Lawmaker Dispatches: Monday, Feb. 15

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Featured: Mary Margaret Whipple, Rob Bell Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple: Crossover www.vasenatedems.com Tomorrow is “crossover day” down here in Richmond, meaning each chamber must act on all pending legislation if they want it considered by the other. Consequently, your Senate Democratic Caucus is working hard to pass our priority legislation and send it to our…

Packed Third Fridays schedule in Downtown Waynesboro

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‘Radio Hour’, Children’s Hour, It’s All About the Kids (And Parents, Of Course) Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The ‘River City Radio Hour’ combats the winter blues: The “River City Radio Hour” is bringing up the temperature with its Friday, Feb. 19 performances. The ever-popular Boogie Kings headed by Richard Adams with William Hayes on…

UVa. women win one on road in OT

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  Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com Paulisha Kellum (Upper Marlboro, Md.) scored 10 points in overtime to lead No. 21 Virginia to a 69-63 road victory at Miami Thursday night. Monica Wright (Woodbridge, Va.) finished with 24 points as the Cavaliers’ high scorer. It was UVa’s first overtime game of the 2009-10 season, and its…

Staunton declares snow emergency

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Emergency prohibits parking downtown to facilitate snow removal Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Staunton City Manager Stephen Owen and Police Chief Jim Williams have declared a snow emergency in advance of the pending winter storm this weekend. The declaration includes a prohibition of parking on several downtown streets to facilitate snow-removal efforts during and after…

Virginia Tech announces recruiting class

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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….

Transcript | Mike London discusses ’10 recruiting class

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   Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com COACH LONDON: When I got here, there were 13 that were already committed, and it was to the great accomplishments of Anthony Poindexter and Bob Price to keep these commitments alive and made sure those young men stayed committed to the University. We lost one, but I was able…

EMU drops to #16 in D3 poll

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   Staff Report EMU sports: www.emu.edu A 1-2 week dropped Eastern Mennonite to #16 in this week’s D3hoops.com national poll. After a win over Southern Virginia coupled with a pair of ODAC losses in the past 10 days, the men dropped five spots in the most recent poll. The ODAC remains a strong presence on…

Landesberg named ACC player of the week

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  Staff Report ACC sports: www.theacc.com Virginia’s Sylven Landesberg has been named ACC Player of the Week while Maryland’s Jordan Williams has earned ACC Rookie of the Week recognition. In Virginia’s 75-60 win at North Carolina Sunday, Landesberg scored a game-high 29 points, had five rebounds, two assists, two steals and one blocked shot as…

Hofstra knocks off JMU women

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JMU men upset W&M Staff Report JMU sports: www.jmusports.com Senior guard Sam Brigham (Simsbury, Conn./Simsbury) scored 19 points, including two layups at the end of regulation to tie the game, as Hofstra (11-9, 4-4) defeated James Madison (15-4, 5-3) 69-62 in overtime in Colonial Athletic Association women’s basketball Thursday evening at the JMU Convocation Center….

Webb: Reverse decision on Gitmo trials

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   Staff Report News tips: [email protected] U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va. joined five other senators Tuesday calling for U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to reverse his decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other alleged conspirators in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in civilian court rather than military commissions. The six lawmakers, including Sens. Joe…