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Pre-K for a Day fundraiser

Published date: April 4, 2013 | 8:15 pm

The Pre-K for a Day Fundraiser is back. For the second time, Smart Beginnings will be providing local community officials the opportunity to go back to preschool. During the month of April, community leaders will have the chance to spend time in a pre-school environment learning everything a child would normally learn in their classroom or daycare center. They will experience the education of a preschooler first-hand. These community leaders will be showing their support and commitment to bettering early childhood education in the Shenandoah Valley by brushing up on their ABCs and going back to the basics.

Report: Food hubs pioneering varied local distribution systems

AFP

Published date: April 4, 2013 | 11:30 am

In the past decade dozens of local food hubs have sprung up around the country, and Virginia is home to several pioneering organizations. The name describes what the organizations do: act as central hubs or distribution points for farmers selling local foods, particularly to large, institutional buyers. And because each local food marketing situation is…

Dickie Bell announces House of Delegates re-election campaign

AFP

Published date: April 2, 2013 | 1:56 pm

Updated: March 8, 2024 | 3:34 pm

Del. Richard P. “Dickie” Bell (R-Staunton) announced today that he intends to seek re-election to the Virginia House of Delegates.

Earth Talk: The ‘Production Tax Credit’ for renewal energy development

Roddy Scheer

Published date: April 1, 2013 | 9:18 pm

Updated: July 19, 2025 | 6:38 pm

Environmentalists and wind energy boosters breathed a sigh of relief this past January when Congress voted to reinstate the Production Tax Credit (PTC), a federal tax incentive for companies that generate renewable energy from wind, geothermal or “closed-loop” biomass (dedicated energy crops) sources.

Bob Goodlatte: Unlocking North American energy

AFP

Published date: March 30, 2013 | 6:40 pm

Updated: March 31, 2013 | 10:51 am

To build or not to build? That seems to be the lingering question in the White House when it comes to the Keystone XL pipeline. It’s been more than four years since the application for the pipeline’s permit was originally submitted, yet construction remains blocked.

Mount Crawford firm cleaning up – literally

AFP

Published date: March 27, 2013 | 11:08 pm

Eastern BioPlastics in Mount Crawford has invented a breakthrough absorbent and in February launched sales of the product, Environmental BioProtector oil absorbent, which is made from 100% recycled poultry products.

SWAG Writers Reading Series features three poets in April

AFP

Published date: March 25, 2013 | 10:15 pm

April is Poetry Month! SWAG Writers (The Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta Group of the Virginia Writers Club) Reading Series continues in April with a reading by poets Stephen Cushman (Riffraff, LSU Press 2011), Sara Robinson, and Leah Naomi Green.

McDonnell announces $29.6 million investment in Augusta County

Chris Graham

Published date: March 25, 2013 | 11:00 am

Updated: May 6, 2025 | 10:42 am

Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that Hollister Incorporated, a global company that develops, manufactures and markets medical devices, will invest $29.6 million to upgrade machinery and expand its manufacturing plant in Augusta County.

Earth Talk: Chlorine in drinking water

Roddy Scheer

Published date: March 21, 2013 | 6:56 pm

Updated: July 19, 2025 | 6:38 pm

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), chlorine levels of four parts per million or below in drinking water—whether from a private well or municipal reservoir—are acceptable from a human health standpoint. Inexpensive home drinking water test kits (from $5 on up) that can detect levels of chlorine and other elements in water are widely available from online vendors. Administering the tests is easy and can provide parents with a way to involve kids in science for a practical purpose right at home.

Northam petitions McDonnell to reject hybrid fee

AFP

Published date: March 20, 2013 | 9:01 pm

State Sen. Ralph Northam (D-Norfolk) on Wednesday began circulating a petition that calls on Gov. Bob McDonnell to remove the hybrid fee and to implement a transportation plan that encourages economic growth and embraces a clean energy future.

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Pre-K for a Day fundraiser

Report: Food hubs pioneering varied local distribution systems

Dickie Bell announces House of Delegates re-election campaign

Earth Talk: The ‘Production Tax Credit’ for renewal energy development

Bob Goodlatte: Unlocking North American energy

Mount Crawford firm cleaning up – literally

SWAG Writers Reading Series features three poets in April

McDonnell announces $29.6 million investment in Augusta County

Earth Talk: Chlorine in drinking water

Northam petitions McDonnell to reject hybrid fee

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