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The American Heritage Series, races designed to promote healthy living, community involvement, and engagement with historically significant sites, returns to Orange County with the second running of the Montpelier 5K on Saturday, March 22.
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The Senate Finance Committee voted Tuesday to amend the House of Delegates version of the 2014-2016 state budget to resemble the budget passed by the Senate last Thursday, which included “Marketplace Virginia.”
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State Sen. Chap Petersen led the fight to roll back the effects of a bill that enhances the power of for home owner associations (HOAs) and condo associations to fine homeowners and exercise powers outside of their charters.
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Two Safe Routes to School (SRTS) projects have been completed in the Central Shenandoah region at Mountain View Elementary in Rockingham County and The Plains Elementary in Timberville.
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The top-ranked UVa. baseball team managed just six hits in a 3-2 loss to VMI Tuesday afternoon at Davenport Field. Virginia (6-2) had its six-game win streak halted, while VMI (5-2) won its fifth-consecutive contest and snapped a 14-game losing streak in Charlottesville, dating back to March 7, 1991.
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Trailing after three innings, Maryland struck for eight unanswered runs in the middle frames, including five in the fifth, to down JMU 13-6 in a non-conference baseball game on Tuesday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park.
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Mark Cockerton scored a career-high seven goals to lift the No. 4 UVa. Cavaliers (5-0) to a 14-6 road triumph over the Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers (0-4) on Tuesday afternoon, inside Waldron Family Stadium.
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UVa. football coach Mike London announced today the Cavaliers will hold their annual Orange-Blue spring football game on Saturday, April 12 at Scott Stadium. The game will start at 1 p.m. Gates will open at 11 a.m. Admission and parking are free.
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#11 UVa. (23-5, 14-1 ACC) continues its three-game homestand against Miami (14-13, 5-9 ACC) on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Tipoff at John Paul Jones Arena (14,593) is set for 7 p.m.
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At age six, I’m faced with a dilemma. Should I learn this prayer and say it along with everyone else? That’s up to you, my mother tells me. I could say it, or remain silent while everyone else recites, or she offers to request that I be excused from the room during the prayer.
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