The Road to 2012
Special Report by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net Waynesboro didn’t go poof! into the night. There aren’t tumbleweeds running through downtown. (Not yet.) The sun did in fact come up this morning. That’s in spite of another electoral defeat for progressives at the polls in the City Council elections on May 4. Lorie Smith fell short [...]
Mixed bag in local election results
Story by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net Tighter-than-expected elections in Waynesboro, and results as expected in Staunton. That was Election Day in the Valley on Tuesday.
It’s endorsement time
Written by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net Waynesboro is going to head in a new direction after Tuesday’s city elections. Staunton is going to continue on a familiar and proven course. We can say that with certainty as different as the two election cycles have been in the sister cities. Free read from AFPTheMagazine.com.
Election Guide 2010
Compiled by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net AFPTheMagazine.com offers up information on the candidates for public office in contested races in Staunton and Waynesboro to be decided on May 4. Free public service of AFPTheMagazine.com.
Education group announces Waynesboro endorsements
Story by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net The Waynesboro Education Association announced today its endorsements in the upcoming May 4 city elections – giving its nod to Lorie Smith and Robert Johnson for City Council and Kathe Maneval and Jeremy Taylor for School Board. Free read from AFPTheMagazine.com. Includes a story and video interviews.
Johnson to host Spring Gathering on Sunday
Edited by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net Waynesboro City Council candidate Robert Johnson will host a Spring Gathering on Sunday from 2-4 p.m,. in Ana Maria Estates on Ivy Street. Johnson is running for the open Ward C seat on City Council. Refreshments will be served.
Johnson to host meet and greet on Thursday
Edited by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net Ward C City Council candidate Robert Johnson Jr. will host a meet and greet coffee social at the Rosenwald Community Center on Port Republic Road in Waynesboro on Thursday. The event will run from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The public is invited.
Harris, Freeman: It’s their election to lose
Column by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net All I wanted to be able to do, I told myself throughout my 2008 campaign for Waynesboro City Council, was to think at 7 p.m. on Election Night that I’d done everything I could do to put myself in a position to be able to win. Win or lose, [...]












Robert Johnson: Thanks for the support!
Letter from Robert Johnson Submit letters: freepress2@ntelos.net I would like to take this opportunity to thank the people of Waynesboro for their support of my campaign. Even though I came up short on numbers at the polls, I received many encouraging words and compliments for running. Your support and encouragement are greatly appreciated. I [...]
Posted May 6, 2010