Wagner, Signer miss key points on restoration of voting rights
The race you’ve heard almost nothing about is starting to heat up, and yeah, it’s getting ugly between two of the Democratic Party lieutenant-governor candidates, and on a sensitive social issue that we highlighted in a recent edition of our New Dominion Magazine. Read more
‘The conservative way to go,’ indeed
Interesting development at Thursday night’s Waynesboro City Council work session – where Mayor Tim Williams broke ranks with the libertarians-disguised-as-conservatives on the Council on the tax rate.
“That’s the conservative way to go,” Williams said, expressing support for maintaining a 70-cent property-tax rate for the 2009-2010 budget year, citing the bigger picture that has the city government already cutting its organization to the bone and risking taking steps back if further cuts would have to be made to accommodate Vice Mayor Frank Lucente’s stated desire to cut the rate to 67 cents, saving the average taxpayer about $5 a month on their property taxes. Read more
Riverfest changed the paradigm
I remember the first few years of Riverfest, back on the schedule for Saturday, which got its start in Downtown Waynesboro on the South River in the late 1990s as what came across to me as the biggest tree-hugger event of all time in this part of Virginia. Read more
United Way, Dolly Parton teaming up to get books in kids’ hands
My mother made sure books were around for her to read to me, and when she discovered just before I turned 3 that I could read on my own, I could read them to her.
Education starts young, indeed, and that’s the idea behind the United Way of Greater Augusta collaboration with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Churchville and surrounding areas. Read more
Team Coverage | Democrats raise the temperature on GOP unemployment block
Results, Not Roadblocks was the theme of the news event featuring Democratic Party candidates for the Virginia House of Delegates at the Virginia Employment Commission office in Harrisonburg Thursday afternoon. AFP editor Chris Graham was there and reports across the media platforms. The videos feature 15th District Democratic nominee John Lesinsky, 20th District Democratic nominee Erik Curren, 24th District Democratic nominee Jeff Price, 25th District Democratic candidates Greg Marrow and Jim Noel, and 26th District Democratic nominee Gene Hart. Watch the videos, and read Chris’ written report on the unemployment funding controversy and check out the day in photos. Read more
Staunton PD searching for man wanted for sexual battery of 7-year-old
The Staunton Police Department is attempting to locate Michael L. Mellon, who is wanted for aggravated sexual battery and forcible sodomy of a 7-year-old child. Mellon is described as a 35-year-old Asian male, 5’11″, 180 pounds, last seen wearing a goatee and prescription glasses. Read more
Nathan Moore hosts songwriter weekend
Songwriters from both coasts and many points in-between will converge on the Shenandoah Valley May 1 to participate in a creative brainstorming and networking weekend hosted by local singer-songwriter Nathan Moore. The event will feature collaborative sessions between visiting and local musicians in a primitive camp setting on the Middle River. Several attendees will perform free shows at various locations throughout the weekend in Staunton. Read more
Springsteen chooses Food Bank as charitable beneficiary of upcoming JPJ concert
The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network announces that it has been chosen by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band to be the charitable beneficiary of his May 5 concert at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville. The Food Bank will benefit from the sale of four concert tickets donated by Springsteen. The Food Bank is now taking bids on those tickets and anyone interested should contact Ruth Jones at 800.296.3663, ext. 1006. Read more
Historic Garden Week in Harrisonburg
Every year, the Garden Club of Virginia ushers in the spring season with Historic Garden Week, the oldest and largest statewide house and garden tour event in the nation. Tours benefit the restoration of important historic grounds and gardens throughout the state. The Harrisonburg chapter of this organization, the Spotswood Garden Club, will continue this Virginian tradition on April 22 with the style and grace of this year’s tour, Old Town Revisited. Read more
Elizabeth Geris | T-minus seven months and counting to T-giving
It can’t be April already. My goodness, how the time flies! But here we are again, just seven months away from his big day, and this year I’m going to get it right. This year, I’m not going to wait until he is a roasted, golden, fragrant, delicious centerpiece of feast plopped on my table, completely unaware of how much I respect his finalizing sacrifice. No, this year, dear Tom Turkey, you’re going to bask in a shameless blather of gratitude right here, right now. Sit down and get comfortable. It’s going to be intolerably sappy. Read more
Haresh Daswani | What is worse than smoking? No time management
It might sound strange, but if smoking takes five minutes of our lives away, it is still not as bad as not being able to properly utilize our time. The biggest crime that we can possibly commit to ourselves is letting time get away on useless pursuits. The very first step to correcting this major error is awareness of our true current habit. Read more
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Greg Marrow | Facts and figures on unemployment
Posted on April 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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