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Gov. Bob McDonnell today congratulated the Virginia Chutney Company and Feast! for top awards they received last night at the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade’s (NASFT) 2013 sofi™ Awards Ceremony.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell today welcomed the first landing of Atlantic deep sea red crab to Virginia via a joint venture between Massachusetts-based Atlantic Red Crab Company and Virginia-based L.D. Armory Co., Inc., and Graham & Rollins, Inc.
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The Richmond Flying Squirrels (37-37) cruised behind right-hander Taylor Rogers to a commanding 8-0 victory over the Bowie Baysox (35-37) in front of 4,163 on Monday night at The Diamond. It marked the league-leading eighth shutout of the season for the Squirrels.
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Behind a career-best seven innings from righthander William Cuevas, the Salem Red Sox snuck past the Wilmington Blue Rocks 4-3 on Sunday afternoon to snag a victory in the rubber match of the three-game set at Frawley Stadium.
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Ryan Weber outdueled Kyle Stroup in game one, but the Salem Red Sox starter was superior in game two. Kyle Kraus tossed five strong innings to earn his first Carolina League win in Salem’s 5-1 triumph in the nightcap. Earlier, Lynchburg prevailed in the opener 2-1, a game that remained scoreless until the Hillcats plated a pair in the fifth.
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Jack Snodgrass was sterling on the mound and potent at the plate, leading the Richmond Flying Squirrels (24-23) as they trounced the Altoona Curve, 12-5, on Saturday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field.
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The Richmond Flying Squirrels (7-10) and Reading Fightin’ Phils split a doubleheader at The Diamond in front of 8,407 at The Diamond on Saturday night. Reading grabbed the first game, 3-2, while the Squirrels took the second game, 4-1.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Wednesday that the inaugural Governor’s Holiday Hoops Classic raised an additional $48,695 for Virginia’s food banks from proceeds of ticket sales.
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Stan Okoye had a career-high 39 points, including 26 in the second half, to lead the Keydets to an 86-77 win over the Presbyterian College Blue Hose Saturday night in Clinton, S.C. The contest was the Big South opener for both programs.
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U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine has been crisscrossing the state the past couple of days – held a roundtable with defense contractors on Wednesday in Sterling, meeting with the American Federation of Government Employees in Arlington to discuss his strategies to avoid the impending sequestration defense cuts, and then on Thursday touring the Water Pollution Control Plant in Roanoke to highlight his energy agenda
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