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– Reminder: Green Valley/Green Economy forum tonight – Local News: Chester to provide update on assessments lawsuit – Local News: Harrisonburg company wins top award for TV commercial – Local News: Opportunity to provide input on state transportation spending – Business News: DuPont Community Credit Union announces election results – Business News: Downtown-housing workshop in…
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I remember the first few years of Riverfest, back on the schedule for Saturday, which got its start in Downtown Waynesboro on the South River in the late 1990s as what came across to me as the biggest tree-hugger event of all time in this part of Virginia.
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– Capitol Hill: Perriello sponsors earmark fundraising ban, posted Wednesday, 7:45 p.m. – State News: Park Service announces stimulus projects, including Shenandoah National Park project, posted Wednesday, 7:45 p.m. – State News: Planned Parenthood aims to provide Plan B emergency contraception to teens, posted Wednesday, 7:45 p.m. – Event: Arts Council to present Governor’s School…
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– Local News: Traffic delays on I-64 in Albemarle this weekend, Saturday, 4 p.m. – State News: Prosecutors drop charges against McCain T-shirt scofflaw, Saturday, 4 p.m. – Local News: Community Bank begins food drive, Saturday, 4 p.m. – Local News: VDOT road work schedule, Saturday, 4 p.m. – Local News: Staunton Police warn of…
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– Local News: Augusta County Board of Supervisors meeting agenda, Wednesday, 9:05 a.m. – Local Events: Blue Highway in concert at Court Square Theater, Wednesday, 9:05 a.m. – Local Events: Philly graphic artist to display at EMU, Wednesday, 9:05 a.m. – Local News: Presidential Library announces Woodrow Wilson Forum, Wednesday, 9:05 a.m. – Local News:…
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The March 2009 edition of The New Dominion Magazine is on the streets this week. The cover story is “Black, white and red all over” – a look by ND editor Chris Graham at the hemorrhaging in the news-media and book-publishing industries and what those of us on the inside are doing to try to…
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Property assessments in Augusta County are up nearly 30 percent countywide, and individual property owners are seeing increases as much as 300 percent. A citizens group is leading an effort to get the Augusta County Board of Supervisors to consider delaying the implementation of the new assessments.
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– Stuarts Draft man charged with murder for hire, Thursday, 6 p.m. – Miss America 2008 to speak at JMU on eating disorders, Thursday, 5:50 p.m. – Family Foundation praises passage of marriage curriculum bill, Thursday, 5:50 p.m. – White House announces formation of faith-based partnerships office, Thursday, 5:50 p.m. – Wagner picks up several…
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The Shenandoah National Park is breathtaking with its wide vistas and rolling scenery that comes to life in an instant for the millions of visitors who take in our natural wonder every year. But there’s another side to the story of the park that is overlooked even by locals who probably don’t know how the…
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The Northern Virginia numbers were what turned it Election Night, but don’t be misled by the TV drama that is Election Night. Because Barack Obama wouldn’t have won Virginia if he hadn’t done as well as he did in the Fifth and Sixth congressional districts.
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