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Virginia Commonwealth University plated runs in seven different innings and used a balanced attack to defeat cross-town rival University of Richmond, 9-4, Tuesday night at The Diamond. With the victory, VCU evened the season series at a game apiece. VCU snaps a three-game losing skid and improves to 19-28 on the year. Richmond falls to…
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Longwood University took a 6-4 baseball road victory at James Madison University of the Colonial Athletic Association Tuesday night in Harrisonburg. The hard-earned triumph was the 900th career coaching win for veteran 33rd-year Lancers’ head coach Charles Buddy Bolding (900-492-4). The Lancers improved to 28-15 and were led by senior captains Brant Jones|Richmond (Monacan) and…
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RMH has received the Best EMS Case of the Year Award from AirCare 5 Medevac for the hospital’s contributions in providing life-saving care in February to a heart attack patient. AirCare 5, a division of PHI, Inc., provides around-the-clock emergency medical air transport in the Shenandoah Valley and eastern West Virginia. The AirCare 5 Medevac…
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Dr. Shannon Franklin of Crozet Eye Care, Optometrists, has been named to serve on the national InfantSEE® committee, a program of Optometry Cares – The American Optometric Association (AOA) Foundation. InfantSEE® is a no-cost public health program developed to provide professional eye care for infants. As part of the program, AOA member optometrists offer a…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell and a team of Virginia economic development officials embarked on Friday on an 11-day job creation and economic development marketing mission that will take the group to Japan, China and South Korea before concluding on May 17th. The marketing mission provides the Governor and other state officials a unique opportunity to strengthen…
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An assistant professor of history at Bridgewater College has become the college’s first faculty member to be awarded a Residential Fellowship from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Kara Dixon Vuic received the fellowship to support the writing of her next book, which will chronicle the history of women who performed recreation work for the…
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Eastern Mennonite Seminary graduates Carl and Becky Van Stavern have spent the last three years juggling seminary and eight churches. Carl had five United Methodist congregations and Becky had three. Becky also finished her undergraduate degree online from Bluefield State College during that time. They drove three hours to EMS from their home in Weston,…
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This past week started off with a great victory in the war on terror. It is my hope that the death of Osama bin Laden brings some amount of justice and closure to the families of the victims of September 11th and to those who have lost loved ones throughout the war on terror. As…
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Second baseman Michael Seaborn had four hits and broke a 4-4 tie by scoring on a wild pitch in the fifth as Virginia Tech pulled away for an 8-4 win over James Madison in a non-conference baseball game on Sunday afternoon at English Field. VT improved to 28-21 and JMU dropped to 31-16 as the…
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No. 9 Virginia has received a bid to the 2011 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship as the No. 7 seed and will host the Bucknell Bison in the first round on Sunday (May 15) at 3 p.m., inside Klöckner Stadium. The game will be televised on ESPNU. This marks the second season (1971 and 2011) where…
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