AFP offers new web. marketing, advertising class

Chris Graham

Augusta Free Press LLC is offering its next Building the Machine 101 web, marketing and advertising class in Harrisonburg on Thursday, May 24. The 1-4:30 p.m. class will cover the basics of building business websites, business Facebook pages and blogging and public relations for business. The class will also provide an overview of how to…

Curve silenced by Altoona, 4-1

Chris Graham

The Altoona Curve downed the Richmond Flying Squirrels, 4-1, on Sunday afternoon at Peoples Natural Gas Field.  The win netted the Curve the series as Altoona took three of the four games played over the weekend.  The Flying Squirrels scored just three runs over the final 24 innings of the series. After three scoreless innings,…

Bridgewater College approves strategic plan through 2020

A strategic plan to guide Bridgewater College through 2020 has been approved by the college’s board of trustees. “BC 2020: The Strategic Plan for Bridgewater College” identifies key areas that are critical to the success of Bridgewater in the next eight years and presents strategies for achieving goals within those areas. Areas addressed in the…

Henry’s expands soybean recall

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Henry’s Farm Inc. is expanding the recall of its Soybean Sprouts to include Natto Soybean Sprouts because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections to individuals with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache,…

Fundraising gala to build support for downtown revitalization in Harrisonburg

Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance will host Renaissance Night, the annual fundraising gala for downtown revitalization, on Saturday, May 12th. The event will be held from 6:30-11:30 p.m. at Dave’s Downtown Taverna. This year’s event features a 1990s theme, complete with a costume contest. Guests are invited to wear ’90s garb, business attire, or black tie ensembles….

Darden School of Business launches resilience competition

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The University of Virginia Darden School of Business is launching its third annual Tayloe Murphy Resilience Awards competition. Darden is accepting applications and recommendations from qualifying Virginia businesses at www.resilienceawards.org through 2 July. To assist businesses and communities nationwide, this year’s competition emphasizes how Virginia’s most resilient businesses adapted to—and are helping their communities recover…

EMU falls on Senior Day

Thursday’s Senior Recognition was perfect on many levels, all except for the final outcome.  After getting rained out on Wednesday, Eastern Mennonite’s baseball men honored their five seniors under beautiful skies, but then visiting Washington and Lee stole the show by handing the Royals a 9-3 loss. Senior starter Andy Richter (Perkasie, PA/Christopher Dock) was…