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Virginia Commonwealth University officials announced today that David Benedict has been named interim director of athletics, effective May 12. Benedict, who has served as executive associate athletic director since 2010, will replace Norwood Teague, who has accepted the position of Director of Athletics for the University of Minnesota.
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The George S. Aldhizer II Department of Economics and Business at Bridgewater College recognized seven students for excellence during the annual academic awards convocation on May 1. Schyler C. Smiley, a junior business administration major from Staunton, Va., received the Robert L. Hueston Scholarship in Accounting. The award honors the contributions Robert L. Hueston made…
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We have, unfortunately, experience with losing elections – we being progressives in Waynesboro, loosely defined. And I say loosely defined because the word progressive means something very different in Waynesboro than it does just about everywhere else in the country
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Dr. Ngoc Le, a family practice physician, has joined Augusta Health Family Practice in Verona. Dr. Le will see patients Tuesday through Friday from 8 am until 4:30 pm. Augusta Health Family Practice-Verona is located at 1 Green Hills Drive, just off Route 11 in Verona. The clinic phone number is 540.245.7425.
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The University of Virginia Darden School of Business is launching its third annual Tayloe Murphy Resilience Awards competition. Darden is accepting applications and recommendations from qualifying Virginia businesses at www.resilienceawards.org through 2 July. To assist businesses and communities nationwide, this year’s competition emphasizes how Virginia’s most resilient businesses adapted to—and are helping their communities recover…
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DuPont Community Credit Union announced the 20 scholarship winners at the 53rd Annual Membership Meeting earlier this week. Since beginning the scholarship program over $192,000 has been awarded to high school seniors, and 92 seniors applied this year. “We are very pleased to provide scholarships to this year’s 20 recipients,” said Everett J. Campbell, chairman…
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The Staunton Augusta Art Center announces a new, collaborative art exhibition titled Art: The Path to Recovery which opens Sunday, May 6, 1-3 P.M., in the second floor lecture hall/gallery of the R. R. Smith Center for History and Art at 20 S. New Street in historic downtown Staunton. The juried artwork is by consumers…
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On the 18th day of April, about six weeks after the procedural resolution called for the passage of a budget, Virginia’s General Assembly, together for a Veto Session, finally passed a budget. There is much in the budget to like, some items not to like, and signs for the future that are very worrisome.
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Change is necessary for the survival of organizations. Change rejuvenates as it provides the juices for new directions and new challenges. Organizations that adapt to change survive; those that do not have a limited life. So it is with the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation as we enter our thirteenth year. When our National Historic District…
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The Shenandoah Valley Art Center, during the month of May, is exhibiting the works of artist, Chee Ricketts, a Hampton Roads resident who moved to the foothills of the Blue Ridge near Charlottesville in 2006. Her style is constantly evolving as she moves from tighter, more controlled representational work to paintings that reflect her feelings…
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