering $6,000 in cash prizes. Viewers can vote for their favorite video by donating to WVPT until Jan….
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The Arts Council of the Valley proudly announces the recipients of the Arts in Education Grant and Creative Inspirations Grant for the 2011-2012 Grant Cycle. The Arts in Education Grant recipients are Edwina George of South River Elementary School for Art Night and Kate Nesmith of Stone Spring Elementary School for Persuade Me Tee. The…
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Dave Biery and Jim Phillips, two long-time officers of the Valley Baseball League, are stepping down. Biery, who has served as League president since 1985, will be retiring from his post after the 2012 season. Don Lemish, the former athletics director at James Madison University and current commissioner of the Rockingham County Baseball League, will…
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