Wait continues on ED director

Posted January 2, 2009  

Sometime this spring – that’s the time frame for having a new economic-development director on board in Waynesboro.
“We’ve developed a recruitment profile, and we’re going ahead with advertising after the holidays,” assistant city manager Jim Shaw told me this week, laying out the plan for filling the position left vacant by the departure of former economic-development director Meghan Williamson on Aug. 1. Read more

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Jim Bishop | Columnist (Almost) Gets Lump of Coal in Christmas Stocking

Posted January 2, 2009  

The Grinch came within an inch of ruining Christmas for my wife and me.
I blame no one but myself. I’m embarrassed to give a public disclosure of this nightmare before Christmas, but if my grievous error spares at least one other person from a similar experience, it’s worth it.
In retrospect, the timing was likely key to my falling for the ploy – a fraudulent phone call mid-afternoon on Christmas Eve. I’d just finished wrapping my last gift and was peeling steamed shrimp for our family gathering about an hour and a half away. Read more

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Videocast | Hokies roll in Orange Bowl

Posted January 2, 2009  

Cincinnati scored two minutes into its first BCS game, and then Bud Foster’s defense took control, forcing four Bearcats turnovers and holding the Big East champs scoreless for the final 58 minutes in a 20-7 Virginia Tech win in Thursday’s Orange Bowl. The Associated Press reporting. Length: 0:52. Read more

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