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PETERSBURG - Petersburg residents can look forward to more sightings of Meg Ryan around the city possibly as early as next month. A statement from Gov. Terry McAuliffe confirmed Friday that the filming of Meg Ryan's directorial debut "Ithaca" will begin as early as July and August in the Richmond and Petersburg areas. She was last spotted in Petersburg on Wednesday casually eating lunch in the downtown restaurant Wabi Sabi.

Virginia Community College system getting $6.1 million grant

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The federal government is giving a $6.1 million grant to the Virginia Community College System to enhance job training services for the long-term unemployed.

 

The Virginia grant is part of a larger package of $154.7 million in grants that the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded to 32 states, Puerto Rico and the Cherokee tribal nation to train people who lost a job through no fault of their own for jobs in high-demand industries.