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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham PUSH: Charlottesville looks at stormwater-system improvements This probably sounds familiar to Waynesboro residents. The city has an aging stormwater-system infrastructure, and is looking at ways it can come up with dollars to pay for improvements. And among those ways – assessing fees on residents and on businesses. Count…

Traffic flows near new Town Center benefit from quick VDOT fix

Story by Chris Graham The Interstate 64 interchange near the new Waynesboro Town Center has benefited from a series of inexpensive operational enhancements that should improve traffic flows at what was already a busy intersection. “We evaluated the shoulders and pavement width and determined by restriping the Route 340 end of the exit ramp, VDOT…

‘The War’ on WVPT

Item by Chris Graham Part one of Ken Burns’ seven-part documentary on World War II debuts Sunday night on WVPT-Virginia’s Public Television. “The War” takes a look at the human dimension of World War II. “In extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives,” Burns said. “How fortunate it is that we in the United States…

The ‘local’ in local radio

Story by Chris Graham The Federal Communications Commission is opening a window for local groups across the country to apply for full-power FM-radio noncommercial educational frequencies. A Valley-based chapter of the OrangeBand Initiative is aiming to bring one of these stations to Western Virginia – but it is running out of time. “This is a…