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My family and I live in Lower Manhattan. Hurricane Sandy left us, as it did so many other families and businesses, without power, heat, hot water and refrigeration. Out heartfelt best goes out to all who were affected. Recovery hasn’t been easy – not for any of us.
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While there are many ways to green one’s laundry room, one place to start is with detergent. Luckily, in 2009 the federal government phased out phosphates, harsh chemicals that help break down minerals and loose food bits during the wash cycle, because their presence in waste water causes algae blooms in downstream waterways.
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Richmond (5-4) held off James Madison (3-4) in the final minutes to post a 70-66 win in women’s basketball on Sunday afternoon at the JMU Convocation Center.
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Conservation groups praised the Obama Administration’s announcement on Friday of a lease sale for the offshore wind energy area 23.5 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach. The Department of the Interior announced it would be conducting a competitive lease sale for the 112,800-acre area identified last February. DOI will auction the entire area as a single lease. The lease sale is an important step and is the result of cooperation among regulators, environmentalists, utilities and state lawmakers-all of whom support offshore wind energy for Virginia.
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Americans still don’t recycle as much as they could. Nonetheless, the practice is already considered a huge success given that it keeps about a third of the solid waste we generate out of our quickly filling landfills and saves natural resources while generating much-needed revenue for struggling municipal governments. Recycling also helps us keep our carbon footprints down: According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, recycling one ton of aluminum cans conserves more than 1,665 gallons of gasoline.
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The Equestrian Club of Bridgewater College will host the 11th annual “Horses’ Christmas” at the Bridgewater College Equestrian Center in Weyers Cave, on Sunday, Dec. 2, at 1 p.m.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell has received and transmitted to the General Assembly the final report of the Uranium Working Group regarding a conceptual regulatory framework should the General Assembly act to lift the current moratorium on uranium mining in the Commonwealth.
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The Shenandoah Valley Art Center, during the month of December, is exhibiting the paintings and drawings of Waynesboro artist, John A. Hancock, whose artworks are an exploration of the natural world and our place in it. He tries to bring together naturalistic and abstract elements into a balanced, if rather tentative, harmony.
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Minnesota (5-1) dominated inside and led for the final 30 minutes as the Gophers posted an 80-62 win over James Madison (2-3) in women’s basketball in the Cancun Challenge Friday at Moon Palace Resort.
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Senior guard Tarik Hislop (Silver Spring, Md./Paint Branch) scored a career-high 32 points to lead the James Madison women’s basketball team (2-2) to an 89-86 overtime win over Wisconsin-Green Bay (2-1) in the Cancun Challenge at Moon Palace Resort.
