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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Downtown Harrisonburg is the place to be Friday night, with two events on the schedule to give you something to do. The First Fridays Art Walk is on from 5-7 p.m. with events at Larkin Art Studios, The 150 Franklin Street Gallery, Oasis Art Gallery, Hardesty-Higgins House and 3on3 Art…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Ben Irick has joined the Member Investment Services team at DuPont Community Credit Union as a financial consultant. Irick, who lives in Charlottesville, comes to DCCU from a large investment firm in Houston. Irick has a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Texas and holds both the Series…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The latest housing-market news is in. I’ll be an optimist and called it a mixed bag, even as Fred Morgan, a Realtor with 1st Choice-GMAC in Staunton and a member of the Greater Augusta Association of Realtors, admits to being a bit shocked when he first saw the latest sales…
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Story by Laura Lehman Amstutz For the second year in a row, Eastern Mennonite Seminary has admitted more students from other denominations than those who are Mennonite. This year, EMS has admitted 22 new degree-seeking students and eight non-degree seeking students at the Harrisonburg campus. Three more degree-seeking students and one more non-degree seeking student…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro righthander Jake Cowan was honored as one of the Valley League’s players of the week after throwing a complete-game three-hitter in a 5-2 win over Covington last week. Cowan struck out 11 and walked four en route to the win. The UVa. product also picked up the win over…
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Item by Mary K. Heatwole The Bridgewater College Alumni Choir will present a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, at the Bridgewater Church of the Brethren. The Alumni Choir was co-founded by Dr. Jesse Hopkins, the Edwin L. Turner Distinguished Professor of Music at Bridgewater College, and Jonathan Emmons, a 2005 graduate. Emmons will…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The Shenandoah Valley is among the reddest parts of red-state America. Tim Russert, God rest his soul, needed a brighter shade for us to get across just how red we are. George W. Bush got 74.4 percent of the vote in Augusta County and Rockingham County in 2004,…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A pair of Staunton Braves were among the players honored by the Valley League as its players and pitchers of the week for Week Six of the 2008 season. Pitcher Josh Squatrito (Towson) was named one of the pitchers of the week after recording three saves in three appearances and…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The second annual Heritage5K Run/Walk sponsored by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society is set for Saturday, Aug. 23, at 8 a.m. in Dayton. The race will begin at Wilbur Pence Middle School in Dayton and end up at the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society Heritage Center Museum at 382 High St. Register by…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The family-friendly “Fly Away Home” will be the featured entertainment this week at Fridays on the Square in Downtown Harrisonburg. Dog trainer Wendy Perry from PetSmart will be on hand before the film to teach audience members more about their four-legged friends. Perry will demonstrate safety tips such as how…
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