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Featuring Chris Graham [email protected] AFP editor Chris Graham joined host Coy Barefoot on Tuesday’s “Charlottesville-Right Now!” on WINA-1070AM. Chris and Coy talked about the AugustaFreePress.com Special Report on the PGI-Waynesboro economic-development deal and the plans in the works to build two movie-theater complexes in the West End of Waynesboro. The Charlottesville Podcasting Network has…
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‘Charlottesville-Right Now!’ www.wina.com AFP.com editor Chris Graham joins Coy Barefoot on WINA-1070AM’s “Charlottesville-Right Now!” Chris and Coy discuss the top news stories in Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro in 2009. A link to the podcast courtesy the Charlottesville Podcast Network – http://bit.ly/8fkVH5.
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The AFP will be live at tonight’s R.E. Lee-Charlottesville high-school football game with score updates available on Twitter. You can follow AFP editor Chris Graham on Twitter here. The Lee-Charlottesville game kicks off at 7 p.m.
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Staff Report New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson will be in Charlottesville Friday morning to participate in a town hall with voters on behalf of the Barack Obama presidential campaign. The event will be held at the Martin Luther King Performing Arts Center at 1400 Melbourne Road and will begin at 10:15 a.m. The town hall…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Optometrists at Primary Eyecare will donate their eye-exam fees on World Sight Day – which is being marked on Thursday – to help the estimated 300 million worldwide who are blind or vision-impaired simply because they don’t have access to an eye exam or a pair of glasses. “Who better…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s time for new solutions, Michelle Obama told a rally of 2,500 people on Grounds at the University of Virginia Wednesday afternoon, “because we know that the old ways just won’t do.” Obama, the wife of Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama, and Jill Biden, the wife of Delaware senator…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] They are the ones who are the most affected by cancer and what it can do. They know how important it is to try to get ahead of cancer to beat it before it can do its damage. And they are starting to see the proverbial light at the end…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A former Monticello High School student will be among the contestants on the next cycle of “America’s Next Top Model,” the reality-TV show hosted by supermodel Tyra Banks. Lauren Brie Harding, the daughter of Albemarle County Sheriff Chip Harding, will be one of the 14 contestants on the show. The…
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Story By Erin Gutzwiller Acrobats, dancers, and musicians are all a part of the contemporary circus known as Cirque du Soleil. This entertainment domain was founded in 1984 in Baie-Saint-Paul by two street performers and has grown rapidly throughout the world. Cirque du Soleil Saltimbanco is in Charlottesville through Saturday night as it continues a…
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General Assembly Report by Rob Bell Each year, I receive numerous ideas from constituents, and this year is no exception. With so many smart people in our community, I usually have more proposals than I can reasonably carry. This year’s bills include:
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