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Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected] I hardly recognized the place. But then, it was Laurelville Camp with a Rt. 2, Mt. Pleasant, Pa., address when I had my main associations as acamper, staff member for two summers and a counselor. Today, it’s Laurelville Mennonite Church Center to reflect the broader range…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The Charlottesville Derby Dames will take on the rival Rocktown Rollers of Harrisonburg on Saturday at Augusta Expoland in Fishersville. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the shoving starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 in advance at brownpapertickets.com, $8 at the door, and kids under 5 are free….
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] The staff at the student newspaper at JMU seems to be trying to claim victory in its settlement with Harrisonburg-Rockingham Commonwealth’s Attorney Marsha Garst regarding a dispute over photos of an April riot that were seized by Garst’s office. Reality check – Garst got her photos.
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Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected] There must be better places than a long slab of cement to celebrate one’s birthday. But the more I reflect on it, this setting is probably fitting, given the countless hours of my lifetime spent traveling this long stretch of crumbling pavement, the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] #4 UVa.’s goal to play one more week were dashed at #3 North Carolina as the Cavs women’s lacrosse team dropped a 17-7 decision to the Tar Heels in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] DIGICO Shoot|Post|Design, a creative video and motion design firm based in Harrisonburg, has won an American Marketing Association EMMA Award for Best TV Advertising. AFPBusiness.com has the story.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] While area school districts have experienced a spike in enrollment in the free- and reduced-price lunch program, the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank has seen an equally sharp rise in its own child-hunger programs.
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Column by Chris DeWald Submit guest columns: [email protected] Grief may be triggered by the death of a loved one. People also can experience grief if they have an illness for which there is no cure, or a chronic condition that affects their quality of life. The end of a significant relationship may also cause…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The family of Bonnie Hanger Crump and the Mount Sidney United Methodist Church are hosting a memorial benefit sale at Mount Sidney Ruritan Park on Saturday, May 1, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Katie Thisdell felt that she had no choice but to turn over to Harrisonburg police and Commonwealth’s Attorney Marsha Garst several hundred photos shot by staffers at The Breeze at the April 10 block party that turned into a clash between partygoers and local law enforcement.
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