Smith: Rebate?
Story by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net It was so quick that the newspapers and TV missed it, but Waynesboro City Councilwoman Lorie Smith raised an interesting idea at last week’s City Council meeting as to what the city could decide to do with the $560,000 in found money coming from a year-end budget surplus. “I’ve [...]
Legislation to give local governments legal-ad alternatives dies in House subcommittee
Landes, Bell bills would have given localities wide range of options to disseminate public notices Story by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net Legislation from a pair of local lawmakers that would have allowed city and county governments to bypass having to publish legal notices in newspapers of record has failed in a House of Delegates subcommittee. The [...]
Perriello passes $1M mark in fundraising
Staff Report News tips: freepress2@ntelos.net The Perriello campaign announced on Friday its year-end FEC filing will reflect $1,140,470 raised for the 2010 election cycle, with $874,128 cash on hand for the election year. The campaign starts this election year in this strong position by running an aggressive, grassroots donor program, raising money from 2,118 [...]
UVa. women fall on road at Wake
Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com The 20th-ranked Virginia women’s basketball team fell on the road to Wake Forest, 64-57, Sunday afternoon. Lexie Gerson was the Cavaliers’ high scorer with a career-high 15 points, while Monica Wright had 13 points and seven rebounds. Virginia’s record dropped to 15-6, 4-3 in the ACC with the loss. [...]
Bolling: Jobs and Opportunity Agenda good for Virginia
Column by Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling www.ltgov.virginia.gov During this year’s statewide campaign, Bob McDonnell and I talked a lot about getting our economy moving again and creating jobs. We said then, and we reaffirm now, that this is the most important issue currently facing our state. Over the past several months, we have worked [...]
‘So You Think You Can Dance’ star to teach benefit workshop in Waynesboro
Staff Report News tips: freepress2@ntelos.net “So You Think You Can Dance” and “High School Musical 3″ dancer Jaimie Goodwin will be in Waynesboro Saturday, Feb. 6, and Sunday, Feb. 7, to teach a benefit workshop in association with Old Dominion Performance Arts Studio. Goodwin was a finalist on “So You Think You Can Dance” [...]
Parkway: Happy 75th!
Staff Report News tips: freepress2@ntelos.net The Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th Anniversary is officially here with the advent of 2010. Construction of the 469-mile All American Scenic Byway began Sept. 11, 1935, at Cumberland Knob, near the North Carolina and Virginia border. A celebration of this special American treasure and its importance as a cultural, [...]
Population on the rise statewide
Staff Report News tips: freepress2@ntelos.net The rate of population growth in Virginia is increasing again for the first time since the beginning of the recession, according to the latest estimates from the Demographics and Workforce Group of the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. The Cooper Center’s population estimates are the [...]
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