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Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling will be the keynote speaker at the 11th annual Virginia Fly Fishing Festival Foundation Dinner on Saturday, April 16, at the midpoint of the two-day festival in Downtown Waynesboro. Bolling, an avid fly fisherman, has been working with the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and other outdoors organizations to promote…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today a new cost-saving program designed to generate additional revenues to help defray the costs of operating the Commonwealth’s 42 safety rest areas and welcome centers. In July 2010, McDonnell directed the Virginia Department of Transportation to work in partnership with other state agencies to identify and implement long-term strategies to…
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The Virginia pitching staff combined for its second shutout in as many nights as the Cavaliers topped Towson 5-0 Wednesday at Davenport Field. UVa improved to 21-2 this season with the win, while Towson dropped to 6-14-1. Virginia recorded its seventh shutout of the season – fourth most in a single season in program history….
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The No. 8 Virginia women’s lacrosse team’s game at No. 10 James Madison Wednesday was stopped in progress due to inclement weather. The game has been rescheduled for Wednesday, April 27 at 7 p.m., at the JMU Lacrosse Complex. Lightning in the area stopped play at the 4:11 mark of the first half with the…
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Single-lane 24-hour closures on Interstate 81 southbound planned in conjunction with the In-Place Pavement Recycling Project in Augusta County for March 25-31 are canceled. The I-81 In-Place Pavement Recycling Project is located in the I-81 southbound lanes, south of Staunton near exit 217 at Route 654 in the Mint Spring area and exit 213 at…
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Senior finance major Kelly Maguire knows how important the “Bloomberg Businessweek” rankings are to undergraduate students. Looking back on her decision to come to James Madison University, she said, “I actually used ‘Businessweek’ in my decision process when I was deciding between other schools I had applied to in Virginia.” As a graduating senior she…
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Augusta Free Press LLC joins H-R Chamber Augusta Free Press LLC has joined as a new member of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce. The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce, founded in 1917, works to influence public policy and partners with groups in tourism, the arts, economic development, workforce, technology, downtown revitalization, higher education and law enforcement…
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The Virginia baseball team posted its sixth shutout in 22 games this season with a 6-0 victory over Towson Tuesday night in the opener of a two-game midweek series at Davenport Field. UVa improved to 20-2 this season with the win, while Towson dropped to 6-13-1. Virginia starter Will Roberts (Jr., Richmond, Va.) scattered six…
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Ginger Quillen showed up for her volunteer job at the Waynesboro YMCA on Monday bundled up like it was winter, and not 70 degrees. Somebody asked her about the extra layers of clothes, noting the warm early-spring temperatures. “It’s cold when you’re coming down the hill on 13th Street,” responded Quillen, who had to cover…
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Virginia Sen. Jim Webb is offering sharp criticism of the handling of the ongoing crisis in Libya that escalated over the weekend with the launch of air strikes against key military installations of the Muammar Qaddafi regime. Speaking with MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” on Monday, Webb, a military veteran and former Secretary of the Navy,…
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