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The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Virginia have received confirmation from the Prince William County School Board that it is deactivating web filtering software that blocks students’ access to educational information geared toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities. The school board’s decision came approximately six weeks after the ACLU sent…
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A new study has found that inverting state tax structures—whereby the highest income earners would be taxed at the current percentage of income for the lowest income earners, and vice versa—would collectively raise $6.9 billion more in revenue, a 21.4 percent increase over Virginia’s current tax structure. “Flipping” the tax structure would eliminate future budget…
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Come to Chick-fil-A of Waynesboro for dinner with your family and raise money for students in the Technology Student Association to be able to attend their national conference in Dallas, Texas. Be sure to come between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. and tell the cashier at Chick-fil-A that you are with Wilson Memorial High School…
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I admit it – I’m a Weather Channel junkie. Watch it every morning first thing and every night before I go to bed. I watch during blizzards, thunderstorm outbreaks, sustained periods of good weather, whatever. One thing I don’t like that they’ve been doing of late is this Great Tornado Hunt, as they’ve been calling…
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The Waynesboro YMCA and Waynesboro Public Schools will partner in the fall to offer pre-kindergarten afterschool care at Wayne Hills, meeting a long-identified need in the Waynesboro community. “The Waynesboro Y will be providing a valuable service that many working parents have requested for several years,” said Robin Crowder, the superintendent of Waynesboro Public Schools,…
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Chase Community Giving is a philanthropic effort held by JPMorgan Chase in which charity projects will receive money in accordance to votes by the public on Facebook. The staff at the Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro is encouraging friends, community members, and supporters to cast a vote for the Wildlife Center. Voting is now…
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The Board of Directors of Shenandoah High School Alumni Association gave me the “Distinguished Alumnus” Award at its annual banquet last weekend. Last year I wrote about my graduating class’s fiftieth reunion that I could not attend because I was out of the country. I did attend this year and was honored by the recognition….
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The United Way of Greater Augusta on Monday announced its grant funding to local programs and services for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. Organization Program: Area of Focus Funding Amount American Red Cross Disaster-Health $ 10,000 Augusta Free Clinic Dental-Health $ 20,000 Big Brothers/Big Sisters Mentoring-Education …
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A new photo contest will tell the story of the Boys & Girls Club locally while celebrating the youth-service organization’s five core values. Photography at The Pavilion will culminate with an exhibition at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton on Thursday, June 30, at 6 p.m. The exhibition will feature entrants into the photo contest…
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As Bridgewater College’s graduating seniors and their families celebrated on the campus Sunday, former Pennsylvania Congressman Joseph A. “Joe” Sestak urged the 326 graduates to resuscitate a faltering American Dream by restoring trust in leaders and institutions, standing on the values of accountability and providing principled leadership. Sestak, a 31-year veteran of the U.S. Navy…
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