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Gov. Bob McDonnell today announced the Virginia Tourism Corporation will award $635,000 in matching grant funds to 35 local tourism initiatives as part of the VTC Marketing Leverage Grant program. Among the initiatives winning grants were four originating in our local area. – SVTA Outdoor Recreation and Family Travel Marketing Campaign (New Market, Staunton, Harrisonburg,…
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Waynesboro opens the 2012 Valley League season with a home game with rival Staunton on Friday, June 1, at 7 p.m. The Valley League released the 2012 schedule on Monday. The 12-team league will be broken up into two six-team divisions. In 2011, there were three four-team divisions. The Generals will meet the Staunton Braves…
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For only the third time in 31 meetings, Towson defeated James Madison as the Tigers posted a 65-58 win in the Colonial Athletic Association women’s basketball opener for both teams Sunday afternoon at the Towson Center. The Dukes, who lost for the first time this season, have a 5-1 record. Towson, whose only losses have…
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Small businesses with big entrepreneurial plans sometimes can’t reach their goals due to limited creative manpower. That’s where a special service-learning project at Bridgewater College hopes to make a difference. Twenty seniors in an entrepreneurship course want to form working partnerships with five Harrisonburg and Rockingham County small businesses or non-profits for the spring 2012…
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Sadly, the Penn State Scandal has not surprised me or any of my colleagues at the Collins Center and Child Advocacy Center. Similar things have occurred within the Boy Scouts of America and the Catholic Church. The structures of these large organizations seem to make it ambiguous as to who is responsible for reporting suspected…
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The “Virginia Dreams” of a group of local country-music artists will soon take “Center Stage” on national TV. “What we hope to do is showcase our local talent to the world,” said “Virginia Dreams Center Stage” host Tim Spears, who announced today that the country-music TV showcase will debut on RFD-TV in January. RFD-TV is…
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AFP editor Chris Graham joined Kris Neil on WKDW-900AM’s “Country Club” on Monday to talk about the upcoming football clash between #4 Virginia Tech and #24 Virginia. The winner of the game will take the ACC Coastal Division title and play in next week’s ACC Championship Game against #17 Clemson. Graham is calling the matchup…
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If there is to be any good to come out of the horrific allegations of child sexual abuse involving a former Penn State assistant football coach, it could be this – that the firestorm of media attention on the Penn State case could make people more aware of the potential for this kind of thing…
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The Virginia State Police are investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash that occurred on November 15, 2011, on the campus of James Madison University. The crash occurred at 9:52 pm at the intersection of Carrier Drive and Bluestone Drive. The crash involved a transportation bus owned by the City of Harrisonburg and a pedestrian which…
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A grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will help feed an organic blueberry revolution in the Shenandoah Valley. “Sustaining Organic Blueberry Production: Analysis of Practices and Assessing Outcomes,” a research projected directed by Roman Miller, PhD, professor of biology at Eastern Mennonite University, will look at the merits of organic horticulture as it relates…
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