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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s time for the First Fridays Art Walk this Friday in Downtown Harrisonburg. The art walk runs from 5-7 p.m., and featuers a star-studded lineup again this month.
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Column by Jim Bishop The stage lights came up, applause and cheers erupted, and I stared down on music legends. The Eagles had landed. The incredibly popular band, formed in the early 1970s in Los Angeles, Calif., was in Charlottesville, Va., on its “Long Road Out of Eden” tour. Tickets, though outrageously priced, were available,…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Richmond and Northern Virginia-Washington, D.C. metro areas are among the top 15 metro areas in the country with the highest levels of carbon emissions per capita, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Brookings Institution. But that’s not the rest of the story regarding carbon footprints.
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Former Republican congressman Bob Barr is the Libertarian Party’s nominee to run for president. Charlottesville-area Libertarians are excited with the choice. “Unlike the Democrats and Republicans, whose conventions are nothing more than coronations, our convention was full of suspense and drama. No one knew who was going to win going…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Poll Question: How are gas prices affecting your daily life? Cars are our freedom. They’re how we get to work, go on vacation, make it to the parents’ house for Sunday dinner, travel to and from play practice and baseball and soccer games after school. Our freedom is…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Charlottesville doctor Eric Rydland takes an interesting approach to medicine. A classically trained pediatrician, Rydland often chooses to treat his young patients with herbal remedies rather than prescription drugs.
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Best Seat in the House column by Chris Graham [email protected] I can’t say anything bad about Mac. I know a lot of people who can. Does that list include the powers-that-be at UVa.? Have to wonder, don’tcha? “Representing Virginia Athletics and being the voice has been a true passion for me. I now have an…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Historian Ann Miller will present a lecture entitled “Development of County Road Systems and Their Impact on Early Settlement” at the final event in the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society’s Spring Lecture Series. The May 8 lecture will begin at 7 p.m. and will be held at the Shenandoah Valley Folk Art…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Branden Albert was barely on Al Groh’s radar screen – and he wasn’t on many other ones. Now a projected top-five NFL draft pick, Albert didn’t even play high-school football until he transferred from his native Rochester, N.Y., to Baltimore, and went out for football as a junior at the…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] I’ve got a face made for radio, er, podcasting. The good news for you guys – I’m not in HD. “You have to be really careful about what you’re doing each and every day. Because imperfections show up a lot more in high-definition. It’s a lot less…
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