
Augusta County Spring Cleanup set for April 12-19
The annual Augusta County Spring Clean-up is being held Saturday, April 12th – Saturday April 19th. The Landfill will be open from 8 a.m. until 4:15 p.m., Monday through Saturday to accept waste.

The annual Augusta County Spring Clean-up is being held Saturday, April 12th – Saturday April 19th. The Landfill will be open from 8 a.m. until 4:15 p.m., Monday through Saturday to accept waste.

Many politicians spin this as a “spending” crisis, claiming, “There just isn’t any money.” Nonsense. Corporate profits are at an all-time high. The stock market has soared along with CEO bonuses, and yet corporate taxes have fallen to about a fifth of their profits.

The recent decision by the Augusta County Board of Supervisors to advertise a five cent tax rate increase was not an easy one, nor was it a decision that was undertaken without a thorough examination of the proposed County budget and a review of the County’s current and upcoming needs.

Left-hander Ty Blach worked six scoreless innings to lead the Richmond Flying Squirrels (4-3) to a, 5-1, victory over the Bowie Baysox (5-2) on Wednesday afternoon at Prince George’s Stadium. Blach earned his first Double-A win, as the Squirrels posted their first series victory of the season.

In 2010, five students went to school at their public high school in California wearing T-shirts that displayed the American flag. That sentence seems anything but newsworthy. In fact, it seems extremely ordinary in a nation where citizens proudly display our flag on apparel, outside our homes, on our cars, inside our schools, and across our towns.

There is plenty of speculation online about the surprise ending to the Brock Lesnar-Undertaker match at WrestleMania 30, which ended with the biggest swerve in wrestling history: Undertaker losing for the first time ever at a WrestleMania.

The Potomac Nationals (2-2, 2-2) used a furious late rally to best the Carolina Mudcats (2-2, 2-2) by the final score of 6-4 in their 2014 Carolina League Opening Weekend series finale at Five County Stadium on Sundayafternoon.

Daniel Castro ripped the first pitch he saw from Matt Price in the 10th-inning down the third base line to drive home Tyler Tewell and give Lynchburg its first victory of the season, 6-5.

The Potomac Nationals (0-1, 0-1) were downed by the Carolina Mudcats (1-0, 1-0) 6-3 in their 2014 season opener on the road at Five County Stadium on Thursday night.

The Richmond Flying Squirrels, Double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, announced that Richmond native and Seattle Seahawks fullback Michael Robinson will participate in the Flying Squirrels fifth season Opening Night festivities on Thursday, April 10 at The Diamond.
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