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This past spring, on March 23, the Palmyra Post Office was renamed the U.S. Navy Seaman Dakota Kyle Rigsby Post Office thanks to a bill passed by Rep. Tom Garrett and signed by President Donald Trump on July 24, 2017. On June 17, 2017, Fluvanna native Gunners Mate Seaman Dakota Rigsby was aboard the USS […]
Continue ReadingBryn Dotson, assistant editor Nervous and calm faces lined the walls of the North Mall Meeting Room on PVCC’s main campus on Tuesday, April 2. Students and faculty were invited to sign up online and donate blood for the American Red Cross. People young and old sat in chairs that flanked the room, waiting to […]
Continue ReadingTiana Sigala, staff writer On April 25, PVCC hosted Donna Price, candidate for the Scottsville Board of Supervisors. Price came to PVCC in collaboration with Assistant Professor of Political Science Connie Jorgensen to speak to classes about her motivation to run for public office and her desire to impress that motivation on to students. Price, […]
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Rebecca S. Parkhill, guest writer What is an MS4 Permit? Municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) is defined as a conveyance or system of conveyances otherwise known as a municipal separate storm sewer system, including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, manmade channels, or storm drains. Discharges from municipal separate storm sewer […]
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Teddie Frock, staff writer On April 6, Indivisible Charlottesville hosted a panel of law enforcement professionals to discuss the power of prosecutors and focus on ways of eliminating mass incarceration and diversion of children away from the criminal justice system. Indivisible, a group formed in the aftermath of the 2016 election, supports localities in taking […]
Continue ReadingTeddie Frock, staff writer On March 27, Charlottesville’s Festival of the Book event, God, Improv and the Art of Living with author Rev. MaryAnn McKibben Dana took place at the First Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville. Dana, a Presbyterian minister and mother of three, studied theatre in college and became interested in how people can use […]
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Francesca Black, staff writer Charlottesville heats up in the spring with events left and right. The Charlottesville Dogwood Festival is one vital event that celebrates the state flower as well as Virginia in the spring. The festival is broken up into different parts including the Dogwood Carnival, held at McIntire Park. The Dogwood Festival began […]
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The Virginia Festival of the Book lives in many homes throughout its week-long existence, but one of the most popular locations for book fest events is the UVA bookstore. On Friday morning, March 22, the UVA bookstore parking lot was brimming with action. Lines of cars streamed out of the garage door looking to find […]
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Rachel Lemley, staff writer For 24 years, the students at UVA have joined to race against the threat of breast cancer. People of all ages and areas of life come out to walk for loved ones who were diagnosed or lost their lives by breast cancers. This year on April 6 at 8:30 a.m., the […]
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Jessica Adkins, assistant editor On Wednesday, Jan. 30, UVA’s President James E. Ryan gave a speech to faculty and staff in PVCC’s North Mall Meeting Room. The large glass-walled room was filled with faculty members congregating while eating hor d’oeuvres. The weather outside was cold and windy which led to the brief power outage. President […]
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