
Amtrak announces new weekday morning departure time for Norfolk service
Passengers departing Norfolk, Va., can sleep a little longer as the weekday departure for Northeast Regional Train 84 from the city moves to 6:10 a.m. beginning on Aug. 31.

Passengers departing Norfolk, Va., can sleep a little longer as the weekday departure for Northeast Regional Train 84 from the city moves to 6:10 a.m. beginning on Aug. 31.

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The Court Square Theater’s Commonwealth One Credit Union Music Series continues on Saturday, September 12 with a lively concert of traditional blues featuring M.S.G. – The Acoustic Blues Trio and local performer, Bobby Driver.

The nomination deadline has been extended for the James River Writers annual Emyl Jenkins Award, honoring a Virginian that inspires a love of writing and writing education in Virginia. The new deadline is August 31.

Shifting from a relaxing vacation back to work is always challenging, but my return this past week from the mountains, streams and lakes of Glacier National Park to a special session of the General Assembly has been a particularly stark contrast.

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.

The School of Our Lady, Queen of Peace and Reconciliation, opening in Mount Solon on August 31, offers a holistic approach to education in a small, Montessori-based farm school environment, and focuses on the relationship between the natural world and academics.

One of the sea’s most misunderstood and beautiful creatures, the jellyfish, will be the focus of a new exhibit at the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, thanks to a $30,000 grant from the Dominion Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Dominion North Carolina Power.

Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore – yes, he was once Virginia’s governor – is apparently not concerned that he is barely registering as a presidential candidate.

The 2015 Special Session of the General Assembly was over before it began.
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