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Item by Chris Graham A two-day meeting of the Virginia Code Commission will get under way tomorrow at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel in Staunton. Commission chairman Steve Landes will host the meeting. Del. Landes, R-Weyers Cave, has made it a priority in his time in the Virginia General Assembly to work with the commission to…
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Item by Chris Graham Mental-health planner Jo-Amrah McElroy and counselor Scarlett Coffman Danraj will share their experiences in the Virginia mental-health system as the state works to improve its service-delivery capabilities at the Nov. 16 annual meeting of the Mental Health Association of Augusta. “Recovery from a mental illness involves more than recovery than the…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Another day, another come-from-behind victory for the Cardiac Cavs.| A 19-yard Chris Gould field goal gave Virginia a one-point lead late, and the UVa. defense stiffened after Connecticut drove inside Wahoo territory in the final two minutes to preserve a 17-16 victory on Saturday in Scott Stadium.
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We are live at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville for today’s football game between the homestanding Virginia Cavaliers (5-1, 3-0 ACC) and the visiting Connecticut Huskies (5-0, 1-0 Big East). Kickoff is scheduled for 3:35 p.m. The game is being broadcast on ESPNU and the Cavalier Sports Network. Check back during the game for updates and…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] You don’t just replace 18.4 points per game with a snap of the fingers. But accounting for the scoring that J.R. Reynolds brought to the 2006-2007 Virginia basketball team is not at the top of Dave Leitao’s worry list. “Everybody goes through that when you have graduation, especially with good…
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Story by Chris Graham It was an event six years in the making – but George Hawke took it in stride. “I don’t need to read it. I know what it says,” said Hawke, holding a copy of his new historical volume, The History of Waynesboro, Virginia: 1900 to 1976, which was hot off the…
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Item by Chris Graham The Staunton city horticulturist was honored for his work in the Queen City by the Keep Virginia Beautiful Program today. Matthew Sensabaugh was honored for his work on the city’s new sensory garden at the Staunton Public Library – which was awarded first place in the public garden category in the…
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Item by Chris Graham University of Virginia provost Tim Garson has been elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, a national resource for independent, scientifically formed analysis and recommendations on human health issues. Garson is an internationally recognized pediatric cardiologist – who served as vice president and dean of the UVa….
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The Top Story by Chris Graham The 27th Senate District promised to be a wide-open affair even before moderate Republican Sen. Russ Potts announced his retirement plans. But now with Potts out of the picture, the battle between his successor as the Republican standard-bearer in the district that stretches from Winchester in the Shenandoah Valley…
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Column by Sam Rasoul With the help of concerned Virginians, I am able to campaign for Congress, as a Democrat, to represent the Sixth Congressional District of Virginia (www.SAM2008.com). Fourteen members of Congress have said they do not take any money from PACs. And I have decided to join them.
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