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The Waynesboro YMCA and Waynesboro Public Schools will partner in the fall to offer pre-kindergarten afterschool care at Wayne Hills, meeting a long-identified need in the Waynesboro community. “The Waynesboro Y will be providing a valuable service that many working parents have requested for several years,” said Robin Crowder, the superintendent of Waynesboro Public Schools,…
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Cadence Inc., a Staunton-based manufacturer of cutting and piercing instruments for industrial, medical and life-science applications, will invest $15.9 million to expand its operation in the City of Staunton and create 65 new jobs within three years. Virginia successfully competed against Costa Rica for the project. Gov. Bob McDonnell visited Staunton to announce the news…
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“Love can build a bridge” says Winona Judd in her popular country song, but when it comes to replacing the century-old Sears Hill Bridge in Staunton, it’s going to take cold, hard cash. The Staunton Downtown Development Association, in collaboration with the Friends of the Sears Hill Bridge and The Community Foundation of the Central…
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This past week, I attended and hosted over 20 events throughout the Fifth District. We made stops in Charlottesville, Danville, South Boston, Chase City, Farmville, Hardy, Rocky Mount, Java, Martinsville, Lawrenceville, Kenbridge, and Chatham. One of the top concerns that was expressed in several of my stops across Central and Southside Virginia was the rising…
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No. 13 North Carolina scored three times in the fifth inning and held on to post a 3-2 win over the No. 1 Virginia baseball team Saturday afternoon at Boshamer Stadium as the Tar Heels finished off a three-game series sweep. The Cavaliers were swept in an ACC series for the first time since April…
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Graham Sullivan went 5 for 5, setting a new career-high for hits in a game, and VMI scored 10 runs in the sixth inning to break the game open as the Keydets defeated the High Point Panthers, 17-12, in the regular season finale for both Big South teams Saturday at Gray-Minor Stadium. Sullivan’s five hits…
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No. 13 North Carolina scored five times in the sixth inning to break open a scoreless game on its way to a 6-0 win over the No. 1-ranked Virginia baseball team Thursday night at Boshamer Stadium. UVa (45-7, 22-6 ACC) was shut out for the first time this season and the first time in the…
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VCU rallied from a run down to tie the score twice during the first six innings but a bases loaded walk eventually gave UNC Wilmington the lead for good in the eighth, and the Seahawks held on to defeat the Rams, 3-2, Thursday evening in the opener of a three-game Colonial Athletic Association series at…
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A trio of baserunning blunders erased the Potomac Nationals’ only real scoring chances on Monday night in Frederick and cost them in a 2-0 loss to the Keys in front of 3,266 at Harry Grove Stadium. Justin Bloxom was picked off at first base to end the game in the ninth inning – a frame…
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Those entering the opening session of Eastern Mennonite University’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) were handed felt markers and circles of fabric. Their assignment: “Tell what you bring here.” Faisa Loyaan’s contribution: “learning and sharing.” That Somalian guest’s response seemed typical among the 80 learners arriving from 23 nations for the annual gathering organized by EMU’s…
