William and Mary signs 15

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Fresh off the school’s fourth conference crown and a top-10 national finish, William and Mary football coach Jimmye Laycock announced the College’s signing of 15 players to National Letters of Intent this afternoon. “This is a versatile class, with nine of the 15 players coming in at skill positions,” stated Laycock. “We addressed a broad…

Richmond announces 17-member signing class for 2011

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Richmond football head coach Latrell Scott announced Wednesday the signing of 17 student-athletes, who have submitted their intent to attend the University of Richmond and play for the Spiders next season. The class features one local standout, nine linemen, and 10 from the Commonwealth of Virginia. This marks the first class entirely recruited by Coach…

UVa. adds class of 26

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The Virginia football program signed 24 players to a National Letters of Intent (NLI) for the 2011-12 academic school year head coach Mike London announced. Two additional recruits enrolled at UVa in January, topping the class off at 26. Highlighting the nationally ranked class are five ESPNU Top 150 prospects, 17 signees from the state…

Mill at South River completes $5.5 million prep work

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Redevelopment team members for the Mill at South River in Waynesboro announced today that the project has successfully completed a $5.5 million voluntary remediation and site preparation phase of the property redevelopment. It is the largest known voluntary Brownfield investment by an individual in Virginia and ranks in the top 7 percent in size of…

State rolls out new one-stop small-business website

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Today marked the launch of an enhanced Virginia Business One Stop website, a streamlined tool to serve the needs of new, existing and small business entrepreneurs. The new website, www.bos.virginia.gov, now propagates registration information to six state agencies that commonly serve businesses in Virginia including the Department of Taxation, Department of General Services, Department of…

Hoops Shoot winners compete in districts

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Winners of the local Waynesboro Elk Lodge Hoop Shoot recently competed in the Central Virginia District Hoop Shoot in Fredericksburg. The Waynesboro Basketball club had five members advance to this district competition. Pictured are Brie Moore, who competed in the 12-13 age category; Meredith Lloyd, who competed in the 8-9 age category; Sarah Sondrol, who…

The AFP on WREL: Heating up on the hardwood

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AFP editor Chris Graham talks sports on WREL’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” The segment begins with analysis of Virginia Tech’s recent basketball hot streak. Will it be enough to get the Hokies into the discussion for an NCAA Tournament bid? Chris thinks so. Then we turn to the state’s other ACC team. Virginia’s season seems…

The AFP on WREL: Heating up on the hardwood

Chris Graham

AFP editor Chris Graham talks sports on WREL’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” The segment begins with analysis of Virginia Tech’s recent basketball hot streak. Will it be enough to get the Hokies into the discussion for an NCAA Tournament bid? Chris thinks so. Then we turn to the state’s other ACC team. Virginia’s season seems…