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I admit it – I’m a Weather Channel junkie. Watch it every morning first thing and every night before I go to bed. I watch during blizzards, thunderstorm outbreaks, sustained periods of good weather, whatever. One thing I don’t like that they’ve been doing of late is this Great Tornado Hunt, as they’ve been calling…
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The top-ranked Virginia men’s tennis team advanced to the first NCAA final in program history with a 4-2 semifinal win over No. 4 Ohio State on Monday at the Taube Tennis Center. The Cavaliers (34-0) will meet two-time defending champion Southern California in the final on Tuesday. “I am really proud of the team today,”…
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The Boys & Girls Club of Waynesboro, Staunton, and Augusta County will host an Open House for members of the Greater Augusta Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, June 2 from 4-6 p.m. The event, to be held at the Waynesboro Club at 302 E. Main St., will give companies an opportunity to tour the facility…
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It’s been a tough day at the office; maybe even a tough week, month, or year. You need a bit of a vacation. Perhaps it’s time to step away from work and go fishing. For Tommy Lawhorne and Kevin Little, fishing is their work. However, giving it the title of work does not stop their…
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UNC completes sweep of #1 UVa. : No. 13 North Carolina scored three times in the fifth inning and held on to post a 3-2 win over … (Read More) VMI wins Senior Day slugfest : Graham Sullivan went 5 for 5, setting a new career-high for hits in a game, and VMI scored 10…
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Behind seven points by Steele Stanwick, the No. 7 seeded Virginia Cavaliers (11-5) stormed past the No. 2 seeded Cornell Big Red (14-3) in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament, 13-9, in front of 13,447 fans inside Hofstra’s James M. Shuart Stadium. The win gives Virginia head coach Dom Starsia 327 career victories, passing…
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Waynesboro Police will join local and national law enforcement officers and highway safety advocates all across Virginia and the country for the 2011 national Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement mobilization that begins Sunday, May 22. During the mobilization, which runs through June 6, law enforcement throughout the Commonwealth will be cracking down on…
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The Board of Directors of Shenandoah High School Alumni Association gave me the “Distinguished Alumnus” Award at its annual banquet last weekend. Last year I wrote about my graduating class’s fiftieth reunion that I could not attend because I was out of the country. I did attend this year and was honored by the recognition….
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A trio of baserunning blunders erased the Potomac Nationals’ only real scoring chances on Monday night in Frederick and cost them in a 2-0 loss to the Keys in front of 3,266 at Harry Grove Stadium. Justin Bloxom was picked off at first base to end the game in the ninth inning – a frame…
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Redoing the controversial 2009 Augusta County reassessment might not lead to a result that is embraced by everybody, “but it at least it would be a fair-market value,” said Marshall Pattie, a James Madison University business professor who this month announced his candidacy for the North River seat on the Augusta County Board of Supervisors….
