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Redevelopment team members for the Mill at South River in Waynesboro announced today that the project has successfully completed a $5.5 million voluntary remediation and site preparation phase of the property redevelopment. It is the largest known voluntary Brownfield investment by an individual in Virginia and ranks in the top 7 percent in size of…
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Harrisonburg educator Luke A. Hartman has been named vice president for enrollment at Eastern Mennonite University. He will assume his new role Aug. 1, 2011. The appointment was announced Wednesday, Jan. 26, by EMU President Loren Swartzendruber. In his new role, a president’s cabinet-level position, Hartman will oversee the departments of admissions and financial aid….
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On the way home from road wins, the Virginia Commonwealth University men’s basketball team usually devours pizza after pizza. Saturday, the Rams might want to leave room for eating some ice cream and cake on the way home after a gutsy 59-50 road win at Old Dominion. “I’m so proud of the way our guys…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell is pushing a bipartisan higher-education initiative that he says will help Virginia colleges and universities issue an additional 100,000 degrees over the next 15 years. “Every student in Virginia deserves the opportunity to get a high-quality education at an affordable price. Virginia’s higher education institutions are among the best in the nation….
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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner today announced that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has established a new hotline to help small businesses struggling to access credit. The hotline was announced today by FDIC chair Sheila C. Bair at a small business forum with Sen. Warner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke held at George…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell on Monday signed an executive order creating the Independent Bipartisan Advisory Commission on Redistricting, though its powers are limited to a review and recommendation capacity. “As Virginia redraws its legislative districts later this year, the process should take place in a manner that is fair and open,” McDonnell said in naming the…
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An Arizona congresswoman was among 18 people shot at an event outside a Tucson grocery store Saturday morning. Six people, including a federal judge who was a University of Virginia Law graduate, were killed in the shootings, but the congresswoman, Democrat Gabrielle Giffords, has undergone surgery and is in critical condition from a reported gunshot…
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Freshman K.T. Harrell scored 15 points as homestanding Virginia posted a much-needed win, 64-50, over Louisiana State University Sunday in John Paul Jones Arena. The Cavaliers (9-5) broke a two-game losing streak despite the absence of leading scorer and rebounder Mike Scott, who missed his second consecutive game relating to ankle surgery in mid-December. LSU,…
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Virginia State Police are investigating an aircraft collision that claimed two lives Friday afternoon in Augusta County. Trooper K. Hyden is investigating the incident and is still in the process of confirming the identities of the deceased. At 2:27 p.m. Friday, a single-engine Cessna 172H and a medical transport helicopter made contact in the air…
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Two thousand and ten was a very good year. With a few adjustments here and there, mainly here, 2011 will be an even better year. Here are the adjustments: – My friends (both of them) drop Facebook so that we can start talking again face-to-face. And their cellphones are banned, except when talking to me….
