City … finally … names economic-development director

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected]   The search for a new economic-development director in Waynesboro that had dragged on for 19 months is over. City Manager Mike Hamp announced in a press release Thursday morning that Greg Hitchin, currently the business development manager in Onondaga County in New York, has taken the job effective April…

GOP candidates press Perriello – and each other

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected]   Fifth District Congressman Tom Perriello is facing a full-court press from the Republicans gunning for the chance to knock him off in November. The press might work better if the GOP’ers weren’t trying at the same time to steal the ball from each other. “My opponent Jim McKelvey put…

Ken Plum: A time of intolerance

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Column by Del. Ken Plum www.kenplum.com   Last week I took the extraordinary step of making a motion on the floor of the House of Delegates that a bill be discharged from a committee. The rules provide for such a motion, but it is seldom made and almost never approved. Had my motion been approved,…

CSAs: Get your taste on

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected]   You might find out what a tomato is actually supposed to taste like. That’s one advantage to community supported agriculture. “It’s picked fresh that day, so you end up with an incredibly fresh selection of vegetables that have not been treated with Clorox to preserve them,” said David Beebe,…

Chris Graham: The rest of the story

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Column by Chris Graham [email protected]   Congratulations are in order to Phil and Ellen Winter, whose persistence in their search for information about the workings of the city treasurer office in Waynesboro led to their collection of dozens of pages of e-mails, memos and audit reports, an investigative report in The New Dominion Magazine, more…