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I hopped into Mr. Peabody’s Wayback Machine, fastened my seat belt and set the dial to the year “1959.” The destination: the 50-year reunion of the Montevideo High School class of 1959 the evening of Oct. 24 held at the Clear Spring Homestead west of Dayton. I was invited to bring my stax of wax,…
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Not much to say about the four contested House of Delegates races in the AFP reader area. The Democrats got pantsed. Jeff Price’s 28.8 percent showing in his 24th District challenge to Republican Ben Cline was actually the best showing of the four, if you can believe that. And Price wasn’t even able to get…
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Redshirt freshman quarterback Justin Thorpe (Richmond, Va./Varina) ran for one touchdown and threw for another to lead the James Madison football team to a 20-8 victory at Delaware Saturday. Thorpe ran 12 yards for JMU’s first touchdown and hit senior tight end Charlie Newman (Harrisonburg, Va./Turner Ashby) on a seven-yard scoring play for the Dukes’…
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There’s a different sort of trick or treating going on this Halloween! The Boy Scouts in the Valley and Charlottesville will be “Scouting for Food” this Saturday. Scouts will drop by homes, collect food left by residents at their doorsteps and bring the donations to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. “Scouting for Food” begins…
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The Rockingham Memorial Hospital Flu Care Clinic is moving to a new location and expanding hours beginning Monday, Nov. 2. The Clinic is moving to Cloverleaf Plaza, 518 Burges Road, Harrisonburg, behind the Shoney’s on East Market Street, and will be open from 6-10 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday and…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Bureau chief is a sexy job title, but being the bureau chief means you end up doing things like spending the morning at a middle school making sure the station can do live web-streaming of a House of Delegates debate scheduled for the next night. WVIR-NBC29 veteran Ken Slack…
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Twenty-three percent of current workers in advanced technology and manufacturing careers will be eligible to retire by the end of 2010, according to a statewide 2007 Skilled Trade Gap Analysis Study. To help industry prepare for these career vacancies, the Virginia Manufacturers Association brought the Dream It. Do It. campaign to Virginia. Dream It. Do…
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While illicit drug abuse began to decline in 2002, abuse of prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications continues to climb. Join the Strong Families Great Youth Coalition and RMH Community Health for a town hall meeting on prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26 at Harrisonburg High School PE Commons.
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Today the Deeds campaign released a new ad calling on Bob McDonnell to “knock off the lies.” The ad, “Hurt,” features workers telling Bob McDonnell to stop the lies about Deeds’ position on cap-and-trade, because they know they can trust Deeds’ to fight to protect their jobs. The ad responds to Bob McDonnell’s false claims…
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Virginia State Police and University of Virginia Police are following up on numerous leads regarding the joint investigation into the disappearance and whereabouts of a Virginia Tech student. Local and state police have been searching for Morgan Dana Harrington, 20, of Roanoke County, since she was reported missing by her parents Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009….
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