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Five prep All-Americans highlight a football recruiting class composed of 20 student-athletes, as announced by Virginia Tech on Wednesday. “We’re really pleased with this class,” head coach Frank Beamer said. “It’s a solid, good class with a lot of players who have great potential. In a year that we had limited scholarships, I’m happy we…
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The Virginia Film Office and the Virginia Production Alliance are cooperatively producing the fourth annual Virginia Indie Film Festival Feb. 26 and 27. The Festival features independently produced documentaries, short films and features from Virginia filmmakers. The films were selected by panels of industry professionals and come from Midlothian, Blue Ridge, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Roanoke,…
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A study of urban traffic congestion ranks three areas in Virginia among the most congested in the United States. The Texas Transportation Institutes’ 2010 Urban Mobility Report lists Washington D.C./Northern Virginia as the nation’s most congested region when measuring average annual delay. Virginia Beach and Richmond also rank high for congestion delays. “This study reinforces…
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Mike London’s initial reaction to the idea pitched to him by University of Virginia executive associate athletics director Jon Oliver about featuring the UVa. football team in a weekly television series was maybe what you’d expect. “At first, I was like, Cameras in practice? I was kind of hesitant,” said London, the first-year coach at…
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Mike London’s initial reaction to the idea pitched to him by University of Virginia executive associate athletics director Jon Oliver about featuring the UVa. football team in a weekly television series was maybe what you’d expect. “At first, I was like, Cameras in practice? I was kind of hesitant,” said London, the first-year coach at…
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Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected] “Sittin’ on the dock of the bay, Watching the tide roll away . . .” – Otis Redding (1968) VIRGINIA BEACH – What could be finer than to be in Carolina in the morning? How about poolside in Virginia Beach on a sunny, warm afternoon, alternately…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] There’s only a “slim chance” that oil from the BP oil spill off the coast of Louisiana will end up washing ashore on beaches in Virginia, according to a James Madison University professor who is a Gulf Stream expert. “The Gulf Stream, as it travels eastward, reaches its closest proximity…
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Smaller, but quality, class brought in by Beamer Staff Report Virginia Tech sports: www.hokiesports.com Five prep All-Americans highlight a football recruiting class composed of 20 student-athletes, as announced by Virginia Tech on Wednesday. With such a small senior class from this past season, Tech announced just 20 players total Wednesday, including 13 players from Virginia….
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Everything you wanted to know about the State of the Union, but were afraid to ask. We have the full texts and videos of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s Republican response. We also have reactions from Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner, congressmen…
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Column by Stan Horst Many of us dream of finding the perfect place to live, Stan Horst found that perfect place when he moved to Central Virginia 20 years ago where he runs Cabin Creekwood, a vacation rental business near Waynesboro with his wife Debbie. Stan say he will never grow tired of the variety…
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