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I’ve eternally complained about Democrats ceding territory in my part of Virginia, frustrated that we don’t even try in the I-81 corridor, down in Southwest, in Southside.
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Dell Curry (Fort Defiance) and Ralph Sampson (Harrisonburg) were both born at old Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg.
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Lane High graduate Mike Cubbage played Major League Baseball for eight seasons, once challenged Rod Carew and Fred Lynn for a batting title and then managed in The Show after his playing career.
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Tommie Martz was roommates in his first year of pro ball in 1960 in the Pittsburgh system with Steve Blass, who would be the winning pitcher in Game 7 as the Pirates beat the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series 11 years later.
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Brian O’Connor, who has left Charlottesville for the bright lights of the SEC at Mississippi State, began his tenure as the head coach of the UVA Baseball program in 2004.
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In all, five natives of Staunton made it Major League Baseball as players – and three of them were named Larry.
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Jeff Heie, the founder and director of the local nonprofit GiveSolar, received a Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions 2025 Sustainability Champions Award.
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Dr. Garett Smith will retire from Staunton Schools as superintendent, a career he never imagined as a student at UVA.
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A State Senate committee voted on Tuesday to reject seven Glenn Youngkin nominees to boards of visitors at UVA, VMI and George Mason.
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An AFP reader with stage 4 colorectal cancer was told she was exposed to the measles virus after being admitted to the emergency department at UVA Health University Medical Center to be treated for pneumonia last week.
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