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– State News: Department of Health comments on pandemic declaration – Local News: Meeting in Riverheads area to discuss possible future fire station – Local News: Discount on SNP concessions for local residents
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– Economy: Initial unemployment claims down – State News: Low-interest loans available for dam rehab – State News: Governor announces state-employee health initiative – Event: Lifestyle seminar at local church
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– State News: Kaine issues executive order on environmental impact of state government – Local News: Public meeting on South River study on Thursday – Sports: Free tickets for Friday’s Waynesboro-Staunton game – Local News: Flag Day at Wilson Library – Event: Valley Pride July 26
JMU football announces starting times, TV games
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The James Madison University football home schedule will include one noon start, three late-afternoon starts, and one evening start, the school’s athletics department announced today.
Chris Graham | The Deeds juggernaut
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I’m supposed to be a pragmatist. I run a business, work as a journalist, help manage the day-to-day operations of a baseball team, help direct a local United Way. You’d think I’d take the same approach to politics. Get me a candidate who can win, ideology be damned. And yet I was resistant to the…
Vindication – Deeds takes Democratic nomination in dramatic fashion
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When Creigh Deeds announced his candidacy for the 2009 Democratic Party gubernatorial nomination back in December 2007, it was not exactly with the full support of the Democratic Party decisionmaking set. The whispers at the time and for months after were that party leaders had been trying to persuade Deeds to make another run at…
Marrow wins nomination in 25th
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One down, one to go. “Fifty percent plus one. That’s all we need,” said Greg Marrow, a Rockingham County optometrist and now the Democratic Party nominee in the 25th House District by virtue of his impressive showing in Tuesday’s primary contest with Augusta County resident Jim Noel.
Bach Festival opens this weekend
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The 17th annual Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival at Eastern Mennonite University will spotlight the music of the two giants of the early 17th century – Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. Bach is the namesake for the festival; 2009 marks the 250th anniversary of Handel’s death.
New plates imagine SNP
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Shenandoah National Park Trust is proud to announce the newest license plate available to Virginians. The colorful, eye-catching plate will raise funds that will be donated to Shenandoah National Park for priority projects that protect the treasured natural and historical resources of the Park and enhance visitors’ experiences there.
Primary Day Live Blog
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Updated: 5:30 p.m. It’s Primary Day in Virginia – with voters flocking, ahem, to the polls to select Democratic Party nominees for governor, lieutenant governor and the House of Delegates. Join the AFP Live Blog today for news updates from the polls in the Valley and Central Virginia and statewide and to share your thoughts, observations, predictions,…
