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Junior Andre Cornelius scored a season-high 22 points to lead a quartet of George Mason men’s basketball players in double figures and the Patriots exploded for their highest scoring total of the year, a 87-68 victory over Hofstra on Saturday night. Coupled with VCU’s loss to Northeastern in Boston on Wednesday, the Patriots (18-5, 10-2…
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Redevelopment team members for the Mill at South River in Waynesboro announced today that the project has successfully completed a $5.5 million voluntary remediation and site preparation phase of the property redevelopment. It is the largest known voluntary Brownfield investment by an individual in Virginia and ranks in the top 7 percent in size of…
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Here we are, A “New Year,” in need of a new direction. As I’ve looked back over the last 10 years I’ve seen that the “political players” on both sides of the aisle have betrayed us! The Democrats have been trying to “give away the store” that’s been bankrupt for years, and the Republicans get…
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Trailing 50-31 with over 13 minutes to go, James Madison used a full-court pressure defense and penetrating offense to go on a 30-11 momentum-swinging push to rally for a 77-71 win over Delaware in a Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball game Saturday afternoon at the Bob Carpenter Center. JMU improved to 17-6 overall and 7-4…
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For the third straight game the George Mason men’s basketball team pieced together a double-digit run spanning both halves, and it once again led to victory as the Patriots defeated William & Mary, 85-69, in Colonial Athletic Association action Saturday afternoon at Kaplan Arena. The win was the seventh straight for Mason (17-5, 9-2 CAA),…
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The midpoint in the 2011 session is fast approaching. Under the procedural rules adopted at the beginning of every session, the House of Delegates and the Senate must take final action on bills introduced in that body by crossover. The process would not work without self imposed time limits and rules, so by February 8…
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I often describe the General Assembly session as being like a roller coaster ride. It starts off slowly but accelerates in speed as the bottom seems to drop out. There are many ups and downs along the way. The session is scheduled to adjourn February 26. In the meantime about 3,000 bills and resolutions will…
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The President’s challenge for all of us to create the country that 9-year old Christina Taylor Green thought we had when she made the fateful trip to hear her elected representative rings true to me. Christina had an ambition to be the first girl to play in the major leagues. Tragically it’s a chance she…
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Charles Jenkins scored 35 points and Hofstra rallied from a second-half deficit as large as 15 to defeat James Madison 92-90 in overtime in a Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball game Monday night at the Mack Sports Complex. HU won for the seventh time in eight games to improve to 14-6 overall, 8-1 in the…
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The Waynesboro Police Department is investigating a series of thefts from parked vehicles that have occurred over the last two weeks, including this past weekend. The thefts have been reported in various parts of the city, but most have involved forced entry by breaking side window glass and grabbing a visible item such as a…
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