
Landscapes: Oil Paintings by Jeanette Cohen
WriterHouse is proud to present the work of local artist Jeanette Cohen for the month of September.

WriterHouse is proud to present the work of local artist Jeanette Cohen for the month of September.

UVA (0-1) hosts Richmond (1-0) today at 3:30 p.m. at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Va., and Augusta Free Press is there. AFP editor Chris Graham will lead a live blog around the game, beginning with the tailgate and running all the way through the final ticks of the clock in the fourth quarter.

Despite a brilliant performance from goalkeeper Calle Brown (R-Sr., Leesburg, Va.), the third-ranked UVA men’s soccer team fell 1-0 in double overtime to Tulsa Friday evening in the Hurricane Classic.

The portion of Route 726 (Stone Spring Road) in Rockingham County that closed in early August will reopen on the morning of Tuesday, September 9.

After an extensive review of more than 200 submissions, James River Writers is proud to announce the winner and two runners-up for a bi-annual poetry contest.

The third-ranked UVA women’s soccer team opened its road schedule Friday with a 3-0 victory over Alabama in front of 1,308 fans at the Alabama Soccer Stadium.

A pair of goals in the final 15 minutes by senior forward Bethany Ashworth (Lititz, Pa./Warwick) and junior back Loes Stijntjes (Steenokkerzeel, Belgium/Heilig Hartcollege) broke open a 2-2 tie between James Madison field hockey and Longwood to secure a 4-2 victory for the Dukes.

Governor Terry McAuliffe on Thursday announced the recipients of the Governor’s Public Service Awards at an Executive Mansion ceremony honoring seven state employees.

UVA tennis All-American Julia Elbaba (Oyster Bay, N.Y.) advanced to the singles final at the inaugural American Collegiate Invitational at the US Open Friday (Sept. 5) at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.

When fall semester undergraduate classes begin Sept. 11, Washington and Lee University will enroll its most qualified first-year class, selected from a near-record number of applicants.
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