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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Bridgewater jumped out to an 11-0 lead over Washington and Lee after two innings Tuesday and defeated the Generals 16-8 in ODAC action. The win was the eighth straight for the Eagles.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Cathleen P. Welsh, an attorney at Lenhart Obenshain, will be the guest lunch program speaker for the Shenandoah Valley Society for Human Resource Management at Bridgewater Retirement Community, Alexander Mack Conference Rooms A&B, on Tuesday, April 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. AFPBusiness.com has the story.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] April is National Poetry Month, and Augusta County Library in Fishersville is ready with several events and activities. “In Their Own Words” will take place at noon on Friday, April 9. The public is invited to bring lunch and listen to two library staff members. Mary Binda, known for…
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Special Report by Chris Graham [email protected] How much did the economic-incentive package put together by the City of Waynesboro have to do with the ultimate decision of Polymer Group Inc. to expand its operations here and not in Mooresville, N.C.? The first question that I posed to PGI spokesman Cliff Bridges was the generic,…
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Column by Kathleen Rogers Submit guest columns: [email protected] Climate change is a critical issue in the 21st century, and as we observe Women’s History Month we should bear in mind the effect of the environment on women. Women make up the majority of the earth’s population, and are most vulnerable to changes in climate…
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Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected] I’m sitting here in the waiting room . . . waiting. I’m not good at doing this, especially if I reflect too long and hard on reasons for my waiting in the first place. My 32 teeth – give or take a few – those amazing…
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Column by J.R. Tolbert Submit guest columns: [email protected] Forty years ago, nearly 20 million Americans participated in what was the beginning of the modern environmental movement. Inspired by Sen. Gaylord Nelson after witnessing an oil spill off California’s coast, Earth Day was started to spotlight issues related to environmental degradation and the need to…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro City Council will meet tonight at 7 p.m. at the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building, 503 W. Main St., Waynesboro, for a regularly-scheduled business meeting.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Fifth District Congressman Tom Perriello is facing a full-court press from the Republicans gunning for the chance to knock him off in November. The press might work better if the GOP’ers weren’t trying at the same time to steal the ball from each other. “My opponent Jim McKelvey put…
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Submitted Item News tips: [email protected] Thomas Sheffer, a Mount Sidney resident and graduate student at Virginia Tech, will run in the National Marathon in Washington, D.C., March 20, to raise money for the nonprofit organization Active Minds Inc. His run will be made in honor of his brother, Daniel, who passed away in December 2008….
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