Share
Local Food Hub announced the winners of the 2011 Community Food Awards at an event co-sponsored by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the City of Charlottesville, and Albemarle and Nelson counties. “A Celebration of Growth, Expansion and Success” marked the completion of Local Food Hub’s second year of operation and featured remarks…
Share
Creating a shared, unified vision for the future of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County has been an on-going process for the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce and hundreds of community leaders. Since 2009, three leadership workshops or forums have been held every six months, Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce members have been surveyed to collect the business community’s…
Share
Republican Senate-nomination candidate Jamie Radtke is raising issue with criteria established by the Virginia Associated Press Managing Editors and the Virginia Capital Correspondents Association for a Senate debate scheduled for December. Candidates must average 15 percent or better in published non-candidate polls and have raised at least 20 percent as much money as their party’s…
Share
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that tourism spending by overseas travelers in Virginia increased by more than 12 percent in 2010. New figures released by Capital Region USA show international tourism spending was a record $321 million in 2010, up $35 million from 2009. Additionally, Virginia’s efforts to market to visitors from Canada are…
Share
The Virginia Association of Free Clinics reported a sharp 11 percent increase in the annual number of state residents seeking healthcare services from member clinics. The free clinics now serve 80,254 patients on an annual basis, compared with 72,191 in fiscal year 2010. The total number of patient visits for 2011 was 388,786. The Association…
Share
Opening Statement: I’m really pleased with our win over Arkansas State. I credit our coaches and players I think we were well prepared physically to go play. I think we played hard throughout against a good football team and I feel good about the win. Now we have to get ready for Marshall. You look…
Share
Kurt Ayau, author of The Brick Murder; A Tragedy and Other Stories, will sign copies of his book at Bookworks in Downtown Staunton on Saturday, Sept. 24, from 2-4 p.m. Winner of the Tartt First Fiction Award, The Brick Murder is a funnily tragic collection of stories that always borders on wondrously correct incorrectness: a…
Share
Steve Farmer remembers what pushed the Waynesboro YMCA to do something about outdated women’s locker room. It came the day that the Y arranged to take a group of women who had been raising concerns about the locker-room facilities for women on a tour of the men’s locker room. “They were a little upset that…
Share
QUESTION: After the game, you mentioned that the team had dominated the first-half statistics, yet the scoreboard failed to reflect the stat sheet. How frustrating was that? COACH LONDON: You always want to know that what you’re doing—the game plan that you’re trying to execute to have opportunities to make a difference. Other than the…
Share
Starting in September, WTA’s Gateway will offer Open Mic Night with Lorie Strother: The Dreaded Blues Lady. The Open-Mic Night will take place on the fourth Thursday of the month. The performances begin at 7 pm. The first Open-Mic Night is scheduled for Sept. 22. Open Mic Nights will have a featured performer followed by…
We don’t take press releases or official statements as the final word. Digging in to get the whole story takes time and resources.