
Secretariat jockey to headline birthday celebration
Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, who piloted Secretariat to his historic Triple Crown victory in 1973, will headline the annual Secretariat Birthday Celebration at The Meadow March 27-29.

Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, who piloted Secretariat to his historic Triple Crown victory in 1973, will headline the annual Secretariat Birthday Celebration at The Meadow March 27-29.

The Valley Playhouse and Court Square Theater present Tina Howe’s Chasing Manet – a dry, witty comedy, an amusing fantasy of two women struggling to adjust to life in a retirement home.

The 18th-ranked Virginia wrestling team pulled off a stunning upset by winning the 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference wrestling championship by a comfortable margin at Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center.

Another ACC regular season is in the books. As our attention turns to Greensboro, we have to take one look back at the top performers from the 2014-2015 season.

Richmond (19-12, 12-6) led for more than 37 minutes en route to a 67-51 win over Saint Louis (11-18, 3-15) on Senior Day at the Robins Center.

With 44 seconds left on the clock, Quincy Taylor made his curtain call and put to rest a career that ended with one of the greatest basketball seasons in Longwood’s brief Division I history.

The No. 8 UVA women’s lacrosse team (3-3, 0-2 ACC) fell 10-7 at No. 2 North Carolina (6-1, 1-0 ACC) on Saturday (March 7) at Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill, N.C.

The City of Staunton, in conjunction with Staunton Creative Community Fund, received a USDA Rural Business Enterprise Grant in May 2014 to provide technical assistance to the City’s small business community. The City has selected Skill Set Partners, LLC to provide supply chain consulting services.

For the second-consecutive weekend it appeared that Longwood was locked in a pitchers’ duel as Longwood ace Aaron Myers and Georgia’s Ryan Lawlor matched wits for five innings.

Many Virginians enjoy feeding birds in their garden, and a custom-blended birdseed mix can draw a loyal and diverse crowd to the feeder.
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