Share
These are busy days for Matt Warner. “I’m blurring the lines,” said Warner, a novelist now making his way into the world of filmmaking with the November premiere of his short “The Good Parts” on the schedule. The movie is based on a short story that Warner wrote in 2002. Warner produced the movie in…
Share
Want to be fresh meat for the Charlottesville Derby Dames? The roller-derby team will look for new members at a Fresh Meat practice on Wednesday, Oct. 6, from 7-9 p.m. at the Charlottesville National Guard Armory. Fresh Meat practices are no-contact/no-hitting practices for new members. Equipment and skating tips are provided. The Derby Dames are…
Share
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…
Share
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…
Share
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…
Share
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…
Share
Where once there was nothing but asphalt and parking spaces, there now exists a visually appealing concourse of brick and benches – a warm and welcoming space for visitors to the Bridgewater College campus. A pedestrian mall that will enable the BC community to gather – particularly before and after home football games – has…
Share
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,…
Share
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…
Share
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…
We have reached 57 percent of what we need to fund critical operations for 2026. If you have been waiting for the right time to support AFP, this is it.