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The paper is getting caught up in city politics Column by Chris Graham [email protected] “(T)rivial inconvenience.” That’s how casually the News Virginian dismisses the concerns raised by parents of elementary-school students in relation to the half-baked redistricting plan being advanced by the Waynesboro School Board. Trivial – that’s how the paper characterizes the issues you…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro City Council is holding off on installing signal-light technology that would make it easier for fire and rescue vehicles to get through crowded intersections in times of emergency. The stated reason: Well, the economy is still in the dumper, and city finances are tight, and … The real…
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Column by Shepherd Bliss Submit guest columns and letters: [email protected] First, some background: This November a City Council member in our small Northern California town of Sebastopol proposed a ban on leaf blowers, which the community and Council are currently discussing. Bans have been passed in many cities around the United States and proposed…
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Story by Chris Graham They didn’t have a chance. A group of young men from Bedford, about an hour and a half down the Blue Ridge Parkway from Waynesboro, were among the first Allied soldiers to storm the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, D-Day. The Bedford Boys, they are known to us now,…
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Friday, Aug. 28 – State News: Civil liberties group says Residency Task Force proposal contains some advances, but also significant setbacks for registration by students and others – Local News: Seniors advised to get flu shots Thursday, Aug. 27 – Local News: Progress Augusta meeting set for next week Wednesday, Aug. 26 – State News:…
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Friday, Aug. 7 – State News: New online resources for teachers Thursday, Aug. 6 – Local News: 40th anniversary of Camille disaster this month – Elections ’09: Wagner releases statement on Bolling’s absence from revenue meeting Wednesday, Aug. 5 – Local News: Harrisonburg traffic alert – State News: ACLU of Virginia weighs in on sectarian…
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Friday, July 24 – JMU business students tke first in Marketing Challenge Thursday, July 23 – Staunton City Council work session, meeting agendas Wednesday, July 22 – Man arrested in La. on Staunton sodomy charges – Waynesboro City Council work session agenda – Augusta County Board of Supervisors meeting agenda Tuesday, July 21 – Long-time…
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The Augusta County Board of Supervisors will meet Monday, June 22, at 1:30 p.m., for its monthly staff briefing, and Wednesday, June 24, at 7 p.m. for a regular business meeting. The meetings will be held at the Augusta County Government Center, U.S. 11, Verona. The agendas for the meetings:
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The ongoing news story involving the apparently tainted Iran presidential election hits closer to home than you might think. The key difference being that the controversy over Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s 60 percent-plus victory spilled into the streets, while the controversy that still lingers in some circles in Waynesboro over the May 2008 city election is still…
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– Local News: Da Bears wreaking havoc in Da ‘Boro – Politics: Shannon gets public-safety endorsement – State News: AG announces price-gouging settlement – Local News: Clean Streams Initiative among conservation grant recipients
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