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Travel Virginia: Guide to going places Top Travel Destinations: Shenandoah Valley Appalachia – Blue Ridge – Shenandoah Valley – Fredericksburg/Northern Virginia Chesapeake Bay – Tidewater/Hampton Roads – Central Virginia Natural Bridge Rockbridge County P.O. Box 57 U.S. 11 Natural Bridge, Va. A young George Washington surveyed the Natural Bridge and the site, one of the…
/**/ Wednesday, February 14, 2001 Top News Senate kills bond proposal: Bill would have funded GMU’s Prince William campus By Alfred M. Biddlecomb Staff Writer RICHMOND – A state Senate budget committee killed a cluster of bond proposals Tuesday that offered millions for the construction of a science center at Belmont Bay and a new…
Selma: March into History Forty years ago, thousands of marchers trekked from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., to demand that African-Americans be permitted to vote. Because of their courage and sacrifices, the South – indeed the nation – was transformed. The Voting Rights act that grew out of that bloody march comes up for renewal in two years….
/**/ Osbourn Park, Stonewall and Osbourn look to mount challenges at Cardinal District’s top By Randy Jones Staff Writer Osbourn Park coach Larry Nemerow has much to be optimistic about in 2001. The Yellow Jackets boast four returning first and second team All-Cardinal District members in goaltender/midfielder Patrick McConnell, midfielder Bo Lawrence and forwards Travis…
Coming home to America BY CHRIS NEWMAN Today, many immigrants to America celebrate their diversity and differences. When Harold Gero came over from Hungary in 1923, he, like his contemporaries at Ellis Island, wanted to blend in. “What has Hungary done for me? I was glad to leave it. It wasn’t my decision, but as…
/**/ It’s My Town By Bennie Scarton Jr. Mary Bergere, Northern Virignia Electric Cooperative’s government relations liaison, has been selected to the Thomas C. Sorensen Institute of Political Leadership. After undergoing a rigorous competitive process, she was one of only 33 Virginians selected for the program. The Institute seeks men and women from across the…