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Staff Report News Tips: [email protected] The December “River City Radio Hour” will be a hilarious evening of music and comedy. The two performances on Friday, Dec. 18 at 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Blue Ridge Christian Fellowship will depart from the usual “Radio Hour format.” The Waynesboro’s Got Pride Society has arranged…
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Wayne Theatre Alliance presents special performance of Hamner’s Homecoming Staff Report News Tips: [email protected] The Wayne Theatre Alliance has engaged the Hamner Theater to present a reader’s theatre version of Earl Hamner’s beloved family Christmas story The Homecoming on Saturday, Dec. 19 at 2 p.m. as part of Waynesboro’s Christmas in River City celebration. The…
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Staff Report ACC sports: www.theacc.com Virginia Tech’s Jeff Allen has been named ACC Player of the Week, while Wake Forest’s Ari Stewart earned ACC Rookie of the Week honors. Allen had back-to-back double-doubles and averaged 18.0 points, 11.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists as the Hokies ran their record to 8-1 with a home win…
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Staff Report ACC sports: www.theacc.com University of Virginia senior Monica Wright has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, it was announced Monday by the league office. Wright, the ACC Preseason Player of the Year, scored 30 points for the 19th-ranked Cavaliers and tied a career-high with nine steals…
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Staff Report JMU sports: www.jmusports.com The James Madison women’s basketball program is ranked 24th in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 media poll. JMU has a 7-0 record that includes a 75-73 win at Virginia, ranked 19th by AP this week. Last week the Dukes received votes in both the AP media poll and…
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Column by Tom Perriello www.perriello.house.gov Last week, I held a conference call with Chambers of Commerce and other business leaders from across the Fifth District to gain their ideas on job creation and how to create new competitive advantage in Central and Southern Virginia. Supporting small businesses is one of the best ways we…
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Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com The No. 2 Virginia men’s soccer team captured its sixth NCAA Championship, and first since 1994, with a 3-2 penalty kick shootout win over No. 1 Akron following a 0-0 draw in the NCAA Championship final at WakeMed Soccer Park. The Cavaliers (19-3-3) ended the season on a 16-game…
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Story by Chris Graham Story Ideas: [email protected] There’s been a lot of talk about agritourism in Augusta County in recent weeks, to the point of having us border on being trendy jumping into the fray. Trendy or not, the idea isn’t necessarily something new in the ag sector, even if the word is. “Agritourism…
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Column by Ken Plum www.kenplum.com On January 12, 1978, the second day of business in the House of Delegates, Speaker John Warren Cooke rapped the session to order and called on the Gentleman from Fairfax, Mr. Plum, for purposes of a motion. I heard my name called, and I was petrified. It was my…
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Staff Report VMI sports: www.vmikeydets.com Junior guard Jamel Jackson nailed 12 three-point shots and finished with 40 points to lead Seton Hall to a 134-107 victory over Virginia Military Institute Saturday afternoon before a crowd of 6,012 spectators at Prudential Center. The Pirates of the Big East Conference ran their record to 8-0 while…
