For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
The health-services industry is one of the few bright spots in a faltering job market. The Richmond area lost nearly 5,900 jobs in the 12 months that ended in June, according to Chmura Economics & Analytics.
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Health-services industry has brighter prospects in the local job market
Even if storm remains well offshore, Outer Banks could feel full force of hurricane; lesser impact expected in Hampton Roads.
Golden State Model Railroad Museum There are several model railroading clubs and organizations in the East Bay, but the Golden State Model Railroad Museum is the one whose layout provides the best look at the East Bay's own railroading history. The sponsoring East Bay Model Engineers Society dates back to the 1930s, and moved into its current location (at the Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline) in ...
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Speed skater Sven Kramer of the Netherlands trains at the Richmond Olympic Oval in preparation for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics February 11, 2010.
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Our chakras can block us or free us, says Shirley Desai. by Anneli Rufus Even though her ancestors founded a Hindu temple in southern India and her grandfather authored a scholarly book about the Upanishads, Shirley Desai practiced no religion while growing up as a first-generation American. Then, in her thirties, she went into business. "I was looking for a model to better understand and ...
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After more than a decade of detailed and dedicated work, Ward L. Armstrong’s miniature masterpiece is complete. Armstrong, an attorney and Democrat who represents Henry County in the Virginia House of Delegates, said he has only two to three hours a month to spare for his hobby, model trains. For that reason, it has taken him 12 years to complete the snow village at his home in Hunt Country Farms.
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The Canada Line is proving history has a way of repeating itself. By the dawn of the 20th century, Richmond had no sophisticated transportation, only horse-drawn vehicles. Cannery workers commuted from Vancouver to Steveston by boat.