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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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Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected] It’s a telling sketch. Local actor-playwright Ted Swartz plays a college student who comes home and tells his father that he decided to change his major from theater to pre-med. “I want to become a brain surgeon,” the young man tells his dad. The father, an…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Gov. Bob McDonnell has set the special election for the open seat in the 26th House District for June 15.
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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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