Wenonah Elementary gets literacy grant from Dollar General
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The Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded a Youth Literacy grant in the amount of $3,770.55 to Wenonah Elementary School in Waynesboro.
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Kaine addresses Democratic National Convention
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U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine addressed the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night.
Joel Kanter: Congress should end Bush tax cuts for richest 2 percent like me
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I joined more than 100 other millionaires from more than 50 cities in signing a Voices for Progress letter to Congress strongly opposing prolonging these special tax breaks. We who have the most income need these breaks the least —and it’s just not right to ask others to pay for them.
Ken Plum: What direction school reform?
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For more than a quarter century the Virginia School Boards Association has been sponsoring a summer “Governor’s Conference on Education.”
Conservation group to host fundraiser dinner in Fisherville
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The H.C. Edwards Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society will host its 23rd annual Conservation and Sportsmen’s Banquet on Saturday, September 29, 2012 at the Augusta Expoland (Suite 277-279), Expo Road, Fisherville beginning with a reception party at 6 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7:30 p.m.
Staunton Augusta Art Center announces new classes
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The Staunton Augusta Art Center announces a new series of classes for students in grades K-12. Creatively taught classes will include basic art skills for the youngest students to engineering a quality portfolio for high school students preparing for application to the finest art colleges.
Director of Virginia Youth Violence Project to speak at Bridgewater College
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Dewey G. Cornell, professor of education in the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education and director of the Virginia Youth Violence Project, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College.
Kaine releases new TV ad
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A new TV ad from the Tim Kaine Senate campaign highlights the former governor’s jobs agenda
Study: Voucher recipients more likely to go to college
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A new study released today by researchers at the Brookings Institution and Harvard University shows that African American participants in a private school choice program were 24 percent more likely to enroll in college as a result of receiving a voucher, reinforcing previously-released data showing improved graduation rates, parental satisfaction, and academic achievement among voucher students
One of the ‘Little Rock Nine’ to speak at Bridgewater College
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Minnijean Brown Trickey, one of a group of African American teenagers known as the “Little Rock Nine,” will speak at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College
