Open the door to Fisher House on any Wednesday morning and prepare to have your willpower brought to its knees. The sweet aromas of chocolate, cinnamon and who-knows-what-else grab your senses.

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A soldier who was injured by a bomb in Afghanistan received a Purple Heart medal during a ceremony yesterday at McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, where he has received treatment since December. Pfc. Andrew J. Parker, 21, suffered spinal cord injuries when he was struck by a roadside bomb explosion while driving a mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle on patrol with his unit near the southern city of Kandahar on Nov. 20.

New director of McGuire VA hospital in Richmond sees ‘space challenges’ As massive as the McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center is, its new director, Charles E. Sepich, said the facility in South Richmond may not be big enough. “There are significant space challenges,“ Sepich said recently, just a few days into his new job. It was long enough for him to see that the building, one of the largest federal structures in Virginia under one roof, needs some updating.

McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Richmond has started on a two-story, 10,000-square-foot addition to allow the hospital to expand its specialty-care clinics.