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Today, people with hearing problems have more hearing aid choices accessible to them than any other generation before. Among the most common types is the behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aid, which as with any other product has a variety of strengths and weaknesses.
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Attorney General-elect Mark Herring is proceeding with his transition in the face of a recount request by Republican opponent Mark Obenshain, announcing this week that he has formed his inaugural committee and released the names of co-chairs for the committee.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell today announced that he will host the 2013 Governor’s Transportation Conference, themed “Road to the Future,” on Dec. 4-6. The conference, which will highlight Virginia’s continued move towards improvements and expansion of the Commonwealth’s multi-modal transportation system.
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The UVa. women’s basketball team (3-3) could not hold on to a halftime lead, falling to No. 3 Tennessee (6-0), 76-67, in the opening game of the Junkanoo Jam Tournament on Grand Bahama Island on Thanksgiving Day.
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Daily Press columnist David Teel asked Craig Littlepage point blank the question that legions of UVa. fans want answered. What is going on with your football program? The answer was unsettling. “I don’t have an answer right now,” Littlepage told Teel, “but it would be my goal to figure out what that answer might be.”
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More than 300 head of beef cattle at Burning Daylight Farm in Albemarle County spend their days lazily grazing. But on a hill overlooking the farm a magnificent stone barn remains from the farm’s previous focus, Thoroughbred racehorses.
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If you’re looking for a unique gift this holiday season, head straight to your local farmers market. More and more markets are staying open through the Christmas shopping season. There are more than 200 farmers’ markets in Virginia, and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has a list of 28 that will be open through the winter holidays
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Happy Thanksgiving Day to you and your family! In previous columns on this date I have presented the historic evidence clearly establishing that the first Thanksgiving celebration took place at Berkeley Plantation in Virginia on Dec. 4, 1619 – several years before the Pilgrims ever left England to come to Plymouth Colony.
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Blue Ridge Driving School in Fishersville has a new website produced by Augusta Free Press. The website features details on drivers education and driver improvement classes offered by Blue Ridge Driving School.
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DuPont Community Credit Union (DCCU) was recently recognized with three awards for service to the local community from both the Virginia Credit Union League and the Credit Union National Association (CUNA). DCCU was ranked first in the state with a Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Recognition Award for DCCU’s impact on the local community.
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