Riverheads District forum - Oct. 25, 2007

Listen to the forum for candidates for the Riverheads District seat on the Augusta County Board of Supervisors sponsored by The Augusta Free Press and The New Dominion that was held on Oct. 25.
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Pastures District forum - Oct. 25, 2007

Listen to the forum for candidates for the Pastures District seat on the Augusta County Board of Supervisors sponsored by The Augusta Free Press and The New Dominion that was held on Oct. 25.
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Wayne Theatre Alliance announces public campaign, ‘09 opening date

Item by Chris Graham

The light is at the end of the tunnel for the Wayne Theatre Alliance.
“This is a celebration. I kept saying, We ought to have champagne today,” said Clair Myers, the executive director of the alliance, announcing that the nonprofit is about to take two significant steps toward putting the final pieces of financing in place for the $6.8 million renovation of the historic downtown structure into a community arts center.
The WTA has received approval from the state to begin marketing $1.5 million in historic tax credits that will be a financing cornerstone for the project. And the theatre group will next week begin the public phase of a $2.75 million fund-raising campaign that is already $1.71 million toward its goal from a successful silent campaign.
Alliance chair Bill Hausrath also announced the timetable for the opening of the theatre - which begins with construction at the site commencing in January 2008 and the public opening of the theatre 18 months later in June 2009.
“We have climbed a long mountain that many times we thought we were at the top - and today we can finally see some of the horizon, and we are ready to move forward,” Hausrath said.

Sime’s abortion answer gets attention of candidates, voters

Column by Chris Graham

You don’t normally see one candidate taken aback at something said by an opponent at a debate. But Arin Sime’s two opponents for the 24th Senate District seat were thrown off by something that he had to say at Monday night’s candidates forum in Waynesboro sponsored by The Augusta Free Press and The New Dominion. Read more

Mullins ready for challenges at WVPT

Story by Chris Graham

David Mullins was ready to take a step up.
“Through my career, I have felt that every step of the way was leading me to the position at some point of leading a company, leading a public-television station, and at WVPT, the opportunity was there,” said Mullins, who was named last week to take over as president and general manager of the Harrisonburg-based WVPT-Virginia’s Public Television. Read more

You keep the money is the message of the Vogel campaign

Op-Ed by Gary Wingfield

Have you bought a car that costs more than your first house? If you answer “Yes,” chances are that your age is above 50. You probably have an employment record of at least 20-25 years. Read more

Alum asks, ‘Lordy, Lordy, how can it be 40?’

Column by Jim Bishop

“The line it is drawn
“The curse it is cast
“The slow one now
“Will later be fast
“As the present now
“Will later be past
“The order is
“Rapidly fadin’.
“And the first one now
“Will later be last
“For the times they are a-changin’.”
- Bob Dylan (1963)
One enchanted homecoming weekend, I photographed a group holding its 25-year college reunion, and I thought, “Man, these people look old.”
That was some 15 years ago. Read more