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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Carl Tate looks at it as reinforcement. “It reinforces my promise to the citizens of Staunton not to vote to raise their taxes,” said Tate, a candidate for Staunton City Council, who made news in his upstart campaign with his April 8 announcement that he had signed the Taxpayer…
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Moderated by Chris Graham [email protected] Heading over to Charlottesville to be an extra in a local independent film, “The Good Parts,” written and produced by Staunton author Matthew Warner. My role: Basketball Player #2.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Talk about ambitious. Charlottesville-based Octagon Partners gave itself 10 months to rehab the old R.E. Lee High School on Churchville Avenue into senior housing and new spaces for ShenanArts and the Staunton Senior Center. And Octagon and general contractor Mathers Construction of Waynesboro are coming in a little ahead…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] #20 Virginia Tech avoided a three-game series sweep with an 8-5 win over second-ranked Virginia Sunday afternoon in front of a sellout crowd of 4,219 at Davenport Field. The Hokies used a five-run ninth inning, capped by Buddy Sosnoskie’s two-out, two-strike, bases-clearing double, to rally for its first win…
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Special Report by Chris Graham [email protected] The push toward tax reform that caught up in its inner workings the sitting governor and a future governor among its bipartisan leaders fell surprisingly silent after 2004, much like the tree in the woods with no one there to witness if it actually makes a sound.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The skies have opened, but despite the threat of more heavy rain on the way, this is lacrosse, and lacrosse players, as much if not more than football players, are nothing if not tough, so the game between Fishburne Military School and visiting Stuart Hall is on.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Morgan Harrington was last seen alive outside the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville the night of Oct. 17, 2009. We’re nearing the six-month mark since her disappearance, and are still not any closer to learning what led to her death. “We are still encouraging the public to come forward…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] VMI scored six runs in the sixth inning to break open a close game en route to a 12-3 victory over the top-ranked Virginia baseball team Wednesday evening at Gray-Minor Stadium. The Cavaliers suffered their first midweek loss of the season.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Gov. Bob McDonnell has amended a bill passed by the General Assembly to insert a prohibition banning breed-based killing of dogs in the Commonwealth.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Senior Matt Browning (Mystic, Conn./Fitch) dropped a single down the right-field line to drive in the winning run as James Madison earned a walk-off win in the 11th inning, 7-6, over William and Mary to earn the Colonial Athletic Association series sweep on Sunday afternoon at Eagle Field at…
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