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Secretary of Transportation Sean T. Connaughton and the Commonwealth Transportation Board are holding meetings across Virginia so the public may discuss projects and programs in the CTB’s current Six-Year Improvement Program and provide comments for the development of the Fiscal Years 2014-2019 SYIP, including multimodal initiatives for highways, rail and transit.
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Oysters have been harvested in the Chesapeake Bay from time immemorial. In fact, the Bay’s very name is an Algonquian phrase that can be translated “great shellfish bay,” and as early as 1612, English settlers were praising the Chesapeake’s oyster beds.
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Delphine Enterprise Center (located on South Delphine Avenue), a 460,000-square-foot facility located just west of Charlottesville, is being re-developed by local Delphine Enterprise Management specifically for manufacturers and distributors of all sizes with the goal of nurturing businesses that will provide sustainable, long-term growth to the regional economy.
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The George Allen Senate campaign is on the air Thursday with a new TV ad attacking Tim Kaine on coal. The spot, titled “Pie Chart,” highlights a 2009 speech in which Kaine explained his commitment to make coal a smaller part of our nation’s energy resources.
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Virginians will be able to feed their families a Thanksgiving meal for a little more than $4.72 per person this year, according to an informal price survey conducted by the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation.
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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Virginia Department of Education have a winning equation that results in better nutrition and an economic boost for communities.
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As close as this year’s presidential election is likely to be in the popular vote, the outcome could be decided by those people who vote by default: they do not bother to vote, allowing the decision to be made by all those who do vote.
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In two new ads released on Wednesday, Democratic Party Senate nominee Tim Kaine presented Virginia voters with his closing argument – sharing his economic priorities, his commitment to the Commonwealth of Virginia, his record of finding common ground in Richmond, and his committment to doing the same in Washington.
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WTA’s Gateway’s Custin Jazz Series presents inventive jazz singer, arranger, songwriter and educator, L’Tayna Mari in a celebration of the songs that are the hallmarks of the popular American songbook. The L’Tayna Mari trio will perform at 8 pm on Saturday, November 10 at 329 West Main in downtown Waynesboro. The performance is supported by a touring assistance grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Superstorm Sandy began affecting portions of the Commonwealth late Saturday, and snow and rain associated with the system continue in parts of the state.
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