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Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. is working on plans for a riverside observation deck downtown – and is asking for your help to bring the project to reality. The effort to build what will be called the Waynesboro Fish-Deck has already won approval of grants from CSX and Virginia Main Street to the tune of $7,500….
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Virginia head coach Mike London was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year, as announced by the league on Tuesday. London becomes the fifth different UVa head footballcoach to garner coach of the year accolades. London joins a list of Bill Elias (1961), George Blackburn (1968), George Welsh (1983, ’84, ’89, ’91, ’95) and…
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Augusta Free Press LLC has teamed up with MDH Events to present Holiday Fashion Showcase on Sat., Dec. 3, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Gateway in Downtown Waynesboro. “It’s a time of year where we all want to be as fashionable as possible,” said Crystal Graham of Augusta Free Press. “As part…
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Short Pump Town Center announced today that it has suspended the use of a new technology that tracks customers’ movements by following their cell phone signals as they move from store to store. The technology, called FootPath, has been used in Europe, but over Thanksgiving Short Pump Town Center and a California mall owned by…
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Sadly, the Penn State Scandal has not surprised me or any of my colleagues at the Collins Center and Child Advocacy Center. Similar things have occurred within the Boy Scouts of America and the Catholic Church. The structures of these large organizations seem to make it ambiguous as to who is responsible for reporting suspected…
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The 24th-ranked James Madison men’s soccer team saw its season come to an end Sunday afternoon, as the Dukes lost 3-0 to No. 5 Connecticut in NCAA round of 16 action at Morrone Stadium. The Dukes, seeded No. 14 in the 48-team tournament, finished the year with a 13-5-2 record. The No. 3 seeded Huskies…
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Karen Kwiatkowski voted – twice – to re-elect Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte. She did so for the same reason that she thinks a lot of fellow Republicans in the heavily GOP Sixth support Goodlatte election cycle after election cycle. “They’ve known him for years, and because they’ve known him for years, they think he’s…
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Falling leaves, pumpkins, a cornucopia and turkeys: Whether we are conscious of it or not, some of the most prevalent Thanksgiving symbols come from nature. No matter where you are in the country, whether the leaves change, the snow falls or you spend Thanksgiving on a beach, you are bound to see some of these…
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Opening Statement: “I think this Virginia team is playing with a lot of confidence and they should. They’re playing well. Playing extremely well. Playing hard. I think the quarterback is making good decisions for them. Running backs are excellent. Big and strong up front offensively. The receivers – they have some playmakers out there. Defensively,…
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Sophomore guard Joe Harris scored a game-high 18 points and senior forward Mike Scott scored 14 points and had a game-high nine rebounds to lead Virginia to a 60-52 victory over Drake in the Cavaliers’ final game at the 2011 U. S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam on Monday (Nov. 21). Harris’ 18 points are a…
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