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The 20th District Republican Party nomination is Dickie Bell’s to lose, just as it appeared this time last week in the hours after Chris Saxman’s stunning announcement that he was dropping out of the race. Bell is an ideal candidate in more ways than one. The 62-year-old moderate is in his fourth term on Staunton…
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Republicans for Deeds. A prominent Democrat for McDonnell. The fight for the center is on. “Eighteen years ago, I came to Richmond as a freshman delegate with both Creigh Deeds and Bob McDonnell,” former Roanoke Republican State Sen. Brandon Bell said this week at the launch of what is formally known as Virginians for Deeds,…
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It was a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, Minn. Ditto for Rockbridgeland, Va. Except here the summer sun was hotter than up north. It may have baked a few brains. How else can you explain our local happenings? We all know that when you spend too much time in the noon day sun the mind…
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Gary Ruley and Mule Train take the Lime Kiln Bowl stage Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. Together with a band of talented musicians, Ruley formulates a hi-test bluegrass, new grass and roots music ensemble, connecting generations of yesterday and today with inventive sounds of powerful acoustic music.
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Media General reported net income for the second quarter of 2009, and while the income number was modest, at $20.6 million for the quarter, it was a number in the black and not $532.2 million in the red like the second quarter of 2008 was for the media conglomerate.
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Dr. Shannon Franklin, Optometrist, was elected to serve as Secretary/Treasurer of the Virginia Optometric Association (VOA) at its 107th annual convention in Williamsburg.
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The Virginia Sports Information Directors has named six Eastern Mennonite University student-athletes for their performances both in the classroom and in competition to the organization’s 2008-09 VaSID Academic All-State Team from Virginia colleges and universities.
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Parents of school-age children should prepare now for the possibility of increased flu activity as students return to class this fall. Virginia Department of Health Commissioner Karen Remley, M.D., MBA, had that message for the Virginia Parents Teachers Association this past week when 600 members of the statewide organization were in Richmond for their annual…
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Republican Party gubernatorial nominee Bob McDonnell seems to agree now that Virginia needs to invest more in its transportation system. That’s good news. Two questions. One, can we trust somebody who has been a key player on the team that has been blocking substantive progress on transportation solutions to do what he is now saying…
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“Almighty God hath created the mind free.” So Thomas Jefferson opened his Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom. In that founding document of our Commonwealth, Jefferson went on to decry fallible religious or political leaders who would try to influence freedom of conscience through social or political pressure, begetting “habits of hypocrisy and meanness.”
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