Virginia blasts VMI, 48-7

Chris Graham

Ho-hum. Virginia jumped out to a 31-7 halftime lead and didn’t let up in rolling past visiting VMI 48-7 Saturday in Charlottesville. Marc Verica threw for 224 yards and three touchdowns, and coach Mike London got some live game action for his two freshman backups, Ross Metheny and Michael Rocco, each of whom took their…

Virginia blasts VMI, 48-7

Chris Graham

Ho-hum. Virginia jumped out to a 31-7 halftime lead and didn’t let up in rolling past visiting VMI 48-7 Saturday in Charlottesville. Marc Verica threw for 224 yards and three touchdowns, and coach Mike London got some live game action for his two freshman backups, Ross Metheny and Michael Rocco, each of whom took their…

Chris Graham: Musings on NASCAR, UVa-VMI, Notre Dame, the Cowboys

Chris Graham

NASCAR SNOOZEFEST: I’m listening to Denny Hamlin on “The Scott Van Pelt Show” on ESPN Radio driving around in the Valley today, and I hear Hamlin say something that to me explains what is fundamentally wrong with NASCAR right now. Asked by Van Pelt if at this stage of the NASCAR season he’d rather win…

Ticket giveaway encourages UVa. fan support

Chris Graham

Virginia head men’s basketball coach Tony Bennett announced this week an essay contest to award 50 2010-11 season tickets in section 108 at John Paul Jones Arena. Coach Bennett will give away these season tickets for free to 25 fans. The winners will be a part of Tony Bennett’s Fanatic Cavalier Club. “I thought the…

Tom Perriello: Focus on small business

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Small businesses remain the backbone of our economy, and true economic recovery will come from rewarding the innovation and resilience of our local entrepreneurs. I have been fighting to shift the focus from bailing out big companies to investing in small business, and the tide is starting to turn towards a strategy of making, building,…

Mathers stays in Waynesboro: ‘This is home’

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Mathers Construction Co. has been around as long as Waynesboro has been an independent city. “Mathers has always been a Waynesboro company. We have to be here. This is home,” said Dave Gauldin, who purchased Mathers in October 2009, and recently announced plans to consolidate operations of Mathers and subsidiaries Augusta Erectors Inc., Bottom Alley…

State announces funding for prisoner re-entry

Chris Graham

Gov. Bob McDonnell on Friday announced initial funding for his strengthened prisoner re-entry program currently under development. Under the leadership of Banci Tewolde, appointed by the governor to serve as the state’s first prisoner re-entry coordinator, the Commonwealth has secured federal funding for three components of the governor’s comprehensive prisoner re-entry initiative. Virginia has been…

Jenny Hypes: Going Gaga

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The monsters were out in full force last week in Charlottesville to see firsthand the legend that is Lady Gaga and her famous Monster Ball. Although Gaga is known for her fashion sense and being a wackjob, she was also the most giving and caring person many of us had ever seen in concert. During…