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As the political season heats up, it seems that the rhetoric regarding big bad greedy banks is at the forefront of discussions. As a community banker in Virginia for several decades, I have witnessed firsthand the importance of banking institutions to their communities and their local economies.
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Governor Terry McAuliffe tonight announced the selection of Natalie DiFusco-Funk, a fifth-grade teacher at West Salem Elementary in Salem, as the 2016 Virginia Teacher of the Year.
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Millions of dollars are spent annually on professional development for veteran teachers aimed at increasing the quality of teaching in America’s K-12 classrooms. But what about the training these teachers get before entering the classroom?
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Playboy’s announcement (“Playboy is Doing What?!?,” Playboy.com, October 13) that it will be ending the nude magazine pictorials that have been its foundation for six decades might seem the result of the instability of free markets.
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When the 70 students in St. Anne’s-Belfield School seventh grade began working on their latest science project, they became one of the first educational groups in the nation to create websites using Mozilla’s updated Thimble platform. From rock classification to mineral identification, the students tackled a variety of earth science topics and modified code to create unique sites.
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Bridgewater College will hold a CROP Meal from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, in the main dining hall in the Kline Campus Center.
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The Virginia Tech Department of Food Science and Technology and DuPont Teijin Films™ have entered into a collaboration that will allow companies to test new ways to package and prepare food using the university’s network of experts and DTF’s new packaging materials.
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On Monday, the Virginia Department of Transportation will adjust the eastbound lanes on Route 631 (Rio Road East) to improve traffic flow at the John W. Warner Parkway intersection.
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Mock Con, as W&L’s students refer to it, has correctly picked the eventual nominee of the party out of power 19 of the past 25 presidential elections, and the candidates or their campaign leaders have taken notice
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The Virginia Department of Health is helping tobacco users get ready to quit by sharing tips and resources during Countdown to Quit Day. The countdown kicks off Oct. 20 and offers a different tip on VDH’s Facebook and Twitter platforms each day through Nov. 19.
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