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Senior right-hander Matt Davenport allowed just three base runners and retired the final 19 batters faced in a complete-game effort as William and Mary shut out James Madison 5-0 in the opening game of a Colonial Athletic Association baseball series Friday night at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. W&M improved to 13-7 overall and…
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In the Sixth District of Virginia, we don’t much like government rules and regulations, especially when they don’t pass a common sense test. The Constitution speaks of our God-given rights to be secure in our persons, property and papers – to live free. This part of Virginia lives and breathes this valued sense of who…
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The March River City Radio Hour celebrates Clyde Edgerton’s Walking Across Egypt, the Augusta County’s “One Book, One Community” project for 2012. Joining the celebration will be Kathleen Kraft, Marsha Howard and the River City Players with Chris Graham’s Judge Not. The Radio Hour performances are at 6:30 and 8:00 pm at WTA’s Gateway, 329…
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Senator Jim Webb (D-VA), author of the landmark Post-9/11 G.I. Bill, today introduced bipartisan legislation to preserve those veterans’ education benefits from abuses by certain schools. Troubling statistics show that the cost to taxpayers to send a veteran to a for-profit school is more than double the cost of a public university and that eight…
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On March 6th, 5% of Virginia voters made the choice between a wealthy liberal from Massachusetts and a spunky Constitutionalist from Lake Jackson, Texas. While losing the state, Ron Paul won in the counties of Warren, Buckingham, Alleghany, Craig, Montgomery, Pulaski, Floyd, Patrick, Surry, and the cities of Lynchburg, Charles City, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and the…
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Mount St. Mary’s used three hits and a pair of James Madison errors to plate three runs in the 11th inning and pull out a 9-6 victory in a non-conference baseball game Wednesday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. The Mount improved to 2-9 with the win while JMU dropped to 5-7-1.
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The Virginia baseball team cranked out 17 hits in a 14-6 victory at James Madison Tuesday in chilly conditions at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. UVa (7-4-1) fell behind 6-3 after a six-run JMU fourth inning, but the offense came alive to score 11 unanswered runs while the pitching staff held the Dukes hitless…
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Junior catcher Bradley Shaban (Midlothian, Va./Cosby) lifted a two-run home run to right to give James Madison the walk-off 7-5 victory and complete a weekend series sweep of Lafayette on Sunday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. JMU improved to 5-5-1 for the season with the sweep and 5-3 on its current 10-game…
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Redshirt-senior Sean Tierney (Midlothian, Va./Clover Hill) threw a three-hit, complete-game shutout in the opener and freshman shortstop Chad Carroll (Oakton, Va./Oakton) delivered a ninth-inning, game-winning single in game two as James Madison swept Lafayette with 9-0 and 10-9 wins Saturday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. JMU snapped a three-game losing streak and…
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From the moment the plane that brought him back from Haiti in 2010, Kevin Blackburn has been pining to go back. “You read about writers and photographers who travel and search for a place that just pulls at their heartstrings, that sort of cultural touchstone. I love shooting in Appalachia, the work I’ve done there….
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