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Children with autism have new place to turn for therapy
REPORTERParents of children with autism have a new place to go for treatment in the Roanoke Valley. Connections Achievement and Therapy Center is based in Charlottesville, but has expanded to a new space in Daleville, just north of Roanoke. Connections offers...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Learning Disability, Autism, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Social Sciences
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Roanoke Symphony announces fund drive to retire debt
ReporterBefore Maestro David Wiley raises his baton on a new season of concerts, the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra hopes to raise enough money to retire its debt. The Symphony announced the Crescendo Campaign, a plan to bring in $250,000 by October first. An...Tags: Concerts, Elections, Budgets and Budgeting, Music, Arts and Culture
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Lynchburg mail carrier recognized for 50 years of service
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefA Lynchburg man is celebrating 50 years in the same job. When Sanford Ferguson started carrying mail in 1962,John F. Kennedywas president and a gallon of gas cost 31 cents. Five decades later, he's still delivering packages and letters on a route in...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Ceremonies, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), U.S. Postal Service, Arts and Culture
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A musician's dream: Patrick Henry High School's orchestra takes the stage at Carnegie Hall
WDBJ7 AnchorHow do you get to Carnegie Hall? Just ask anyone at Patrick Henry High School. Its orchestra had the performance of a lifetime Friday evening. When we first told you about the Patrick Henry orchestra, they were the throes of rehearsal. Senior...Tags: Patrick Henry, Carnegie Hall, High Schools, Arts and Culture, Schools
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Roanoke College Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Basketball National Title
Sports DirectorThe college basketball season is now history but this week in Salem, they are celebrating the anniversary of a past championship. 40 years ago, in 1972, the Roanoke College Maroons won the Division II national championship under head coach...Tags: George Gervin, College Basketball, Ceremonies, Sports, Basketball
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Hollins University is commemorating 40-years of Title IX
reporterTitle IX is commemorating 40-years. The legislation helped even the play fields when it came to women's sports. Now, Hollins University is one of 25-schools across the country that is celebrating that anniversary by competing in a contect honoring Title...Tags: Ceremonies, University of California, Los Angeles, Arts and Culture
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State of Virginia wants to digitize your Civil War artifacts
ReporterYou never know what treasures you may have hidden in your attic or tucked away in some closet. The state of Virginia wants to preserve some of your family's history, especially if it is from the Civil War. It's called the CW 150 Legacy Project. It's...Tags: Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Sociology, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Arts and Culture
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Patrick Henry High School's orchestra has been selected to perform at Carnegie Hall
ReporterThe students admit it was a long shot. The Patrick Henry High School orchestra has been selected to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City. "I was speechless and I still really don't know what to think about it. It will really hit me when I get...Tags: Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Patrick Henry, Teaching and Learning, Carnegie Hall, High Schools
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Virginia Museum of Transportation celebrating golden anniversary
WDBJ7 Anchor/ReporterA Roanoke staple is preparing to celebrate its "golden anniversary." The Virginia Museum of Transportation refers to itself as "the little museum that could." After floundering for several years and struggling through some lean times the museum,...Tags: Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Ceremonies, Museums, Arts and Culture
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Roanoke County Professor takes class from campus to the high seas
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterThis semester you might not find one longtime professor on the Hollins University Campus. That's because Dr. Ed Lynch has spent time cruising the sea on a Celebrity Cruise Liner, but this wasn't a vacation. "They hire people to give lectures to the...Tags: Australia, Travel, Tourism and Leisure, Science and Technology, New Zealand
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Online and out of bounds -- social media and athletes a dangerous combination
WDBJ7 AnchorColleges and universities across the country are closely monitoring their student-athletes’ use of social media. The schools use methods from the honor system to outright bans on Facebook and Twitter accounts. The issue came to the forefront in...Tags: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Facebook, Computer Networking and Internet, Kevin Long, Teaching and Learning
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Shevacon: A science fiction, fantasy and horror convention comes to Roanoke
Multimedia JournalistIf you love Star Wars, science fiction or just love to dress in costumes, this is the place for you and it's happening all weekend. Shevacon is celebrating its 20th anniversary in a science fiction, fantasy and horror convention all weekend at the...Tags: Entertainment, Ceremonies, Wii, Science and Technology, Fiction
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