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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Who gets the ball for #1 Virginia’s NCAA Tournament opener against VCU on Friday? That’s the question of the day for coach Brian O’Connor. “We’re still in the process of evaluating the teams. I know that it will be either Cody Winiarski or Danny Hultzen,” said O’Connor in a…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] There’s only a “slim chance” that oil from the BP oil spill off the coast of Louisiana will end up washing ashore on beaches in Virginia, according to a James Madison University professor who is a Gulf Stream expert. “The Gulf Stream, as it travels eastward, reaches its closest proximity…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Members of Girl Scout Troop 553 from Waynesboro recently visited NBC29’s Charlottesville studio to talk with meteorologist Eric Pritchett about weather and meteorology. The visit helped the Scouts complete work toward Weather and Journey badges. Members of the Troop who took part in the visit were Emmie Reger, Raven…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] For Julie Myers and her UVa. women’s lacrosse team, winning is about being able to stay together as a team for one more week. “We’re tired, but we still have lots and lots of things that we want to do. Our underlying theme is, we really need to stay…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Two of Waynesboro’s major arts organizations – the Wayne Theatre Alliance and the Shenandoah Valley Art Center – have joined forces to create a new regional tradition. On Saturday, June 5, the first Arts of the Blue Ridge Festival will be held in Constitution Park in Downtown Waynesboro.
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Photos by Mark Miller Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The basketball players weren’t that good, so the filmmakers had to improvise a little. “Maybe we have them read it as written, and then shoot one where we have him say, No, they’re bad, just as a backup.” That was Matt Warner, the writer and…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The U.S. Minerals Management Service announced today that it is postponing indefinitely the public-comment period and the public hearings that were scheduled in Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina in the coming weeks on the proposed sale for oil and gas drilling off Virginia’s shore.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Redshirt senior Brett Garner (Burke, Va./Lake Braddock) connected on a solo home run with one out in the bottom of the ninth to give James Madison a walk-off 5-4 win over Delaware to earn the Colonial Athletic Association series sweep on Sunday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial…
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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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