Virginia Chili, Blues n’ Brews Festival

Boom, boom, boom! Chili, Blues n’ Brews Festival announces 2012 lineup featuring Hooker

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Other folks might throw a party … but we are the party! “Bigger and better. That’s the only way to describe this year’s event,” said Terry Short Jr., the organizer of the Virginia Chili, Blues n’ Brews Festival, which is back for a sixth year in Lumos Plaza in Downtown Waynesboro with a Saturday, Sept. 22 event

McDonnell signs school tax-credit bills

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Gov. Bob McDonnell on Wednesday ceremonially signed House Bill 321 (Massie) and its companion Senate Bill 131 (Stanley) to establish the need-based Educational Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit for K-12 students. The tax credit is equal to 65 percent of the donation, with an annual cap of $25 million from the state. The governor was joined…

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Unanimous vote reinstates Sullivan to UVa. presidency

Chris Graham

The University of Virginia Board of Visitors today acted to reinstate Teresa A. Sullivan as president of the University. “The past two weeks have been trying for all of us in the University community,” Sullivan said. “While this period of uncertainty has been difficult, I believe that those with opposing viewpoints have been well-intentioned, acting only with the best interests of the University in mind”

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Allen tours Chester manufacturing facility

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George Allen took his “Virginia Voices” campaign to Chester on Tuesday to hear directly from a locally-owned manufacturing business, Progressive Engineering and Progressive Heat Treating. He was joined by Chesterfield County Board of Supervisor Dorothy Jaeckle and Chesterfield County GOP Chairman Don Williams to tour one of Chester’s innovative job creators