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Steven Proscia (Jr., Suffern, N.Y.) singled in John Barr (Sr., Ivyland, Pa.) with two outs in the ninth inning to complete a three-run ninth inning rally and lead the top-ranked Virginia baseball team to an 8-7 win over Coastal Carolina Wednesday night at Davenport Field. It was a back-and-forth affair throughout the evening, as Coastal…
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Brazil Rule and C.J. Higdon of SMAC swimming represented the Virginia State Swim Team recently in Rochester, N.Y. They competed against the best swimmers from all the Northeastern states. Virginia Swimming selected Rule and Higdon to represent Virginia against 11 other states and regions in the 2011 Eastern Zones All-Star Championships. The Eastern Zones All-Star…
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The University of Richmond scored three runs in the first and three more in the sixth en route to a 6-3 victory against Virginia Commonwealth University in a non-conference matchup Tuesday afternoon at Pitt Field. VCU slips to 13-18 overall, while Richmond, which has won 14 of its last 17 games, improves to 18-13-2. Freshman…
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The top-ranked Virginia baseball team earned a rain-shortened 4-0 win over Georgetown Tuesday evening at Davenport Field. The teams played five innings in one hour, 11 minutes before heavy rain and lightning forced the game to be stopped. The game then was called after a 47-minute delay. Virginia starting pitcher Will Roberts (Jr., Richmond, Va.)…
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The Center for Innovative Technology announced today that it has received $4 million for its GAP Funds as part of Gov. McDonnell’s and the General Assembly’s budget package, and $2 million from the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy through the U.S. Department of Energy American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to identify and fund…
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The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce that MillerCoors Shenandoah Brewery and Dave’s Downtown Taverna are winners of the Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards. The awards were presented last week at the 2011 Environment Virginia Symposium in Lexington. MillerCoors received a Gold Medal for its outstanding recycling and sustainability program. Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill…
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Former Augusta County Republican Party chair Kurt Michael will announce his candidacy for the Wayne District seat on the Augusta County Board of Supervisors on Saturday. Michael, 47, of Fishersville, is currently a teacher at the Shenandoah Valley Governor’s School. He and his wife, Pamela, and two children have lived in Augusta County since 2001….
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Good thing I’m not thinking of running for City Council again. I have no idea where my birth certificate is. I know I’ve seen it, can’t remember exactly when, and don’t know where it is. Which leads me to this: For all I know, I was born in Kenya. Seriously. I mean, I’m sure I…
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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner, D-Va., and Jim Webb, D-Va. have introduced legislation that would bring increased accountability measures and a more collaborative management approach to Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts. The Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2011 requires the Office of Management and Budget to prepare a crosscut budget to better track the…
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Isabel Castillo, a 2007 Eastern Mennonite University graduate, has become a nationally recognized spokesperson for the plight of undocumented young people in the United States. Castillo was featured in a Feb. 20, 2011, New York Times article, “Dream Act Advocate Turns Failure into Hope.” This publicity led Jesuit-run University of San Francisco to invite her…
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