AFP develops website for local food, culture writer

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Award-winning feature writer Theresa Curry is now online at www.GMA85.com. Augusta Free Press LLC developed the new website for Curry, who will blog on food, culture,. home design, gardening and more at the site. The project included building new Facebook and Twitter pages for GMA85.com and developing a mobile website. AFP also developed a distinctive…

ZEH has new web, social-media presence through AFP

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ZEH Plumbing and Heating has a new web and social-media presence after a successful project completed by Augusta Free Press LLC. AFP redesigned ZEH’s corporate website – www.zehteam.com – and also built a new mobile website for the company. AFP also created a new business Facebook page for ZEH as part of the project.

AFP offers new web. marketing, advertising class

Chris Graham

Augusta Free Press LLC is offering its next Building the Machine 101 web, marketing and advertising class in Harrisonburg on Thursday, May 24. The 1-4:30 p.m. class will cover the basics of building business websites, business Facebook pages and blogging and public relations for business. The class will also provide an overview of how to…

Earth Talk: How green is your cloud?

Roddy Scheer

Dear EarthTalk: Why is Greenpeace upset with some leading tech companies for so-called “dirty cloud computing?” Can you explain? – Jeremy Wilkins, Waco, Texas Leading tech companies like Google, Apple and Microsoft are now offering unprecedented amounts of data storage and access to “apps” on huge Internet-connected servers, saving consumers and businesses the hassle of…

Shenandoah Valley Art Center: May 2012 calendar of events

Chris Graham

The Shenandoah Valley Art Center, during the month of May, is exhibiting the works of artist, Chee Ricketts, a Hampton Roads resident who moved to the foothills of the Blue Ridge near Charlottesville in 2006. Her style is constantly evolving as she moves from tighter, more controlled representational work to paintings that reflect her feelings…

AG announces suit against former White House crasher

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Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced today that he has filed suit against Tareq Salahi and two related entities involved in a wine tour venture for alleged violations of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act, including not delivering tours as promised, not providing refunds for tours they canceled, and misrepresenting reputable businesses as “official partners.” Salahi and…

A day in D.C. with Mark Warner

Chris Graham

First in a four-part series It was a seasonal early-spring Tuesday on Capitol Hill. Cherry blossoms were already in bloom after a warmer-than-normal late winter. There was a certain energy in the air with thousands of people gathering in locations surrounding the Capitol related to the then-ongoing arguments before the Supreme Court on the constitutionality…