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A public-input meeting to discuss a draft water-quality improvement plan for segments of South River and Christians Creek on the state “dirty waters” list will be held in the City Council Chambers at the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building in Downtown Waynesboro on Wednesday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. The draft plan will be presented…
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Where once there was nothing but asphalt and parking spaces, there now exists a visually appealing concourse of brick and benches – a warm and welcoming space for visitors to the Bridgewater College campus. A pedestrian mall that will enable the BC community to gather – particularly before and after home football games – has…
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Kara Dixon Vuic, an assistant professor of history at Bridgewater College, has won the American Association for the History of Nursing Lavinia Dock Book Award for her 2010 work, Officer, Nurse, Woman: The Army Nurse Corps in the Vietnam War. The award will be presented at the AAHN’s conference in London in September. Published by…
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– Bridgewater: Playoff-bound? – QB controversy at BC? – Eagles try to turn tables with 4-2-5 – EMU: Royals sign eight-player hoops class – EMU announces baseball signing class
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Bridgewater turned things around in 2009, with the Eagles winning four of their last five to finish 7-3, just on the outside looking in as far as the Division III playoffs were concerned, but still a big step back in the right direction after a 4-6 campaign in 2008. It’s hard to believe that Mike…
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Column by Madeline Ostrander Submit guest columns: [email protected] Dave Rauschkolb took on the oil industry when it got personal—it threatened his beach and his business. Rauschkolb is not an environmental lawyer or professional Sierra Club-type. He’s an avid surfer and owns a pizza bar on the northwest coast of Florida, within range of the…
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Column by Pat Byington Submit guest columns: [email protected] Just a month ago, my 6-year-old daughter Whitney and I traveled to a nearby state park, where we learned from a nature educator how to build fairy houses. That’s right – fairy houses. Using fallen leaves, branches, acorns (picking live plants are not allowed), and a…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] One day after his worst outing of the season, Casey Hartman got another chance on the big stage Sunday afternoon. Hartman, who did not make it out of the second inning in BC’s 19-9 win over Randolph-Macon on Saturday, gave the Eagles seven gutsy innings and pitched the Eagles…
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Submitted Item News tips: [email protected] Two assistant professors of history at Bridgewater College have published books on topics that couldn’t be more widely divergent – the Yugo, famous as the worst car of all time, and the history of nursing in the Vietnam War. The husband and wife team of Jason C. Vuic and…
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Column by Christopher G. Miller Submit guest columns: [email protected] Over the past 50 years, the cities, towns, and suburban neighborhoods of Virginia have grown dramatically, adding millions of new people, new shopping malls, and the roads and parking lots that go with them. The storm sewers and other facilities we have were not built…
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