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Andrew Rash had a two-run, go-ahead triple in the eighth inning, part of his 2 for 4, four RBI game, to lead the Virginia Tech Hokies to a 9-6 win over the VMI Keydets in non-conference baseball action Tuesday in Lexington, Va. Virginia Tech’s win gave the Hokies a split of the season series between the clubs, as the Keydets were bidding for their first season sweep in the series since 1962.
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Strong performances from Henry Owens, Garin Cecchini, and Keury De La Cruz highlighted the Salem Red Sox’s dominant 8-1 triumph over Wilmington on Tuesday night. Owens, the stringy southpaw, blanked the Blue Rocks over six awesome innings, while Cecchini launched a two-run blast in the first to put the Sox in front. In the second, De La Cruz blasted a two-out grand slam to boost Salem’s lead to 8-zip, providing more than enough offense with Owens and two relievers taking care of business on the mound.
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If you have any sense of wonder or faith in humanity, you would have to agree that Earth Day is an extraordinary event. It combines the functions of educator, movement builder and the largest public service project in the world. More than 1 billion people from almost every single country on earth will take an action in service to our planet.
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A local event in conjunction with Safe Drug Take Back Day giving residents a safe way to dispose of prescription, over-the-counter and pet medicines is set for Saturday, April 27.
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The seventh-ranked Virginia baseball team finished off a three-game series sweep of fifth-ranked Florida State with a 5-2 victory Sunday afternoon in front of a capacity crowd at Davenport Field. Virginia (35-6, 16-5) outscored the Seminoles 16-4 and did not trail in the series in recording the program’s first-ever three-game series sweep against FSU (31-9, 13-8).
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As part of its mission to serve area writers, filmmakers, artists and performers, the Waynesboro Cultural Commission announces the second in its series of informal workshops. The romance writers’ workshops, scheduled for the first two Tuesdays in May, will introduce the genre and give aspiring authors the skills to understand the expectations of this popular fictional form.
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Motorists across the country continue to feel relief at the pump as gas prices in every state are lower than one week ago. The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline dropped to $3.51 Friday. This price is five cents less expensive than one week ago, 19 cents less than one month ago and 38 cents less than one year ago.
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Junior infielder Ty McFarland (Bridgewater, Va./Turner Ashby) lined a single to left with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the 10th to push James Madison past Georgia State 9-8 in the second game of a doubleheader on Saturday evening at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park.
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The Richmond Flying Squirrels (7-10) and Reading Fightin’ Phils split a doubleheader at The Diamond in front of 8,407 at The Diamond on Saturday night. Reading grabbed the first game, 3-2, while the Squirrels took the second game, 4-1.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced on Thursday that the Commonwealth Transportation Board advanced over $150 million in long-sought transportation improvement projects at its meeting in Richmond yesterday. These projects are being funded as a result of the Governor’s 2011 Transportation Funding and Reform Package.
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