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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Junior right-hander Turner Phelps (Roanoke, Va./Lord Botetourt) posted his most dominant start of the season, striking out 10 in a complete nine innings to lead James Madison to a series-clinching 4-1 win at Old Dominion in a Colonial Athletic Association contest on Easter Sunday afternoon at the Bud Metheny…
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Special Report by Chris Graham [email protected] How much did the economic-incentive package put together by the City of Waynesboro have to do with the ultimate decision of Polymer Group Inc. to expand its operations here and not in Mooresville, N.C.? The first question that I posed to PGI spokesman Cliff Bridges was the generic,…
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Written by Chris Graham [email protected] “Chris Graham is the choice.” I don’t remember the exact wording. I do remember reading the headline that said this or something pretty close out loud and thinking, This is it! “What?” My wife, Crystal, was incredulous. She could sense it, too. Skimming through the endorsement editorial in the…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A budget crisis nearly closed the doors at Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Blue Ridge, but several months of hard work from its volunteer board of directors and an infusion of staff talent has the nonprofit thinking big. “It’s a pretty ambitious goal. This year we want…
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Column by Christopher G. Miller Submit guest columns: [email protected] Over the past 50 years, the cities, towns, and suburban neighborhoods of Virginia have grown dramatically, adding millions of new people, new shopping malls, and the roads and parking lots that go with them. The storm sewers and other facilities we have were not built…
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Staff Report [email protected] The New Dominion Magazine won two awards in the 2009 News Contest sponsored by the Virginia Press Association. The awards were presented Saturday night in Roanoke at the VPA’s News Conference and Annual Meeting. The New Dominion Magazine competes in the crowded specialty-publications division, which includes a total of 38 publications…
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Special Report by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro was once the envy of Western Virginia for its manufacturing economy. As recently as 1990, almost half of the city’s workforce was employed in manufacturing, whose rate of pay has traditionally been at least 40 percent and some years approaching 50 percent higher than the median income…
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Column by Chris DeWald Submit guest columns: [email protected] Neurofeedback is a technique in which the brain is trained to help improve its ability to regulate all bodily functions and to take care of itself. When the brain is not functioning well, evidence of this often shows up in the EEG (electroencephalogram). By challenging the…
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Staff Report AFPBusiness.com AugustaFreePress.com editor Chris Graham appeared on WINA’s “Charlottesville-Right Now!” with Coy Barefoot on Tuesday to talk about the controversy over the firing of Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Ben Carter. You can listen to the interview here courtesy the Charlottesville Podcasting Network. Graham was interviewed on Wednesday…
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Moderated by Chris Graham [email protected] The AFP and ACCVirginia.com will be reporting live from tonight’s UVa.-Florida State ACC men’s basketball game. The game is scheduled for a 7 p.m. tip. It is being broadcast on ESPNU. Virginia is 14-9 overall and 5-5 in the ACC. Florida State is 18-7 overall and 6-5 in the…
