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James Madison University president Linwood Rose will step down from his post as school president in June 2012. Rose made the announcement today. “When I accepted this job, I said that it was the best university presidency in the country. I meant it then and I still feel the same way. It isn’t the beautiful…
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Eastern Mennonite University dedicated and celebrated the largest solar photovoltaic project built so far in the state of Virginia in a public ceremony held Monday afternoonon EMU’s campus. During the celebration in EMU’s Campus Center, about 150 members of the campus community, public officials and local neighbors saw the university’s president Loren Swartzendruber unveil the…
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Exactly one year since its official kick off, the Dream It. Do It. Virginia-Shenandoah Valley campaign announces mini-grant recipients to help connect Valley students with careers in advanced technology and manufacturing. Fifteen mini-grant recipients will receive a total of $95,904 to implement activities that encourage students to explore careers in manufacturing, healthcare, information technology, construction,…
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Ground was broken on the new Riverheads fire and rescue station in August a couple of weeks before all hell started to break loose on the future of the whole volunteer fire-rescue concept that has served Augusta County for decades. Construction crews were busy at the site Wednesday morning with quite visible signs of progress…
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The Board of Directors at Frontier Community Bank has promoted Alan Sweet to the position of president and CEO. Sweet succeeds Wayne Turner, who has served the Virginia community banking industry successfully for more than 33 years. Sweet joined Frontier while it was organizing in 2007, and was instrumental in guiding Frontier through the variety…
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The United Way of Greater Augusta has tapped on three community leaders to head up its 2010 fundraising campaign. Joseph and Lisa Rosenberger will serve as co-chairs of the campaign, and G. Leonard Pittman Jr. will serve as the leadership chair for the campaign. Joseph Rosenberger is the founder of Rosenberger Financial Services located in…
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The Valley Alliance for Education 2010 Annual Reception was held last night at Robert Plecker Workforce Center at Blue Ridge Community College in Weyers Cave. The annual reception is held each year to honor grant winners as well as teacher of the year for Staunton, Augusta County and Waynesboro Public Schools. The audience that was…
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Seven individuals, one regional emergency medical services agency and the local-government administration in Rockbridge County received awards from the Central Shenandoah Regional EMS Council at an awards ceremony held on Wednesday at the Grand Caverns Park in Augusta County. “The award winners and all of the nominees for each category are outstanding representatives of our…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] ShenanArts unveiled its new home on Thursday – and had a couple of friends over to mark the occasion. “Ntelos has been very supportive of ShenanArts for a number of years. We certainly appreciate that. And they’ve shown their support here again and upped the ante,” said Mike Conner,…
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Written by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro is going to head in a new direction after Tuesday’s city elections. Staunton is going to continue on a familiar and proven course. We can say that with certainty as different as the two election cycles have been in the sister cities. Free read from AFPTheMagazine.com.
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