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Ashland Holiday Parade

Ashland will 'kick off' the 2009 holiday season with its 40th Old Time Holiday Parade this Sunday, Nov.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

Hanover Herald-Progress

Town Council OKs lease of firehall bay to theater group

The Ashland Town Council Tuesday night approved a lease agreement with the Ashland Community Theater Foundation.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

Hanover Herald-Progress

Parade Traffic notice:

The Ashland Police Department would like to notify motorists of the following road closures in conjunction with Sunday's Holiday Parade, which starts at 2:30 p.m.: Route 54 between Medical Drive and Taylor Street; Henry Street between Route 54 and Archie Cannon Drive Archie Cannon Drive between U.S. 1 and North James Street All parked vehicles must ...

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Mechanicsville Local

Fundraiser nets $12,600

Randy and Kristin Mudd and Lacey Hampton were eager to present the checks to the parents of two Hanover County girls who are been undergoing treatment for brain tumors.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

Progress-Index

Bank foreclosing on some of slumlord Lawrence's local homes

Ten houses in Petersburg and one in Ettrick owned by convicted slumlord Oliver C. Lawrence are being foreclosed on and are scheduled to be auctioned off next week.

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Slumlord to do time in Richmond rental home

Convicted slumlord Oliver C. Lawrence will get to experience life in the Richmond City Jail and one of his own neglected rental properties.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

Examiner.com

List of DC Sniper victims

In this April 28, 2006 file photo, convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad gestures as he address judge James L. Ryan during a media preview before the start of his trial in Rockville, Md.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

Hanover Herald-Progress

Candlelight vigil focuses on domestic abuse

Hanover Safe Place, which deals with cases of domestic abuse on a day-to-day basis, is an agency that would like to be put out of business.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

Kansas City Star

DC area relives terror as sniper's execution nears

When James D. Martin was shot dead on an early October evening seven years ago in the parking lot of a grocery store in Wheaton, a northern Washington suburb, it got little attention on the nightly news.Early the next morning, a landscaper was fatally shot in nearby Rockville, also by a .223-caliber bullet.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Hearings set in Ashland, Hanover next week on two long-delayed developments

The wheels are once again in motion for two proposed mixed-use developments on Ashland's eastern boundaries.

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The Mechanicsville Local

'Gigi' Foster named Christmas Mother

While Virginia "Gigi" Foster admits she is "thrilled and flattered" to be named the 2009 Christmas Mother, she quickly acknowledges "there's going to be a so much greater need this year." The official announcement of her selection came last Wednesday during a tea at Pebble Hill, the Doswell home of Franklin Flippo Jr.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Hanover Herald-Progress

Republicans win in County, State

The election is finally over, and Republicans should be pleased with the results.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Hanover Herald-Progress

Supervisors approve new fire station for Black Creek

The Board of Supervisors approved a Conditional Use Permit to allow construction of the new Black Creek fire station.

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Hanover Herald-Progress

Trip to Cambodia alters views on healthcare for young Ashland man

Jared Hayslett, 29, works at the Ashland Coffee and Tea as a manger. Last year, Hayslett went on a mission trip sponsored by a Christian Organization to Cambodia.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Hanover Herald-Progress

Ahh, to be young and in love

On a beautiful fall-like Sunday evening with the cool wind lightly blowing, a mule attached to a horse drown carriage rides through Ashland as on-lookers stopped and watched the two young lovers, Zack Attkisson and girlfriend Emma Nero.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

Hanover Herald-Progress

Army Mom adopts 50 soldiers

The mother of a soldier serving in Afghanistan wants to adopt 50 soldiers for Christmas.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Hanover Herald-Progress

Ashland continues Comp Plan update

The Town of Ashland's Comprehensive Plan update remains underway. Town Planning Director Nora Amos and Planning Commission Chairman Bob Brown delivered a presentation to the Town Council Oct.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

WTVR Richmond

Halloween Weekend: Trick-or-Drink?

If you drove down New Kent Road in South Richmond Saturday, you would have spotted loads of people going door-to-door for candy- but no traffic.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Officers to watch sex offenders on Halloween

There will be no tricks, treats or Halloween parties this year for many of Virginia's convicted sex criminals.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

Hanover Herald-Progress

Eunice Mahoney likes helping her neighbors

If you ever drove along U.S. 1 in Ashland and you saw an old silver truck pulling out of the Ashland Town Square apartments loaded with all kinds of odds and ends, then it must have been 76-year-old Eunice Mahoney.

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