
Meet the Uke Crew at Shelburne Middle School
I had the honor of meeting the Uke Crew of Shelburne Middle School. These fun and talented kids have formed a ukulele playing group.

I had the honor of meeting the Uke Crew of Shelburne Middle School. These fun and talented kids have formed a ukulele playing group.

The culturally mixed background of the Afghan-American Muslim keynote speaker fit well with the diverse attendees from 21 countries at the first “Frontier Luncheon” during the six-week Summer Peacebuilding Institute.

The NFL is going to have a hard time throwing the book at Tom Brady considering that the league gave carte blanche to quarterbacks in 2006, at the behest of Brady and Peyton Manning, to let teams provide the balls to be used on offense to game officials.

A 40-hour work week is typical for most full-time paid jobs. But Stephen Bennett, from Covington, Virginia, a senior majoring in forestry in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, typically pulls at least 40 hours a week on a volunteer basis at the Virginia Tech Rescue Squad.

The sentiment in UVA Nation was that the Virginia basketball program missed out on a golden opportunity when former VCU signee Kenny Williams decided to sign with ACC rival North Carolina.

Liberals and conservatives disagree on policy priorities. One thing they ought to agree on, according to April Moore, the Democratic Party nominee in the 26th Senate District, is that money wields too much influence on what lawmakers see as their priorities.

The Waynesboro Police Department is requesting assistance from the public to help identify a woman who stole $200 in cash and a debit card from a Staunton woman at a city gas station last weekend.

UVA sophomore linebacker Max Valles talks with the media after being selected by the Oakland Raiders in the sixth round of the 2015 NFL Draft on Saturday.

Heavy-handed federal regulations have seeped into nearly every aspect of American life, including the school lunch line.

Abortion is at its root a public health and safety issue. Strikingly, the numbers of abortions were fairly constant pre- and post- the Roe v. Wade decision, at roughly one million per year. The difference legality has made is in safety, for all women and especially for poor women of color.
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