Wine and Water Watch challenges Northern California wine empire
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Activists objecting to the over-growth of the wine/hospitality industry in rural areas of four Northern California counties have met monthly for half a year.
Search Results for environment
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Letter: Where is Mark Warner on the pipeline?
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Sen. Mark Warner recently visited Charlottesville to participate in an employment discussion. He agreed to meet the prior evening with representatives from nearby counties regarding the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
New Montessori school opening in Mount Solon on Aug. 31.
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The School of Our Lady, Queen of Peace and Reconciliation, opening in Mount Solon on August 31, offers a holistic approach to education in a small, Montessori-based farm school environment, and focuses on the relationship between the natural world and academics.
Dominion, North Carolina Aquarium partner to build state’s largest jellyfish exhibit
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One of the sea’s most misunderstood and beautiful creatures, the jellyfish, will be the focus of a new exhibit at the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, thanks to a $30,000 grant from the Dominion Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Dominion North Carolina Power.
Governor McAuliffe announces $8.2 million in Community Development Block Grants
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Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced more than $8.2 million in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding for 12 projects in Virginia.
Water grab by Sonoma County’s wine empire
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An overflow crowd spilled into the lobby at California State Senator Mike McGuire’s August 13 promised Town Hall. Many were alarmed by an article at the top of the front-page of the prior day’s pro-wine industry local daily newspaper.
Hearing with two ears
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Think of your hearing as a system – your two ears and your brain – constantly taking in a wide variety of cues and automatically, unconsciously and effortlessly identifying the sounds and locating where they are coming from.
Search Dog Organization of North America conducting K9 training seminar at Chris Greene Lake this weekend
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Albemarle County is hosting a Search Dog Organization of North America (SDONA) training seminar, Water Search for Human Remains Detection Dogs, at Chris Green Lake this weekend.
Jim Webb touts himself in Iowa as ‘unbought,’ ‘unbossed’
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The 2016 general election campaign is likely to cost the two major-party nominees upwards of a billion dollars each. Jim Webb is among those who thinks this isn’t a good sign for American democracy.
Community groups in eight states participating in Hands Across Our Land
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The culmination of what was conceived last January during a conversation between Free Nelson Co-Chair Sharon Ponton and Nelson County activist Matt Dwyer will occur when communities in eight states take part in the Aug. 18 Hands Across Our Land.
