ACLU encourages legislators to support no-excuse absentee voting
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The ACLU of Virginia yesterday urged legislators to support measures that expand voting rights by providing for no-excuse absentee voting for all voters.
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Drexel slips past JMU, 48-46
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Senior guard/forward Hollie Mershon (Malvern, Pa./Archbishop Carroll) hit two free throws with 4.0 seconds left to lift Drexel (9-4, 2-0) to a 48-46 win at James Madison (7-7, 1-1) in Colonial Athletic Association women’s basketball Thursday evening at the JMU Convocation Center.
Erik Curren: Local food will change your life
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Change your life? Really? If you think that food is food is food, that might sound like hype. Does it really matter whether your eggs came from California via a grocery store or from the Shenandoah Valley via a local farmer?
Text: McDonnell’s State of the Commonwealth Address
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Gov. Bob McDonnell delivers the 2013 State of the Commonwealth Address to the Virgnia General Assembly.
Earth Talk: Climate change impacting rivers?
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Global warming is no doubt going to cause many kinds of problems (and, indeed, already is), and rivers may well be some of the hardest hit geographical features, given the likelihood of increased droughts, floods and the associated spread of waterborne diseases.
Virginia Outdoors Foundation protected 26,375 acres of open space in 2012
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The Virginia Outdoors Foundation permanently protected 26,375 acres of open space through 127 conservation easements in 2012—a rate of more than three acres every hour.
State announces boating-access grants
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced on Monday 15 grants totaling $440,900 awarded by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to improve boating access to the public waters of Virginia. Identified as a need in Virginia’s Outdoors Plan, these new and improved boating access sites will help boaters access the bountiful public waters of the Commonwealth.
Caissons roll over BC JVs, 86-57
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Behind 18 points from Walter Foster, 17 points from Zak Kirkbride, and 15 points each from Kuran Iverson and Daniel Dixon, the Fishburne Caisson PG basketball team raced to a 50-20 halftime advantage en route to a 86-57 win over the Bridgewater College JV team Sunday afternoon.
JMU women open CAA play with road win
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James Madison (7-6, 1-0) opened Colonial Athletic Association women’s basketball play Sunday afternoon with a 60-39 road win at North Carolina Wilmington (1-11, 0-1) at Trask Coliseum.
Learning to build food systems
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Shenandoah Permaculture in partnership with Greenfire Institute and Dancing Star Farms has announced a comprehensive 72-hour course in permaculture design.
