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The February issue of The New Dominion Magazine is on the streets at locations in Waynesboro, Staunton and Harrisonburg – and is also posted online at TheNewDominion.com. This month’s features: Women at work: Two women share their experiences climbing the corporate ladder Profiles of new Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce president…
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The Waynesboro Senior Center, sponsored by Valley Program for Aging Services, invites people 60 years of age and older to participate in a variety of programs to be offered in the coming week. The center, at 325 Pine Ave., in the Jackson-Wilson building, is open 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Transportation is…
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I just attended my third funeral locally since the start of the year – with a fourth coming up on the weekend – somewhat disconcerting in itself. Stop it, people! You loved life with a passion, so did you leave us this way, I think frequently as pay my respects to the families of these…
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I would like to share some very positive news on our continuing efforts to fix what’s broken at Arlington National Cemetery. It was last June when many of us first heard about Arlington’s reliance on paper records and maps, and the systemic disorganization and shameful errors that inevitably resulted. I think all of us were…
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Virginia Organizing is hosting an immigration forum on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Community Mennonite Church, 70 S. High St., Harrisonburg. The forum will focus on preserving immigrants’ rights with a heavy amount of attention on immigrants’ issues in the 2011 Virginia General Assembly. The forum will feature Walter Tejada, currently on the Arlington…
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The minutes are counting down. “I’m pumped. Let’s get it on!” said Marvin Ward, the president of Awesome Wrestling Entertainment, a Virginia-based professional-wrestling promotion with aspirations toward the big time. AWE will mark its launch Saturday night with its first live event at Waynesboro High School. The main event pits former WWE superstar Jimmy Wang…
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Transcript of Virginia football coach Mike London’s Feb. 2 press conference discussing UVa.s 2011 recruiting class. COACH LONDON: First of all, I’d like to acknowledge the hard work of my staff. They did a tremendous job going out into the various areas representing the message of the University of Virginia very well and establishing relationships…
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The President’s challenge for all of us to create the country that 9-year old Christina Taylor Green thought we had when she made the fateful trip to hear her elected representative rings true to me. Christina had an ambition to be the first girl to play in the major leagues. Tragically it’s a chance she…
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Teresa Gauldin is blazing a new trail for women in business. Gauldin has been named president of the Waynesboro-based Legacy Group Holding Corporation, a conglomerate of construction businesses including Mathers Construction Team, March Excavating LLC and Augusta Erectors Inc. Gauldin, who had most recently served as president of Augusta Erectors Inc., and will assume the…
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The pond isn’t frozen – it isn’t even a pond, actually, just a basketball floor devoid of kids shooting jump shots and layups for an hour every Wednesday night. But YMCA fitness director Eric Wilson can close his eyes and think of his days as a youth in Alberta in western Canada playing hockey. “It’s…
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