Shenandoah University adds to men’s basketball staff
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Shenandoah University men’s basketball coach announced this week that Dominic Parker has been added to his staff as the full-time assistant coach.
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TURN: Washington’s Spies will return to Virginia for third season
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced Wednesday that the AMC television series TURN: Washington’s Spies will be returning to Virginia for a third season.
Governor McAuliffe appoints 27-member Parole Commission
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced the appointment of an experienced group of law enforcement professionals, legislators, community leaders and academics to serve on his Commission on Parole Review.
Could indoor farms be oases in food deserts?
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Inside a 100-year-old former YMCA, researchers from Virginia State University are discovering which techniques for indoor farms work best in an urban environment—and hoping to help reduce the problem of food deserts in American cities.
Teachers can build knowledge of agriculture at free workshops
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The Virginia Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom will hold a summer series of free professional development workshops for teachers of pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. Each will feature agriculture-related classroom activities that meet current educational standards.
GRASP awards college scholarships to 124 Virginia high school students
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GReat Aspirations Scholarship Program, Inc. (GRASP), a non-profit, education organization, headquartered in Glen Allen, recently awarded 124 Last Dollar scholarships totaling $125,000 to Virginia high school students graduating in 2015.
Report: Minor league baseball family-friendly entertainment option
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Minor League Baseball announced today that attending one of its games is, yet again, one of the most economical forms of family entertainment available. The average cost for a family of four to enjoy a Minor League Baseball game this season is only $64.18; a price that includes parking, two adult tickets, two child tickets, four hot dogs, two sodas, two beers and a program or scorecard.
Battlefields Foundation presents conference on 1865, post-Civil War era
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On Saturday, June 20, the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation will look back at that period with a Sesquicentennial conference, “The Rocky Road to Peace”: 1865 and the Post-War Era in the Valley.
Virginia Museum of Transportation announces return of Norfolk & Western Class J 611 steam passenger locomotive
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For nearly 20 years she’s sat silent, but on Saturday, May 30, the Norfolk & Western Class J 611™ Steam Passenger Locomotive, the most powerful steam passenger locomotive ever built, will triumphantly return to her hometown of Roanoke, Virginia under her own steam power.
UVA Tennis: Danielle Collins falls in three sets in NCAA Quarterfinals
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The bid by UVA junior Danielle Collins (St. Petersburg, Fla.) for back-to-back NCAA singles titles ended in the NCAA quarterfinals at this year’s championship on Saturday (May 23) at the Hurd Tennis Center.
