Ogletree going pro

Chris Graham

A curious move, to say the least – that’s UVa. wide receiver Kevin Ogletree announcing that he will forego his final year of college eligibility to enter the NFL draft. Ogletree, who graduated with a degree in sociology in December, had one year of eligibility remaining after redshirting in 2007 with a knee injury suffered…

Agenda Update

Chris Graham

AFP editor Chris Graham will be a guest on WINA-1070AM’s “Charlottesville-Right Now!” with Coy Barefoot today at 4:15 p.m. Chris and Coy will be talking about the news that Tim Kaine will be taking over the Democratic National Committee, the announcement from Terry McAuliffe regarding his run for the 2009 Democratic Party gubernatorial nomination and, switching…

Videocast | McAuliffe announces candidacy for governor

Former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe announced his candidacy for the Democratic Party gubernatorial nomination today in a video posted on his TerryMcAuliffe.com website. The McAuliffe campaign also announced details of an announcement tour that will begin Wednesday with events in Hampton Roads, RIchmond and Charlottesville. The tour includes a stop in Harrisonburg Thursday morning.

A long road to profitability for ‘Familiar Strangers’

Chris Graham

“Familiar Strangers” is set to debut in Court Square Theater in Downtown Harrisonburg this weekend. Which meant the movie had to get to Court Square Theater. And that somebody had to get it there. “We’re on the road. We’re nowhere near the end of the road,” producer Barry Sisson said on the phone from a…

Waynesboro at a crossroads

Chris Graham

We all knew that we were on the verge of an economic downturn. I was selling one approach to dealing with what was to come – redoubling efforts in the economic-development sphere with an eye toward working to attract new industry in recognition of the apparent fact that the plant on the South River overlooking…