Central Virginia News: Richmond, Charlottesville, Lynchburg, Petersburg

Lynchburg hoping recycling program doesn't suffer, despite cuts

NewsAdvance.com / Wed, 16 May 2012 21:38:08 -0400

Four of the city’s nine recycling drop-offs are set to close in July due to budget cuts. Officials are searching for a way to keep the sites open while clipping costs.

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State charges dropped, federal charges being pursued in Lynchburg drug case

NewsAdvance.com / Wed, 16 May 2012 21:37:53 -0400

State prosecutors dropped their charges against Lynchburg defendants implicated in the largest drug bust in the city’s history.

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Virginia Republican Senate hopeful angry over Ten Commandments lawsuit suggestion

TimesDispatch.com / Wed, 16 May 2012 21:33:32 -0400

Bishop E.W. Jackson believes displaying only six of the Commandments, would be a slap in the face to our founding fathers.

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CT: City parks board recommends plan to remove Mcintire Golf by 2020

DailyProgress.com / Wed, 16 May 2012 21:32:10 -0400

The golf course on the eastern...

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PBS host in Lynchburg to focus on 'walkability'

NewsAdvance.com / Wed, 16 May 2012 21:24:21 -0400

Mark Fenton, the host of the PBS series “America’s Walking” and an expert on how communities can become more walker-friendly, was in town as part of the city’s Live Healthy Lynchburg campaign.

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Throng clamors for Fluvanna schools funding

DailyProgress.com / Wed, 16 May 2012 21:09:11 -0400

The School Board voted on numerous cost-saving measures last week, including not opening the newly constructed high school.

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UVa prepares for big graduation weekend

DailyProgress.com / Wed, 16 May 2012 20:58:57 -0400

The speaker at this year’s Final Exercises will be Katie Couric, Class of 1979.

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Lynchburg's Amazement Square finalist in Toyota's 100 "cars for good" program

NewsAdvance.com / Wed, 16 May 2012 20:07:55 -0400

The Lynchburg organization says it would use a new car to help provide outreach school programs