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In a close vote, the House recently passed a provision that undercuts one of the most successful environmental programs of the decade – one that requires all bulbs – including the incandescent – to achieve higher efficiency levels. The amendment, which was tacked on to the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 2012, delays…
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Teed off at your golf performance? If so, say bye-bye to the traditional birdie and join Bridgewater College on July 30 when it completes its new 9-basket course for disc golf – also known as frisbee golf. The first basket (or hole) of the course is in the college’s intramural field on the north side…
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Bridgewater College’s teacher education program is now ranked as a “model” program by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ). Of three Virginia colleges evaluated by the NCTQ, Bridgewater was the only one that received a positive ranking. Bridgewater College was hailed by the NCTQ “for being part of a consortium of universities that jointly…
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The feeding patterns of indigenous clams, human respiration, measurements and robotics were just some of the topics covered during the 2011 Summer Bridge Program at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). “We try to expose students to the core majors we provide and let them experience what each has to offer,” said Roman Miller, PhD, EMU professor…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that the state ended the 2011 fiscal year with a $311 million general-fund surplus. A key to the fiscal picture – state revenues were up 5.8 percent over fiscal-year 2010, well ahead of the 3.5 percent revenue growth that had been projected. The state ended fiscal-year 2010 with a $228…
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On Wednesday, July 20th, the Commonwealth Transportation Board will be asked to sign-off on an expedited and controversial initiative of Virginia Secretary of Transportation Sean Connaughton. “We believe Secretary Connaughton has taken an overly aggressive stance on long-controversial transportation projects, and in doing so, is making major spending decisions without adequate analysis, public input or…
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A dozen Shenandoah Valley residents and I went to Washington last Friday, where I served as a witness at a congressional oversight hearing. The focus was a U.S. Forest Service proposal to ban a controversial natural gas drilling technique – horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing – from more than one million acres of public land…
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Bridgewater College President George Cornelius and director of athletics Curt Kendall have announced the hiring of Gerard “Jerry” Schurink as the college’s director of riding. Schurink becomes the program’s second director of riding, succeeding Sarah Irvine, who announced her retirement in February. Irvine led the Bridgewater riding program since its inception in 2000. “We are…
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There is positive news for the local economy with the construction of a new senior living community. The Lodge at Old Trail, located at Old Trail Village in Crozet, is slated to open next spring. It will have a total of 126 apartments with a wide range of accommodations and services for older adults who…
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Here’s how Waynesboro City Council can close the deal on a proposed industrial park without breaking the bank. Three words, two hyphenated: low-interest, back-ended loan. The idea – the city agrees to purchase the land, approximately 170 acres located off South Delphine near the Interstate 64 interchange at Exit 96, and the property’s owners, Afton…
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