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Virginia’s three top state elected leaders are holding to their support for exploratory oil and natural gas drilling off the coast of Virginia in the wake of the ongoing disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. “We will learn from Louisiana. We will have additional federal regulations. We will have new technology. Once we get some…
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Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected] “Sittin’ on the dock of the bay, Watching the tide roll away . . .” – Otis Redding (1968) VIRGINIA BEACH – What could be finer than to be in Carolina in the morning? How about poolside in Virginia Beach on a sunny, warm afternoon, alternately…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] A 2010 Eastern Mennonite University graduate lost his life Thursday morning, July 1, in a motorcycle accident near Bridgewater. Jason Jay Marner, 22, from Brighton, Iowa, was riding his motorcycle between work sites with his employer, Dynamic Aviation, when he apparently lost control and strayed into the path of…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] In its third annual ranking, Outdoor Life has ranked Waynesboro as one of the top towns in the United States for hunting and fishing. In the 2010 survey, Waynesboro was ranked number 200 and was the only Virginia town to be named on the survey. The City of Waynesboro has…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Three years, more than $3 million of investment, and now it’s official. “Today is to announce that South River is open for business,” said Michael Bryan, an attorney for South River Inc., the development company owned by Winchester-based developer Beverly Shoemaker, who has been working on plans for a…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Bridgewater College junior Christina Rhodes added another award to her long list of spring achievements Thursday when she received Academic All-American recognition. Rhodes was named to ESPN The Magazine’s College Division Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-American Second Team in voting by CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of…
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Column by Bill Bolling www.billbolling.com This week I had the privilege of announcing an $800,000 grant to construct a new Wind Energy Training Center at James Madison University. This is the latest in a series of steps that Gov. McDonnell and I have taken to make Virginia the East Coast’s energy leader. Gov. McDonnell…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Ed Clark has been in the wildlife business long enough to remember when his help was wanted after the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill. The deskbound experts running the show in the wake of the still-ongoing spill in the Gulf of Mexico have made it clear that they think they…
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Column by David Toscano Submit guest columns: [email protected] Virginia is the model of the citizen legislature. Delegates and senators are not full-time elected officials; most of us have other jobs. The House of Delegates and the State Senate meet for only 60 days during one year and 45 days during the next year. While…
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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected] There are times when one must get away and reflect. For a couple of reasons this was one of those times. The man in the mirror had a milestone only days away. And he knew of too many friends who had left this paradise for another…
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