
#2 UVa. women’s soccer wins ACC opener over Syracuse, 3-0
The No. 2 Virginia women’s soccer team opened conference play with a 3-0 victory over Syracuse Thursday night at Klöckner Stadium.

The No. 2 Virginia women’s soccer team opened conference play with a 3-0 victory over Syracuse Thursday night at Klöckner Stadium.

Virginia men’s lacrosse head coach Dom Starsia has announced he has added his son, Joe Starsia, to the Cavaliers’ coaching staff.

Central Shenandoah Health District announced this week that Carolyn Palmer has joined the staff as a nurse epidemiologist.

Rep. Bob Goodlatte will host a Valley Job Fair on September 16 at Augusta Expo in Fishersville. Any residents of the 6th seeking employment are invited to attend this event. Many local businesses will be on hand to meet with job seekers. No pre-registration is necessary for job seekers. Parking will be available.

Today on a conference call with members of the media, State Sen. Ralph Northam spelled out his plan to strengthen Virginia’s public schools and announced the launch of Educators for Northam. In addition, Northam, the Democratic Party nominee for lieutenant governor, called out his Republican rival E.W. Jackson’s extreme agenda that would shortchange Virginia’s public schools.

Today, two former James Madison University faculty members as well as current and former students called attention to Republican attorney general candidate Mark Obenshain’s time as a member of the James Madison University Board of Visitors and his crusade to stop the university’s health center from dispensing emergency contraception.

The Virginia baseball fall exhibition game against High Point, scheduled for Sept. 21, will begin at 11 a.m. at Davenport Field. The game precedes the Virginia-VMI football game, which now is slated for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff down the road at Scott Stadium.

The Virginia Farmers Direct Marketing Association will hold a workshop titled “Simple Steps to Strategic Ag-Marketing” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. 12 at the Virginia Department of Forestry office at 492 George Dean Dr. in Charlottesville.

Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe’s campaign has begun a new series of web ads featuring a new property tax calculator tool, which examines how property taxes in localities across Virginia could increase as a result of Ken Cuccinelli’s tax plan.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, discussed the situation in Syria today on the Senate floor, outlining why he believes Bashar Al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons to kill Syrian civilians must have consequences, as well as praising current efforts to pursue a diplomatic path with Russia and Syria – an opportunity he argues would not have been possible without American pressure and resolve.
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