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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Republican Scott Brown shocked the political world with his victory in a special U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts Tuesday night, upsetting one-time heavy favorite Martha Coakley to win the seat that had been held by the late liberal scion Ted Kennedy for 47 years. Maybe not shocking, but certainly…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell used the occasion of the visit of President Barack Obama and United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to the Commonwealth on Tuesday to raise attention to the joint interest of McDonnell and Obama in public charter schools. McDonnell has pledged the full support of…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Virginia House Speaker William J. Howell, R-Stafford, announced today the creation of a special Subcommittee on Ethics to develop an update to the General Assembly’s conflict of interest rules and lead consideration of all bills introduced into the House in the 2010 legislative session relating to conflicts of interest….
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The Artisans Center of Virginia has announced plans to form a Statewide Leadership Council for Craft, dedicated to coordinating artisan efforts from all areas of the state. The ACV plans to convene the first meeting of the leadership council at its biannual Virginia Craft Conference and Business Institute on…
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Local bank providing construction, permanent financing for new theater Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Zeus Digital Theaters announced today that First Bank and Trust Company will be providing the construction financing and the permanent financing for the new Zeus Digital Theater in Waynesboro. “First Bank has been a wonderful partner over the years, and this…
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Staff Report EMU sports: www.emu.edu On the strength of last Wednesday’s 90-67 romp over then-No. 1 Randolph-Macon, the Eastern Mennonite men’s basketball team jumped 11 spots this week to No. 7 in the D3hoops.com national poll. In just their third week in the nation’s top 25, the Runnin Royals skipped up from No. 18…
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Staff Report JMU sports: www.jmusports.com Three non-conference games to open the season and eight straight weeks of league play are included in James Madison University’s 2010 football schedule announced Tuesday. The Dukes will start the season with games with Morehead State and at Virginia Tech, have an off week and then host Liberty before…
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Landesberg jumper gives UVa. a 69-67 win Story by Scott German UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com Sylven Landesberg’s 15-foot jumper with 2.2 seconds lifted the Virginia Cavaliers to a 69-67 win over upset-minded UNC-Wilmington at the John Paul Jones Arena Monday night. The Cavaliers, in winning their eighth straight contest, survived a game of streaks, but fortunately…
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Column by Tom Perriello www.perriello.house.gov My top priority is supporting job creation in Southside and Central Virginia, and I believe one key part of this will be putting our area at the forefront of the clean energy economy. In the next few decades, we will see a huge boom of energy-related advanced manufacturing, agriculture,…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The Virginia League of Conservation Voters has announced its support of the Green Public Buildings Act and the Steps to Advance Virginia’s Energy Plan Act, part of State Sen. Chap Petersen’s energy conservation plan for Virginia. The Green Public Buildings Act, Senate Bill No. 109, requires all new construction…
