WPL adds new all-in-one video player

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Waynesboro Public Library is excited to announce the arrival of Playaway View™ , the first portable all-in-one video player. The pre-loaded video player offers patrons access to award-winning programs from top children’s content providers such as PBS KIDS, National Geographic, Sesame Street and TumbleBooks, among others. With Playaway View, libraries can provide portable educational and…

Celebrating teaching event for early childhood educators

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Reignite your flame and fill your cup; this is the motto for this year’s Celebrating Teaching Conference held by Smart Beginnings Shenandoah Valley and RMH Childcare Connection. This day is one devoted to the professional development and education of childcare providers and pre-K teachers. The conference will be held in the CISAT Building on East…

Mannix selected for 2012 class of Influential Women of Virginia

Chris Graham

Mary N. Mannix, president and CEO of Augusta Health, has been selected for the Class of 2012 of Influential Women of Virginia. The awards program, now in its fourth year, recognizes the outstanding efforts of women in the Commonwealth in all fields, including law, business, health care, education and the arts.  The women selected are…

Challenger raises issue with Goodlatte on spending claims

Chris Graham

Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte says he has opposed health-care reform since the earliest stages of the effort by Democrats that led to the passage of the reform law in 2010. Karen Kwiatkowski suggests that Goodlatte may think there are two definitions of the word “oppose.” “That display of opposition was apparently just for us…

Senate Democrats claim victory in budget deliberations

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Senate Democrats are claiming success in a budget vote by the Finance Committee that provides for more funding for public schools, families who have suffered during the foreclosure crisis, and Virginia’s most vulnerable citizens. “We made this budget a lot better in terms of health and human services and public education. It was a cooperative…

Ken Plum: Balancing the state budget

Ken Plum

Adjourning a 60-day legislative session without approving a biennial budget may seem like Washington-style failure to some, but to those who work closely with the process taking more time to balance the budget reflects the realities and limitations of the tremendous task involved.  Contrasted to federal budget-making, there are no continuing resolutions or the ability…