Staunton VDOT District Traffic Alert: April 13-17
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The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton transportation district during the coming weeks.
Search Results for water
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Eight questions to ask yourself before buying a vacation home
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It’s official—vacation home sales are booming. In fact, according to the recently released National Association of Realtors 2015 Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey, sales of vacation properties increased over 57 percent from 2013 to 2014.
Randy Forbes: How the Port of Virginia works
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67 million tons. That is the total amount of cargo that the Port of Virginia moved in 2014 at a value of roughly $71.4 billion.
Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance hosts annual Downtown Cleanup Day
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Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance is partnering with the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Department, JMU’s Big Event, local businesses, and volunteers for its annual cleanup day on Saturday, April 11th.
Highland/Bath Meals on Wheels kitchen opening delayed
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The upgrading of the kitchen at the Highland Inn is taking longer than anticipated. Initially it was thought that the kitchen would be closed the week of April 6 and would reopen the week of April 13. it is now anticipated that the kitchen will not be open and fully functioning until the week of April 20.
Ken Plum: A hundred fifty years ago
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The first person I ever knew who wrote a weekly newspaper column was a teacher in the high school I attended who wrote a column during the period 1961-1965 entitled, “A Hundred Years Ago: The Civil War Day By Day.”
Environmentalism must re-focus on known problems: Time to cut climate campaigners loose
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Climate change increasingly dominates the environmental movement. Besides last month’s Earth Hour, an event focussed on “changing climate change,” climate activists will take centre stage at this year’s Earth Day on April 22.
Virginia wetlands are ‘shelter from the storm’
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Sufficient wetlands remain in Virginia to hold enough rain to cover the city of Hampton in more than thirty feet water, according to a new report by Environment Virginia Research & Policy Center.
Winners announced for bookmark design contest at Augusta County Library
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Augusta County Library is currently displaying the winners of its annual bookmark design contest at the Fishersville Library.
Humpback Whales splash in The Dome
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Audiences will splash into a new underwater adventure when Humpback Whales arrives in The Dome at the Science Museum of Virginia on Saturday, April 11.
