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Come out to your local Art House and enjoy the latest in Court Square Theater’s Independent/Foreign Film Series as Meek’s Cutoff and The Trip come through mid August through late September. For specific dates and up to the minute showtimes, please see courtsquaretheater.com. Tickets for all showings are available at the door beginning at thirty…
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Sixty-seven physicians from the University of Virginia Health System appear on the first “Top Doctors” directory issued by U.S. News & World Report. Of the 67 UVa. doctors selected, 48 are among the top 1 percent in the nation in their respective fields, according to Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., which collaborated with U.S. News to…
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Tim Kaine issued the following statement in response to ongoing gridlock over debt ceiling negotiations and new reports that Virginia is increasingly vulnerable to a credit downgrade as a result of the stalemate in Washington: “For months, Congress has engaged in irresponsible political maneuvering by using the debt ceiling deadline and our economic stability as…
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On July 20-21, Staunton hosted a statewide training presented by the Virginia Main Street program at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel and Conference Center. The VMS program, managed by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development since 1985, works to revitalize Virginia’s historic downtowns by providing training and technical support. Participating communities improve and beautify…
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The expectations game. Seniors Kris Burd and Chase Minnifield expect the 2011 UVa. football team to go bowling at the end of the season. The news media doesn’t expect as much, slotting Virginia fifth in the six-team ACC Coastal Division. Coach Mike London has his own expectations. Year two going into it, you’re looking for…
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For the second-consecutive year, the William and Mary football team has garnered a preseason No. 1 national ranking by Phil Steele’s College Football Preview. The Tribe returns 13 starters from last season’s squad that captured the Colonial Athletic Association title and earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Playoffs, marking the program’s second-consecutive postseason…
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VMI head basketball coach Duggar Baucom has received a contract extension through the 2014-2015 season, Athletic Director Donny White has announced. Baucom, who has established a system of fast-paced, uptempo style of hoops that has led the nation in Division I scoring for an unprecedented five consecutive years, has guided the Keydets to winning campaigns…
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AFP editor Chris Graham joins WKAV-1400AM’s “Mark Moses Show” to talk UVa. football. Mark has an interview with UVa. football coach Mike London next week, and he asked Chris – what do you think are the most important questions to ask Coach London? Chris breaks it down with a first and foremost focus on quarterbacks….
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On July 1, 2011, Peter Yates of the Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg became the 111th president of the Virginia Press Association and Virginia Press Services, Inc. (VPA/VPS) Yates began his newspaper career in 1985 at The Daily Progress in Charlottesville. He became publisher of The Herald-Tribune in Batesville, Ind., in 1987. Yates published several newspapers…
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Virginia State Police are hoping someone in the Augusta County region can help locate a wanted sex offender. William Preston Perry, 62, was convicted in October 1995 in the City of Staunton Circuit Court for aggravated sexual battery involving a juvenile. He is currently wanted by state police for failing to re-register with the Virginia…
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