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Ashland Police awarded DMV Traffic Safety Grant funds
The Ashland Police Department received a larger DMV Traffic Safety Grant award than originally anticipated. Comment?
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Retired minister dedicated to daily bicycle ride
... Macpherson, 81, is no Lance Armstrong, but he proves that he is a man still in his prime. Most of us who live in Ashland have seen this grey- haired bearded man riding his bike wearing a black baseball helmet and wind breaker with black gloves. With ... Comment?
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Officials cut the ribbon at new GreenTech Incubator
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held last Friday to dedicate the new Dominion Resources GreenTech Incubator that will open in Ashland early 2010. Comment?
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Coplona s becomes Roan, moves to Carytown
... for potential franchisees to open new stores. She would like to open locations in the Willow Lawn area and in Ashland, but no exact sites have been chosen. It takes about six months from when a franchisee is chosen until a shop opens its doors, ... Comment?
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Hard-working mother, daughters get Habitat house in Hanover
... the 31-year-old Doswell woman said standing in the snow-covered yard of her house under construction in Ashland. "It's going to be wonderful to have my own place." Tribble works for the Hanover County school system, driving a bus and working in the ... Comment?
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CMS student selected as House page
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... coach. RayQuan has been playing football since the age of 5 where he started playing flag football with the Ashland Vikings. He has since participated in football, basketball and track in middle school. He is currently the manager of the Caroline ... Comment?
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Town Council amends R-MC parking plan
Ashland Town Council approved an ordinance Dec. 15 that requires Randolph-Macon College to provide 0.8 off-street parking spaces per each student enrolled, based on a parking management plan to be approved by the Council. Comment?
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Snowfall in area was the most since 1996
... on Hanover County, starting Friday night and concluding Sunday morning. National Weather Service observer and former Ashland Mayor John Newell reported a total of 17.0 inches of snow, with maximum accumulation on the ground of between 12 and 16 ... Comment?
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Dominion Resources GreenTech Incubator Will Lead Way to Sustainable Energy, Create Jobs
... locations, boosting the local economy. Founding members of the new incubator are Hanover County, Va., the Town of Ashland, Dominion and the Virginia Biosciences Development Center (VBDC) of Richmond, Va., which will manage the GreenTech incubator. ... Comment?
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Ashland Fire Department Santa Breakfast
County government offices and libraries post holiday schedules Hanover County Government offices will be closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Comment?
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Former Reynolds employees form new company
Some former employees of Reynolds Packaging Co. in Richmond are starting a new packaging business in Ashland. Comment?
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Former Reynolds employees starting company in Ashland
Some former employees of Reynolds Packaging Co. in Richmond are starting up a new packaging business in Ashland. Comment?
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Niblock, Kenneth Cowan
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... Abigail Moore of Summersville, S.C.; two sisters, Rebecca Simerson of Salisbury, N.C., and Sarah Sanders of Ashland, Virginia. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. on Wednesday, December 23, at Nicholson Funeral Home Chapel with burial to ... Comment?
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Ashland painter Nancy Camden Witt dies
... Ms. Witt, a sculpture major turned painter who created more than 600 vibrant paintings in an aerie atop a converted Ashland grist mill, died Wednesday in Hanover County at 79. "It's my ivory tower," she said in a 1998 Richmond Times-Dispatch ... Comment?
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New partnership helps speed pace of Hanover Habitat home building
... mortgages fully subsidized by the Rural Development arm of the USDA this winter. The first three of five homes in Ashland and Hanover County to be funded by a new partnership between Hanover Habitat for Humanity and the USDA over the next year are ... Comment?
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The arts could be key to Ashland revival
VCU study suggests Town should build on existing strengths Can downtown Ashland retain its quaint, yet authentic atmosphere, capitalize on the number of artists and entertainers already part of the community and revitalize the economic base? Those were among the questions posed by Virginia Commonwealth University students enrolled in the school's ... Comment?
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The Conway Twitty Tribute Pistol
... Rifle . Both these firearms come from a Second Amendment-loving outfit known as America Remembers, headquartered in Ashland, Virginia. Poking around their website, I see their tributes go far beyond Conway Twitty and George Jones. They've also ... Comment?
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Teacher explores Chickahominy River in new book
... similar kinds of stories to be told about Hanover's history. "I'm amazed when I hear things that happened here in Ashland 50 years ago but I had no idea. So I think this is very fertile ground for the same kind of work that I did on that book-not ... Comment?
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Ashland Firehouse Theater took three years going from 'a good idea' to reality
Creating a theater that shows classic films suitable for family viewing has been a dream of Ashland resident Ragan Philips for more than three years. Comment?
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Wooster falls to No. 6 Randolph-Macon
Playing their third nationally-ranked team in nine games, The College of Wooster men's basketball team fell to hosting Randolph-Macon 72-65 in the championship of the Briggs Elliott Tournament in Ashland, Va., Monday night. Comment?
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