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In the continuing effort to revitalize Downtown Waynesboro, the City of Waynesboro will host a series of public meetings the week of September 23rd to 26th as part of a Brownfield Charrette.
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For many years I used North Carolina as a state that I thought Virginia should emulate. As another southern state, North Carolina was showing Virginia up in its commitment to improving the quality of life of its residents through investments, particularly in education.
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The president of the nation’s largest union of healthcare workers, Mary Kay Henry, today joined with Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius in announcing a major national outreach initiative by SEIU members on the Affordable Care Act, adding to the growing list of high-profile groups nationwide who are HHS “Champions of Change” partners supporting the new healthcare law.
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The annual Governor’s Technology Awards were presented to honorees in 10 categories at a special ceremony today at the Commonwealth of Virginia Innovative Technology Symposium (COVITS) in Richmond.
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Ever since Thomas Malthus published “An Essay on the Principle of Population” in 1798, positing incorrectly that humans’ proclivity for procreation would exhaust the global food supply within a matter of decades, population growth has been a hot button issue among those contemplating humankind’s future.
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The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks.
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Shirley Contracting Co., LLC of Lorton began work this week on a permanent stormwater basin adjacent to Route 285. Crews will soon begin excavation for new piers and abutments that will support a new bridge over I-64 at exit 91.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management completed its live auction to lease an area off the coast of Virginia as the site of the nation’s second offshore wind energy lease sale. The winner of the lease sale is Dominion Virginia Power, which bid $1.6 million for the lease.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell today awarded $6 million in School Security Equipment Grants to improve safety and security for students and teachers in 459 Virginia schools and regional education programs.
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Virginia football coach Mike London talks with the media before his team’s game with #3 Oregon.
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