
JMU women open CAA play with road win
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.

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.

Shenandoah Permaculture in partnership with Greenfire Institute and Dancing Star Farms has announced a comprehensive 72-hour course in permaculture design.

Virginia head football coach Mike London announced today the hiring of four assistant coaches to fill the vacancies on the Cavalier staff. Joining the Virginia football program are former NC State and Boston College head coach Tom O’Brien, 32-year college coaching veteran Jon Tenuta and 12-year college special teams coach Jeff Banks. Former UVa quarterback Marques Hagans has been promoted to a full-time position after serving as a graduate assistant coach at Virginia the past two seasons.

The Staunton Augusta Art Center announces art classes for the months of January and February. Pre-registration is required one week prior to the start of each series of classes. Pre-register by calling the Staunton Augusta Art Center at 540-885-2028. All materials are provided in children’s classes. A materials list will be provided for the adult and high school classes.

Neither will talk about how they know each other, aside from acknowledging the fact that they once were close, very close. Katarina Waters, known as Katie Lea Burchill in WWE and Winter in TNA, was able to admit that she’s looking forward to her match with former tag-team partner Angelina Love.

The fruit trees aren’t budding on the hill and the bees aren’t buzzing around their hives as Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) settles into winter 2013 in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. But EMU has tilled its soil for a flourishing “edible campus” in the spring.

The James Madison women’s basketball team tied a school record with six players scoring in double figures as the Dukes (5-6) downed visiting Maine (1-10) 88-34 Friday evening at the JMU Convocation Center.

We have heard an ongoing cry from organizations claiming to represent all businesses that they oppose any government action on toxic chemicals in our products, warning of increased costs and job losses. Now, a new independent poll shows that when it comes to protecting workers and consumers from negative effects of toxic chemicals, small-business owners agree with voters in that both want to be protected by stricter regulations.

Virginia State Police troopers and supervisor had a busy Wednesday with the snow, ice and heavy rains across the Commonwealth.

You can hold as many unregulated yard sales as you want in Waynesboro. Try to raise money for cancer patients by selling Christmas trees in a quasi-residential area, though, and the long arm of the zoning law will come down on you.
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