
Former NYPD commissioner to speak at VMI
Former New York Police Department commissioner and leading national security expert Raymond W. Kelly will speak at Virginia Military Institute Monday, Nov. 2.

Former New York Police Department commissioner and leading national security expert Raymond W. Kelly will speak at Virginia Military Institute Monday, Nov. 2.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the upcoming week. Traffic movements may be restricted and speed limits reduced in work zones.

Lots of pumpkins will be carved and painted in the coming days. Augusta County horticulturist Mark Viette believes the bottle gourd offers a more sophisticated way to decorate for the fall—and all year long.

When your parent or any member of your family dies, anger rears its ugly head. I find anger is an umbrella for other emotions that don’t make sense at the time. I had lots of anger when my father died. But I never expected to be angry at his church.

I’ve known Donald Smith his entire life, as I am his sister. When we were children, Donald was different. I wanted to play while Donald wanted to go to the farm and work. I never understood him back then, but looking back he was showing his leadership abilities and strong work ethics even as a child.

Stop me if you’re heard this one before from UVA football coach Mike London. “That’s a good football team, but at the same time we didn’t finish the game like we showed we could last week. It was disappointing to finish the way we did. We’ve got to improve in a lot of areas. We’ve got to continue to do that.” This was London after the 26-13 loss to UNC on Saturday.

As development occurs, storm water quantity and quality can be negatively affected and regulators want cities and towns to make sure they reduce the volume and improve the quality by treating the storm run-off before it enters creeks, rivers, or lakes, to the best of their ability.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced this week that TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEC), a leading provider of customer experience, engagement and growth solutions, will invest $4.07 million to establish a customer experience center in Scott County. Virginia successfully competed against North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee for the project, which will create 300 new jobs.

Anisha Hegde spent her summer writing a pilot survey to improve prenatal care for women in Rwanda on behalf of that African nation’s Ministry of Health. How she got there is pretty surprising.

The No. 16 Virginia men’s soccer team used a 12th-minute goal from freshman Derrick Etienne (Paterson, N.J.) to earn a 1-0 win over Virginia Tech Friday evening at Thompson Field in Blacksburg. The match was part of the Commonwealth Clash presented by Virginia529.
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