Lights on Afterschool at HEART in Staunton
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Staunton Parks and Recreation is celebrating 30 years of its before and afterschool program called HEART, which stands for Healthy Environmental Afterschool Recreation Time.
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Earth Talk: Preventing beach erosion
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Beach erosion is a huge issue for coastal areas in the U.S. and elsewhere. According to the non-profit American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA), all beaches endure storms and other natural disturbances that cause them to lose sand, but the causes of beach erosion are not always the same.
#1 UVa. women’s soccer wins in 2OT against #5 Notre Dame
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Junior midfielder Morgan Brian’s (St. Simons Island, Ga.) golden goal in the 101st minute lifted the top-ranked Virginia women’s soccer team to a 3-2 double-overtime victory over No. 5 Notre Dame in front of a school-record 2,838 fans at Klöckner Stadium Thursday night.
McAuliffe releases plan to support Virginia’s rural economy
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Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe on Saturday released his plan to support Virginia’s rural communities, which close to one quarter of Virginians call home.
Tax holiday for energy-efficient appliances returns Oct. 11-14
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If your old appliances are on their last legs, it’s a great time to replace them with energy-efficient products while saving some money. Virginia’s seventh Energy Star and WaterSense Sales Tax Holiday returns Friday, Oct. 11, and lasts through Monday, Oct. 14.
McAuliffe releases plan to support Virginia’s agriculture economy
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Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe released his mainstream plan to support agriculture and forestry on Friday. Together, agriculture and forestry make up the largest industry in Virginia, contributing over $70 billion to the Commonwealth’s economy.
Warner: End shutdown, get back to work
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski (both D-Md.) spoke out today about the harm the shutdown of the federal government is doing to federal workers and their families nationwide, as well as our overall economy.
Virginia posts record number of summer good air quality days
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Air quality in Virginia continues to show significant improvement, as Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that 2013 has been the best year on record for clean air in the Commonwealth.
The Seventh Equinox: A Novel by Matthew Warner
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In his fifth novel, Virginia author Matthew Warner sidesteps from his usual horror genre fare into urban fantasy. The Seventh Equinox is set in a small Shenandoah Valley city that is based on his home of Staunton.
Earth Talk: Sugar vs. artificial sweeteners
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The production of sugar has indeed taken a huge environmental toll. “Sugar has arguably had as great an impact on the environment as any other agricultural commodity,” reports the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), citing biodiversity loss as a result of the “wholesale conversion of habitat on tropical islands and on coastal areas” to grow sugar.
