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The Wayne Theatre will open in a year or two with a fully formed programming schedule that will get going this summer in a familiar venue a block down Main Street. “The opportunity to sublease the facility at 329 West Main could not come at a better time. We are looking towards the reopening of…
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Waynesboro City Council is holding a public hearing on Monday night on a proposed application for a Community Development Block Grant to fund downtown improvements. The effort to build an application for submission for the grant has been led by the city, Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. and the Waynesboro Redevelopment and Housing Authority. In spring…
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The Virginia Department of Transportation will hold a design public hearing concerning Route 280 Southeast Connector in Rockingham County. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 27, from 4-7 p.m. at the Rockingham County Administration Center, Community Development Meeting Room, 20 East Gay Street, Harrisonburg. Citizens can come in during the meeting hours and…
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AFP editor Chris Graham talks Virginia news and sports with WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” The segment begins with Chris and Jim talking about Gov. Bob McDonnell’s plans for raising money for Virginia’s rest areas by selling ads for display at the rest areas. Will that be enough to cover the budget gap in operating…
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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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