
Press Conference: Frank Beamer
Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer takes questions from the news media in advance of his team’s game this weekend with Bowling Green.

Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer takes questions from the news media in advance of his team’s game this weekend with Bowling Green.

Chris Long, a former All-America defensive lineman at Virginia and current member of the St. Louis Rams in the National Football League, has made a $300,000 contribution to the Virginia Athletics Foundation for the new George Welsh Indoor Practice Facility. Long is currently in his fifth season with the Rams.

A new poll from Public Policy Polling gives Democrat Tim Kaine a narrow one-point lead over Republican George Allen in the tight Virginia Senate race.

Barack Obama has had a consistent small but relatively safe lead in the polling done in the Virginia presidential race over the course of the past several months. Fellow Democrat Tim Kaine, meanwhile, has been stuck in a virtual dead heat in his U.S. Senate race with Republican George Allen dating back to mid-2011. Begging the question, What gives?

Dr. Barbara Fenton, an internist, has joined Augusta Health Internal Medicine in Waynesboro. The practice is located at 2522 Jefferson Highway in Waynesboro. The office phone number is 941-7899.

The Tourism Association of Greater Waynesboro, in collaboration with the Waynesboro Tourism Office, is pleased to announce the second annual Tour Your Town Tradeshow in support of the area’s travel industry.

The River City Radio Hour’s Friday, Sept. 21st performances will mark the beginning of the production’s sixth season. Featured in the opening shows will be The Boogie Kings, violinist Carolyn Lam, comedian Marsha Howard, and The River City Players in a new serial by playwright Bob Crawford. The performances at at 6:30 and 8 p.m. at WTA’s Gateway, 329 West Main in Downtown Waynesboro.

Looking toward Election Day on Nov. 6, Democrat strategist and political analyst, Donna Brazile, will speak at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College.

As the nation prepares for Election Day on Nov. 6, Republican strategist and political analyst, Angela “Bay” Buchanan, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College.

Gov. Bob McDonnell announced on Monday that the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority and Dulles-based Orbital Sciences Corporation have reached a new agreement to govern their working relationship and allocation of assets at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport.
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