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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Temporary and permanent families are sought by the Scottsdale, Ariz.,-based STS Foundation to host students coming to Virginia in the fall. Families are responsible for providing a nurturing and safe environment. All family types are welcome to apply including traditional families, empty nesters, older couples, younger couples and single…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Jarrett Parker (Jr., Stafford, Va.) hit a two-out, two-run single in the eighth inning to break a 4-4 tie and lift the top-seeded Virginia baseball team to a 6-4 victory over No. 8 seed Boston College Wednesday in the opening game of the 2010 ACC Baseball Championship at NewBridge…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A $10,000 grant from a community-development group based in Southwest Virginia will enable the Staunton Creative Community Fund to relaunch small-business development training. “It’s an opportunity, from our perspective. We really believe in the concept of microenterprise development and are impressed with what you’re doing here,” People Inc. President…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The federal government responded Monday to Virginia’s lawsuit over the recently enacted federal health care law with a motion to dismiss the suit. “We are still looking through the motion and 39-page brief that we received late Monday, but at initial glance, this is pretty close to what we…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The Waynesboro Police Department will be taking part in the nationwide Click It or Ticket seatbelt-enforcement campaign that begins today and runs through June 6. In 2009, Virginia, had the highest recorded seat belt use rate in history at 82.27 percent. Even with that good news, 756 citizens lost…
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Special Report by Chris Graham [email protected] Three years and more than $3 million of architectural and environmental work in the bag, the developer of the Mill at South River project is waiting to see which of several irons in the fire will heat up first. It could very well be an effort to land a…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] #1 Virginia enters the 2010 postseason in a vastly different place than it entered the 2009 postseason. The ’09 Cavs had apparently played their way out of the strong postseason run that had seemed to be in the cards with the hot start and a top-10 national ranking most…
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Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected] There must be better places than a long slab of cement to celebrate one’s birthday. But the more I reflect on it, this setting is probably fitting, given the countless hours of my lifetime spent traveling this long stretch of crumbling pavement, the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The #1 Virginia baseball team capped off its regular season with a 7-4 victory at #14 Miami Saturday afternoon at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field. UVa clinched the outright ACC Coastal Division title and finished off its ninth ACC series win of the year.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] #4 UVa.’s goal to play one more week were dashed at #3 North Carolina as the Cavs women’s lacrosse team dropped a 17-7 decision to the Tar Heels in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday.
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