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Fellow Valley Democrats are crowing about how the local GOP is a house divided, but in so doing are pointing out the splinter in the other guy’s eye while missing the log in their own. I say that because in my view the cause of the Democratic Party here is no more unified than what…
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– State News: State joins effort to raise English, math standards, posted Monday, 9:50 a.m. – Event: Networking luncheon features speaker from Goodwill Industries, posted Monday, 9:50 a.m.
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Four DuPont Community Credit Union employees were promoted recently to management positions, including: retail services specialist, compliance officer, credit manager, and systems implementation specialist.
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They turned to greet neighbors, each invited to speak in his or her native language. Many said “Hello”; a few, “Hola!” or “Bonjour.” Sebastian Bukenya, a young Roman Catholic priest from Uganda, asked, “Oli otya!” (in the Luganda language, “How are you?”).
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine today announced the creation of Virginia’s Poverty Reduction Taskforce, a collection of public and private-sector partners who will make policy recommendations to combat poverty in the Commonwealth.
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I have to admit to being somewhat of two minds on the school-choice issue that is championed by the likes of 20th District Del. Chris Saxman, whose sales pitch is a strong one at first glance. Saxman’s most recent legislative proposal would have capped tuition tax credits available to parents to go toward a child’s…
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Lowell Fulk was Al Weed. Gene Hart wants to be Tom Perriello. “Lowell Fulk’s runs in 2003 and 2005 laid the foundation for what we can do this year. We couldn’t be successful if Lowell hadn’t run and lost in 2003 and 2005,” said Hart, 46, a Harrisonburg attorney and presumptive Democratic Party nominee in…
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The sensation was like “pouring warm water starting from the top of my head all the way down to my toes on the left side.” And it scared Chris DeWald, but not the doctor who treated him initially.
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Everybody knows Sophie. That, and it’s not as long a walk from the 500 block of Chestnut to Berkeley Glenn as I’d thought it might be.
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Three members of the Eastern Mennonite Seminary class of 2009 have followed in their families’ footsteps in graduating from Eastern Mennonite University and from EMS. Linetta and Joel Ballew and Rene Hostetter joined 16 classmates receiving degrees at commencement ceremonies held last month.
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