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Rising sophomore tailbacks Scott Noble (Baltimore, Md./Franklin) and Corwin Acker (Landover, Md./Blake) ran for touchdowns to highlight James Madison’s spring football game at Bridgeforth Stadium/Zane Showker Field Saturday. Noble, who sat out the 2008 season as a redshirt after playing as a true freshman in 2007, scored on a one-yard carry on the game’s first…
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Results, Not Roadblocks was the theme of the news event featuring Democratic Party candidates for the Virginia House of Delegates at the Virginia Employment Commission office in Harrisonburg Thursday afternoon. AFP editor Chris Graham was there and reports across the media platforms. The videos feature 15th District Democratic nominee John Lesinsky, 20th District Democratic nominee…
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– Capitol Hill: Perriello sponsors earmark fundraising ban, posted Wednesday, 7:45 p.m. – State News: Park Service announces stimulus projects, including Shenandoah National Park project, posted Wednesday, 7:45 p.m. – State News: Planned Parenthood aims to provide Plan B emergency contraception to teens, posted Wednesday, 7:45 p.m. – Event: Arts Council to present Governor’s School…
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– AFP on Twitter: Chris Graham on the NFL Draft – AFP on Facebook: Poll/Discussion Question – Is progressive different than liberal? – Programming Note: Listen to AFP editor Chris Graham on WKDW Tuesday morning, posted Tuesday, 7 a.m. – Event: Governor’s School to put on variety show to benefit Food Bank, posted Tuesday, 7 a.m….
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Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office investigators are asking the public for help in identifying a body found off Route 33 on April 10. The body was found a mile from the West Virginia state line near the entrance to an area known as the Switzer Dam entrance road. The unidentified body is of a white male,…
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– Programming Note: Listen to AFP editor Chris Graham on WKDW Tuesday morning, posted Monday, 8:45 a.m. – Local News: Music Academy announces spring schedule, posted Monday, 9:30 a.m. – State News: Chopra named to White House post, posted Monday, 9:30 a.m. – Event: Travel Expo at SVRA, posted Monday, 9:30 a.m. – Event: Items…
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The license plate reads, “EPOWER.” Most appropriate, because electricity is what powers Carmen Schrock-Hurst’s primary source of transportation, a bright red GEM car, nicknamed “Ladybug.” GEM stands for Global Electric Motorcars (www.gemcar.com), a Chrysler company located in Fargo, N.D., that is turning out a fleet of battery-operated small vehicles for persons who want to “drive…
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You want to know where Terry McAuliffe had me? You could say at hello. “You can’t keep cutting, and you can’t raise taxes. So we’ve got to get a new economic engine going here in Virginia, and we’ve got to get a plan going. Where do we want to be 10, 20, 30 years from…
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Popular NCAA basketball analyst Dan Bonner will be the featured speaker at the April 22 meeting of the Shenandoah Valley Athletic Club to be held at the Harrisonburg Ramada Inn. The evening will begin with a social at 6 p.m., dinner at 6:50 p.m., followed by what promises to be a very interesting and entertaining…
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– Local News: Waynesboro PD investigating cab burglary, posted Monday, 10:35 a.m. – Economy: Gas prices stable, posted Monday, 10:15 a.m. – State News: Blogger can complain about dirt pile on developer’s property, posted Monday, 10:10 a.m. – Local News: VDOT road work schedule, posted Monday, 10:15 a.m.
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