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A new Public Policy Polling survey of Virginia voters gives Tim Kaine a slight lead over George Allen in their megawatt race for the U.S. Senate. The PPP poll has Kaine, a Democrat, ahead of Republican Allen by a 46 percent-to-43 percent margin. The two former governors are the presumptive frontrunners for their respective parties’…
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The Ward B School Board vacancy does not require a special election since the term ends June 30, 2012. Local School Board elections for Ward B are currently scheduled for May 8, 2012. The Waynesboro School Board will fill the vacancy from Ward B on an interim basis until the next election. The vacancy must…
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Augusta Health has been named a Gold Star Award Provider for Outstanding Compliance from the Virginia Vaccines for Children program of the Virginia Department of Health. The award recognizes that the practices’ providers understand and follow federal and state guidelines for vaccinations, that they ensure vaccines are administered to eligible populations, that they correctly handle…
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The Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission and the Library of Virginia have partnered to create a state-wide online collection of original Civil War manuscripts that still remain in private hands. The Civil War 150 Legacy Project: Document Digitization and Access focuses on manuscript materials created during the period 1859-1867 that reflect social,…
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Three bats found in separate i ncidents in May, June and July of this year in three separate locations in Lexington have been confirmed to be rabid. While rabies is known to be endemic in wildlife across Virginia, bats have certain unique implications. Most of the recent human rabies cases in the U. S. have…
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This game couldn’t have happened on a better day. And what a birthday present. My cousin Jim calls me at 2pm on June 13th and asks if I want to go to the final baseball game of the Virginia Super Regional against UC Irvine with the winner going to Omaha. Was he serious? Since it…
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Solutions Place, a 340,000-square-foot office, manufacturing, and distribution business complex in Waynesboro, today welcomed high-tech electronics manufacturer PPI/Time Zero as its newest tenant in a grand opening event attended by top state and local officials. Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Jim Cheng hailed PPI/ Time Zero’s $1.15 million expansion to Virginia from New Jersey…
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Teed off at your golf performance? If so, say bye-bye to the traditional birdie and join Bridgewater College on July 30 when it completes its new 9-basket course for disc golf – also known as frisbee golf. The first basket (or hole) of the course is in the college’s intramural field on the north side…
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It might be hard to process this, but … Virginia Tech isn’t the prohibitive favorite to win the ACC this fall. Yep, it’s true. The media has nominated Florida State as its preseason pick to win the conference. For the record, Frank Beamer seconds the motion. “I’d vote for them, too,” said Beamer, whose Hokies,…
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The expectations game. Seniors Kris Burd and Chase Minnifield expect the 2011 UVa. football team to go bowling at the end of the season. The news media doesn’t expect as much, slotting Virginia fifth in the six-team ACC Coastal Division. Coach Mike London has his own expectations. Year two going into it, you’re looking for…
