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One Book One Community is returning to the Staunton-Augusta County-Waynesboro area. This cooperative venture is designed to bring the community together through the experience of reading the same book.

One Book One Community is returning to the Staunton-Augusta County-Waynesboro area. This cooperative venture is designed to bring the community together through the experience of reading the same book.

Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that nearly $1 million in matching grant funds will be awarded to 54 local tourism initiatives as part of Virginia Tourism Corporation’s Marketing Leverage Grant program.

Gin Lou, MD, a Family Practice physician, has joined the Augusta Health Primary Care office in Fishersville. The practice is located at 53 South Medical Park Drive, across Goose Creek Road from the main Augusta Health campus. The office phone number is 540.332.5687.

Longwood University Director of Athletics Troy Austin has announced the appointment of Brian McCullough as the new baseball head coach for 2013-14. McCullough, a former starting pitcher and team captain for the Lancers, takes over for Charles Buddy Bolding, who recently retired after 35 years at the helm (953-544-4).

A total of 51 players from Atlantic Coast Conference schools have signed free agent contracts or received invitations to attend free agent camps from teams in the National Football League.

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jennifer Egan will present the keynote address for Washington and Lee University’s 10th annual Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar on Friday, April 5, at 4 p.m. in Lee Chapel.

The fourth annual County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, released today by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, indicates that Fairfax County has the healthiest residents in Virginia while the city of Petersburg ranks as the least healthy locality in the state.

Night of the Superstars has broken all presale records for local independent pro-wrestling shows in the Shenandoah Valley with more than 425 tickets sold online — more than five weeks before the live show gets under way.

Classical violinists Marc Ramirez and Olivia Hajioff will perform at WTA’s Gateway on Saturday, March 2 at 8 pm.

Sujatha Baliga, who was featured in the New York Times Magazine (Jan. 4, 2013) for her role as a restorative justice practitioner in a Florida murder case, offered an insider’s candid views on the now-famous case in a 90-minute webinar hosted by Eastern Mennonite University’s (EMU) Howard Zehr on Jan 30, 2013.