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A bipartisan 23-17 vote in the State Senate on Thursday sends legislation dubbed by critics the “fire the teacher bill” to a Senate committee, effectively killing it for the 2012 General Assembly session. House Bill 576 was a cornerstone of the education reform agenda of Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell, who said the legislation would bring…
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Solar companies that use products made in China have a huge advantage over competitors that try to go American. The difference in price on a large project, said Shawn Cooke, the chief technology officer at Sigora Solar in Waynesboro, could be in the thousands of dollars. “It can be harder to compete, but we try…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell followed through with signing controversial legislation requiring women in Virginia seeking abortions to first undergo an ultrasound procedure. Comments made by the rumored top contender for a spot on the GOP presidential ticket are fueling McDonnell’s critics who say the law is an invasive government overreach.
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Mount St. Mary’s used three hits and a pair of James Madison errors to plate three runs in the 11th inning and pull out a 9-6 victory in a non-conference baseball game Wednesday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. The Mount improved to 2-9 with the win while JMU dropped to 5-7-1.
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Staunton/Augusta/Waynesboro’s economy ranks among the country’s strongest micropolitan areas, reports the March issue of Site Selection Magazine. Staunton/Augusta/Waynesboro is tied at #13 in the national ranking and is top-ranked for Virginia. The only other Virginia locality to make the list, Martinsville, comes in at #32. The US Census Bureau defines a micropolitan region as an…
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State Fair of Virginia Inc., the nonprofit organization that produces the State Fair of Virginia, converted its Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation in Richmond District Court on March 7. As a result, SFVA will no longer produce the fair, the Strawberry Hill Races and the Meadow Highland Games & Celtic…
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Bridgewater College closed out its spring break trip with a 3-2 victory Wednesday over Aurora. The Eagles finished the trip with a 3-3 record and improved to 12-4 on the season. Aurora, like the Eagles, received votes in the most recent d3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 poll. The Spartans are now 4-2 on the season.
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LurayPageFreePress.com, a service of Augusta Free Press LLC, debuted with its first news posted to the website on Saturday, March 3. The website provides news on local government, schools, business and events in and around Luray and Page County. In addition to providing local news, LurayPageFreePress.com provides marketing, public-relations, web- and graphic-design and video-production services…
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Steele Stanwick dished out a career-high seven assists and Chris Bocklet and Rob Emery scored four goals each to pace the No. 1 Virginia Cavaliers (6-0) to a 16-10 triumph over the Vermont Catamounts (0-4) Tuesday night, inside Klöckner Stadium. With the seven assists, Stanwick moved past Mike Caravana and Danny Glading into fifth place…
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The Virginia baseball team cranked out 17 hits in a 14-6 victory at James Madison Tuesday in chilly conditions at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. UVa (7-4-1) fell behind 6-3 after a six-run JMU fourth inning, but the offense came alive to score 11 unanswered runs while the pitching staff held the Dukes hitless…
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