JMU football releases details on 2012 schedule
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The James Madison football team is slated for five televised league games, including three at home, as part of the Colonial Athletic Association’s televised football package
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Doug Pibel: It’s time to create a different model for housing
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Recently, the story broke that foreclosures were at the lowest level since 2007. That sounds like great news—we’re finally cleaning up the mess from the real estate bubble. Except for one thing: RealtyTrac.com, a marketer of information on foreclosed real estate, noted in April that the number of short sales (where a bank allows an owner to sell for less than is owed on the mortgage) were up by 33 percent from last year
LEARN receives new support through grants and volunteers
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Increasing opportunities for adults in our community through increased literary skills, a number of organizations are providing over $15,000 in funding support to LEARN (Learn English and Reading Now, Inc.), while several new members of the nonprofit’s Board of Directors and a new program coordinator have been announced
Kaine pushes workforce-training initiative
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On Tuesday, Kaine for Virginia released “Investing in our Workers” – a strategic initiative to develop the world’s most talented workforce and equip young people with the skills they need to succeed in the jobs and industries of a global economy
Former R.E. Lee standout named preseason All-America by The Sports Network
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James Madison’s Earl Watford (Philadelphia, Pa./Simon Gratz), Stephon Robertson (Alexandria, Va./Edison) and Dae’Quan Scott (Staunton, Va. /Robert E. Lee) were named Preseason All-Americans by The Sports Network, the organization announced on Monday
Thistlethwaite joins staff at Augusta Health
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William Thistlethwaite, M.D., an internal medicine physician, has joined the Augusta Medical Group as a hospitalist at Augusta Health
Tuskegee Airmen to speak at local celebration
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The famed Tuskegee Airmen of World War II will be recognized in a community-wide celebration at the gym in Gypsy Hill Park, Staunton, on Sunday, July 15
Chris Marston: Perspectives on music
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Although a child of the ’70s, my parents did not subject me to the music revolution of the ’60s. God love them, but hippies they are not. Rather than Janis Joplin, I listened to Karen Carpenter. In lieu of The Beatles, I listened to the Statler Brothers
Shenandoah Valley Music Festival presents legendary roots music group
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The renowned music group The Blind Boys of Alabama will open the Shenandoah Valley Music Festival’s 2012 concert season with a performance on Friday, July 20, at 8 p.m
McCue, UVa. sports-medicine icon, passes
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Longtime Virginia orthopedic surgeon Dr. Frank C. McCue III passed away Sunday. He was 82 years old. McCue headed up the sports medicine program for the University of Virginia athletic department for more than 40 years
