Thursday, March 5, 2009

Contributors

– Local News: Presidential Library receives $100,000 grant, Thursday, 3:30 p.m. – Local News: Statement from Francis Chester regarding county reassessments fight, Thursday, 3:30 p.m. – Local Events: Taste of Downtown Harrisonburg, Thursday, 3:30 p.m. – Local Events: Vendor Fair at AFP, Thursday, 10:40 a.m.  

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Chris Graham

– Local News: Missing juvenile sought in Staunton, Wednesday, 2:45 p.m. – Local News: Grant to aid local Meals on Wheels, Wednesday, 2:45 p.m. – Local Events: AFP editor to participate in Big Read event today at Augusta County Library, Wednesday, 9:50 a.m. – Local News: EMU students spend spring break at home doing service…

Feb. 27-March 1

Chris Graham

– Local Events: AFP has free tickets to Taste of the Town, Sunday, noon – Local Events: Progress Augusta event set for Tuesday night, Sunday, noon – Local Sports: EMU AD to speak to Shenandoah Valley Athletic Club, Sunday, noon – Local News: EMU announces new provost, Friday, 3 p.m. – Local News: VDOT to host…

Monday, Feb. 23, 2009

Chris Graham

– Economy: Joint statement on the economy, Monday, 10:50 a.m. – Local News: Waynesboro City Council business meeting agenda, Monday, 10:50 a.m. – Local News: Augusta County Board of Supervisors staff briefing agenda, Monday, 10:50 a.m. – Local News: VDOT road work update, Monday, 10:50 a.m. – Virginia Politics: Moran picks up Henrico endorsement, Monday,…

Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009

Chris Graham

– Local News: Community Foundation announces creation of scholarship fund, Thursday, 6:45 p.m. – Local News: Wine tasting Friday in Waynesboro, Thursday, 6:45 p.m. – Sports: W&L baseball opens ’09 with win, Thursday, 6:45 p.m. – Local News: EMU history prof traces life of 19th century explorer, author, Thursday, 2:50 p.m. – Virginia Politics: Moran…

Don’t spin on me

Contributors

The spin is in, which is evident as we’re being told that recent sales figures in Augusta County indicate that the much-maligned reassessments are right on, if not a tad low given the market activity. I call this spin, because we really know nothing about the parcels that we’re being told have been selling above…

AFP Politics Blog – Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009

Chris Graham

– News: McAuliffe picks up firefighter endorsements, Wednesday, 1:40 p.m. – News: McDonnell announces challenge grant for Virginia Health Care Foundation, Wednesday, 1:40 p.m. – News: AAA supports ban on texting while driving, Wednesday, 10:25 a.m. – News: Wagner picks up LG endorsements, Wednesday, 10:25 a.m. – News: President Obama remarks on home-mortgage crisis, Wednesday,…

Ken Plum | The home stretch

Contributors

Crossover has come and gone, which means the House has acted on all of our bills and is now taking up legislation passed by the Senate. Obviously, much of the news from Richmond has been dominated by talks of budget shortfalls and the federal stimulus package, but House Democrats have successfully passed a number of…

AFP Politics Blog – Feb. 13-15, 2009

Chris Graham

– News: Moran gets firefighters endorsements, Sunday, 3:09 p.m. – News: Dems comment on addition of Gillespie to McDonnell campaign team, Friday, 5:10 p.m. – News: McAuliffe comments on House education-funding cuts, Friday, 4:35 p.m. – News: Perriello comments on stimulus, Friday, 4:35 p.m. – Video: Jeff Frederick denounces Darwin, Friday, 9:40 a.m. – News:…