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Seventy-three grants, worth more than $3.1 million, have been awarded by the Criminal Justice Services Board to support programs to assist victims of domestic and sexual violence, protect children from Internet predators, and improve criminal justice services throughout the Commonwealth. Five localities that participate in one of the two Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces…
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Mustapha Farrakhan made his first 11 shots from the field en route to a career-high 31-point night. The only blemish in the box score: that last missed shot. Farrakhan’s hot shooting paced a surprising 67 percent shooting night from Virginia in a fast-paced 84-63 win over Howard Tuesday night.
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So what’s it like living in Downtown Waynesboro? Same as how it is where you live, just less going on. But I have hope. It will all turn around. Some day. Probably after I’m gone, unfortunately. I’d been wanting to live in a downtown since going to a dinner party in Downtown Staunton several years…
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AFP editor Chris Graham talks sports on WREL’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” Chris and Jim break down the 2011 Orange Bowl. What did the 40-12 Virginia Tech loss mean to the Hokies’ future? What did it say about the year that was in the ACC? Football talk turns to basketball as Tech and UVa. get…
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“Conversations on Attachment: Integrating the Science of Love and Spirituality,” will be held March 31-April 1, 2011, at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg. The conference, a first of its kind, will bring together nationally-recognized experts from a variety of disciplines to apply key insights from attachment theory to current research and practice. Program planner Tara…
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Junior defensive end Zane Parr will forego his final year of eligibility at Virginia and declare for the National Football League’s draft. Parr has informed Cavalier head coach Mike London of his decision to leave the University and begin to train for workouts for NFL scouts and the draft. “I have expressed to Zane the…
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As part of its short film competition, the Waynesboro Cultural Commission is offering a screenwriting workshopon Thursday, Jan. 27 and Thursday, Feb. 3 at the Wayne Theatre Alliance office at 533 W. Main St. in Downtown Waynesboro. Matthew Marshall will teach both informal sessions. The first session will introduce film writing techniques so participants can…
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Junior forward Julius Wells (Toledo, Ohio/Libbey) tied a school record with nine three-pointers to lead James Madison to a 75-69 win over Northeastern in a Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball game Monday night at the Convocation Center. JMU, which made its debut in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 at No. 23 just before tip, improved…
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Since Georgia State joined the Colonial Athletic Association in 2005, the Virginia Commonwealth University men’s basketball has had their way with Panthers, posting wins in all 12 meetings with their conference foe. A surprising fact since GSU has always been a scrappy, hard-working squad. It was bound to come to an end and it did…
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Stanford scored on its first four possessions of the second half to break open a tight Orange Bowl game with Virginia Tech en route to a 40-12 pasting Monday night. The loss ended the Hokies’ 11-game winning streak and sent them to their 19th loss in 20 games against top-five opponents under coach Frank Beamer….
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