AAA: Gas prices continue downward trend, despite Sandy
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Gas prices continued their downward trend for the third consecutive week, following Hurricane Sandy’s impact on the northeastern U.S.
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Too Human: Slow down, and enjoy it a little
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Life has slowed down for Ellen Schwartz and Roger Bruno, by design. “We don’t have to worry anymore about things like, How will this sound if Barbra Streisand were singing it?” said Schwartz, who with Bruno, her husband, performs in the band Too Human, which will play at the Gateway Theatre in Downtown Waynesboro on Friday, Oct. 26.
Irish rocker Larry Kirwan brings dark wit to WTA’s Gateway
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The idea of doing the same thing twice is Larry Kirwan’s idea of a nightmare. “I’ve been in bands that follow a set list every night. I literally start to shake at the thought of doing the same show twice in a row, let alone go out on tour and do the same show every night. I’d rather go to Wall Street. At least I’d be better off,” joked Kirwan, who will be performing his rock-n-read show at the WTA’s Gateway Theatre on Friday night.
Ken Plum: What direction school reform?
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For more than a quarter century the Virginia School Boards Association has been sponsoring a summer “Governor’s Conference on Education.”
Study: Voucher recipients more likely to go to college
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A new study released today by researchers at the Brookings Institution and Harvard University shows that African American participants in a private school choice program were 24 percent more likely to enroll in college as a result of receiving a voucher, reinforcing previously-released data showing improved graduation rates, parental satisfaction, and academic achievement among voucher students
Civil War tales at WTA’s Gateway
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Barbara Bates Smith returns to WTA’s Gateway with her new solo performance, Civil War: Agate Hill to Appomattox. The Thursday, Aug. 9th performance at WTA’s Gateway will bring the voices of a trio of women who were impacted by the War Between the States. The performance is at 8 pm at 329 West Main in Downtown Waynesboro
Katherine McFate: Strengthen state oversight of fracking
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States have begun to respond to citizen complaints, but no state requires enough upfront collection of data and monitoring of drilling operations to ensure protection of local water supplies
Presidential Library hosting teaching workshops
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Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library will host the final series of workshops in conjunction with the three-year Teaching American History grant
Waynesboro designer to show couture collection at Virginia Fashion Week
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Mariah Clark the designer for Mariah Amine Couture, based in Downtown Waynesboro, has been accepted to show in Virginia Fashion Week 2012 as a couture emerging designer. Virginia Fashion Week will take place in downtown Norfolk Oct. 17-21, 2012
Chinese business to purchase Virginia soybeans
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Gov. Bob McDonnell today announced the expansion of a major soybean export agreement between Perdue Agribusiness, which owns and operates a major deep water export facility in Chesapeake, and the Dandong Port Group and Dandong Pasite Grain and Oilseed Co. of Dandong, China
