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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The Harrisonburg-based Citizens for Animal Welfare today praised Gov. Bob McDonnell for his move last week to propose an amendment to a House of Delegates bill that would prohibit the practice of breed discrimination in animal shelters.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] A current faculty member will become vice president and undergraduate academic dean at Eastern Mennonite University. Dr. Nancy Heisey, professor of biblical studies and church history at EMU and currently chair of the Bible and religion department, will begin a three-year term in her new role on July 1,…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Outdoor Life lists one place in Virginia among the “Top 200 Towns for Sportsmen.” Yep, it’s Waynesboro, now known as The River City, where 10 years ago city and downtown-business leaders were striking out in their turns at bat in trying to figure out a way to turn the…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Don’t call Bob Satterwhite and ask him to line you up with a green job. It’s not quite to that level yet, but the $5 million federal grant to the Shenandoah Valley Workforce Investment Board announced earlier this year is moving us in the direction of being on the…
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Column by Mark A. Santomieri Submit guest columns: [email protected] Let me introduce myself … I am a man of both wealth and taste. Okay, enough of Mick Lips and the rolling uglies … on to better thoughts. Let’s talk about the Shenandoah Valley and our epicenter, Waynesboro. I’ve got no reason to think that…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It hit him driving to work early, early, early Friday morning. “I was thinking, Gosh, is this the last time I’m here, the clock turning 4 o’clock in the morning, and I’m driving into the parking lot? This route that I’ve taken to the station for so many years,…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Kai Degner may be hitting one of those windows of opportunity that the universe seems to offer up every few hundred million years or so. “We think this is the best shot in years to win the seat,” said Degner, the Harrisonburg mayor and presumptive Democratic Party nominee in…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Blue Ridge Community College’s Fine Arts Center plays host to the Latin Ballet of Virginia’s Baile & Rumba on Saturday, April 10 at 7 p.m.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Graham Sullivan’s two-run double in the seventh inning gave No. 29 VMI a 3-2 lead over James Madison they would not relinquish in non-conference baseball action Wednesday evening at Gray-Minor Stadium. The win continues VMI’s best start in program history at 25-5, while the Dukes fall to 15-14 with the…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The first home bout of the Rocktown Rollers 2010 flat-track roller-derby season will be on Saturday at 5 p.m. at Funky’s Skating Center in Harrisonburg. The Rollers will be hosting the Mason Dixon Roller Vixens from Hagerstown, Md. Doors open at 4 p.m., and the bout starts at 5…
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