
VMI football to participate in Coach to Cure MD Day
Not only will Saturday’s football game be the first Southern Conference game at home this season for VMI, but the coaching staff will participate in the nationwide event Coach to Cure MD.

Not only will Saturday’s football game be the first Southern Conference game at home this season for VMI, but the coaching staff will participate in the nationwide event Coach to Cure MD.

The Virginia Tech Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Research and Extension Center invite the public to the annual Cyrus McCormick’s Farm Mill Day Saturday, October 4 from 9am to 4pm.

The Route 29 Project Delivery Advisory Panel will hold its sixth meeting at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research, 530 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville.

Livestock producers that have experienced grazing losses since October 2011 and may be eligible for benefits but have not yet contacted their local Farm Service Agency (FSA) office should do so as soon as possible.

Hearing Healthcare of Virginia and the Better Hearing Institute are working to raise awareness of the link between hearing loss and cardiovascular disease in advance of World Heart Day on September 29.

Lows across the mid-Atlantic and Northeast have plummeted into the 30s and 40s at times, providing a sufficient cold blast to encourage the emergence of vibrant fall foliage.

The City of Staunton Fire and Rescue Department has been awarded the 2013 Life Safety Achievement Award.

Ann Morning, associate professor of sociology at New York University, will give a lecture at Washington and Lee University on Monday, Sept. 22, at 4:30 p.m. in Stackhouse Theater, Elrod Commons.

The Living Ethics lecture series returns to the Science Museum of Virginia this fall. Reflecting on what it means to live in an ethically complex world, the series investigates unique and thought-provoking topics.

Nathaniel Deutsch, professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he is also co-director of the Center for Jewish Studies, will give a lecture at Washington and Lee University on Monday.
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