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Virginia opened the 2011-12 basketball season Sunday afternoon with a 75-38 win over South Carolina State University in John Paul Jones Arena. The Cavaliers were without the services of three players expected to play significant roles this season but it made little difference against the totally overmatched Bulldogs. Senior guard Sammy Zeglinski and freshman guard…
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Saturday’s Atlantic Coast Conference football contest between Virginia and Duke could certainly not be billed as a November Clash of the Titans. Virginia’s win last Saturday at Maryland was their first win in November since the 2007 campaign while Duke has won only twice during this 11th month since 2004. For Virginia the incentive was…
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A new law is in effect in Virginia that gives qualified people a brief break when they are faced with having electricity or water shut off for late payments. It applies only when someone in the household has a serious medical condition. Christie Marra, an attorney with the Virginia Poverty Law Center, worked with utility…
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The Virginia women’s basketball team, in Joanne Boyle’s debut as the Cavaliers’ head coach, defeated Appalachian State, 80-48,Friday (Nov. 11) at John Paul Jones Arena in the season-opener for both teams .Senior forward Chelsea Shine paced the Cavaliers with 15 points and eight rebounds. “I think the girls came out and did a great job,”…
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“Today,” said Cadet Lt. Col. William Ulrich, the battalion commander of the corps of cadets at Fishburne Military School, “will produce its share of veterans, as will tomorrow and every day after that.” Ulrich and fellow cadets paid tribute to veterans on Friday during a special Veterans Day ceremony that included a solemn reading of…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that October revenue collections increased by 3.1 percent over the prior year – the 19th month out of the last 20 in which state revenue collections exceeded the previous year’s amount. With the McDonnell administration preparing its first biennial budget, though, the governor’s office is trying to sound a political…
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It’s become a second-Wednesday-of-November tradition at Fishburne Military School. “It means the program is progressing. We’re doing the right things. We have guys matriculating on to four-year schools and universities,” said FMS postgrad basketball coach Ed Huckaby, who saw 10 of his players sign letters of intent with Division I college programs on Wednesday. The…
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Republicans regained control of the State Senate in yesterday’s elections, and in the process now have the power in both houses of the General Assembly and all three statewide offices. Looking at the results from Tuesday’s state elections that way, then, you’d think, Well, going to be tough for a guy named Barack Obama and…
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Recently, I attended a community meeting hosted by faith leaders in Northern Virginia’s Prince William County that brought together more than 1,000 anxious homeowners and several leading mortgage lenders. Many other communities across Virginia also have experienced significant challenges as a result of the housing crisis. But Prince William County has led Virginia in foreclosures…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell today announced that the Virginia Department of Transportation is using design-build procurement methods to accelerate the delivery of several projects made possible through the governor’s transportation funding package which was adopted by the 2011 General Assembly, and other federal dollars. The design-build procurement method streamlines project delivery by placing responsibility for the…
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