JMU women pummel Rhode Island

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Four Dukes scored in double figures as James Madison easily beat Rhode Island 77-42 in women’s basketball Friday night at Lehigh’s Stabler Arena. The Dukes improved their record to 8-3, while Rhode Island dropped to 1-13 with its 11th straight defeat. JMU redshirt junior guard Jasmine Gill (Greensboro, N.C./Page) led all players with 18 points,…

State Police ask for help in ID’g suspect

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The Virginia State Police is asking for the public’s help with identifying a man wanted for committing prescription fraud in the Charlottesville region. State police are also looking into similar crimes possibly associated with this individual occurring in the Roanoke and Tidewater areas. During the past two weeks, the unidentified white male has attempted to…

RMH to host blood drive on Jan. 5

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RMH, in conjunction with Virginia Blood Services, will host a public blood drive Jan. 5 from noon to 4 p.m. Virginia Blood Services will have its blood mobile parked in Lot A near the RMH Heart & Vascular entrance. Donors may park in Lot A close to the blood mobile. “Winter and the holiday season…

Hughes featured at Art Center in January

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The Shenandoah Valley Art Center, during the month of January, is presenting paintings by Malcolm Hughes. Hughes feels that his painting results from a combination of two interests: that of studying the shape of natural things in all their particularity and the way things are mysteriously connected and interrelated as an ingredient of the phenomenon…

Art teachers exhibit work at BC

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Elementary and secondary art teachers from the Augusta County Schools will exhibit “This is Not an Apple,” Jan. 2 – Feb. 1 in the Cleo Driver Miller Art Gallery at Bridgewater College. An artists’ reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9, in the Miller Gallery. The reception and exhibition are…

BC falls to Taylor, 71-50

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Taylor (Ind.) University used a late run in the first half to open up a 13-point lead and the Trojans went on to defeat Bridgewater College, 71-50, Monday at the Daytona Beach Shootout. The Eagles stayed with Taylor, the No. 19 ranked team in the NAIA Division II Top 25, for most of the first…

Harrisonburg announces plans for $14M transit center

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The Harrisonburg Department of Public Transportation has entered into an agreement with Howard Shockey & Sons, Inc. of Winchester to design and build a new home base for the city’s growing infrastructure needs. HDPT’s Administration & Maintenance facility will be located on a 13-acre site at the intersection of East Washington Street and Vine Street….

TA alum leads JMU to win in women’s hoops

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James Madison junior forward Nikki Newman (Harrisonburg, Va./Turner Ashby) finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds for her first career double-double to lead the Dukes to their 15th straight home win, a 71-64 victory overCentral Connecticut State in women’s basketball Sunday afternoon at the JMU Convocation Center. JMU improved to 7-1 overall and 3-0 at…