Bridgewater comes up short against North Central

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North Central (Ill.) controlled the glass Tuesday evening and defeated Bridgewater College, 67-52, at the Daytona Beach Shootout. The difference in the game was on the boards where North Central held a 40-25 advantage. Exactly half of the rebounds came on the offensive end, leading to 20 second-chance points. For the second straight day, a…

Bridgewater seniors seek entrepreneurial projects

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Small businesses with big entrepreneurial plans sometimes can’t reach their goals due to limited creative manpower.  That’s where a special service-learning project at Bridgewater College hopes to make a difference. Twenty seniors in an entrepreneurship course want to form working partnerships with five Harrisonburg and Rockingham County small businesses or non-profits for the spring 2012…

FMS PGs hold off game Bridgewater JV squad, 81-62

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The Fishburne Military School postgrad basketball team trailed by as many as 11 points in a ragged first half, but the Caissons took control with a 16-0 second-half run en route to an 81-62 win over the Bridgewater College JV team. “I think our pressure just started wearing them down,” FMS assistant coach Derrick Robinson…

Bridgewater women win ODAC cross-country title

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Bridgewater College won its first-ever ODAC title while Olivia Mills (Fredericksburg, Va./Fredericksburg Christian) and BC coach Brian Flynn took home top honors Saturday at the ODAC Cross Country Championship Meet. Mills ran away with the individual title and was named ODAC Runner of Year after she led the Eagles to a comfortable win in the…

County, ACSA to provide water kiosk for Riverheads

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For some citizens of Augusta County who are not able to get potable water because public water or private wells are not available at their location, another option is now available. Thanks to a cooperative project between the Augusta County Board of Supervisors and the Augusta County Service Authority, a new water kiosk is now…

City gets $100K grant for stormwater detention basin

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has awarded the City of Waynesboro $100,000 in grant money from the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund for a project entitled “Retrofitting Our Way to a Healthy South River.” The City will work with several partners during the course of the multifaceted project including the Center for Watershed Protection, Central…

Bridgewater to induct four into Hall of Fame

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Three stellar former Bridgewater College athletes and a former coach have been selected for induction into the college’s Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday, Oct. 14, in the Kline Campus Center, as part of Homecoming activities. The inductees will also be recognized the following day at half-time of the Eagles’ Homecoming football game against the…

New printing system at Bridgewater College to save trees

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Bridgewater College plans to save 50 trees this year. In its ongoing mission to make the college environmentally responsible and sustainable, Bridgewater has instituted a campus-wide printing system that eliminates laser printers from labs and classrooms and replaces them with 15 printing kiosks located throughout the campus. The new printing system is expected to reduce…