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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] The talk about a government bailout for the news media – and yes, there’s been plenty of talk on that of late – is bunk. Yeah, I’m known for being direct. It’s bunk, balderdash, for those thesaurically challenged, it’s pure crap. Which isn’t to say that I’d turn down…
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I just found out this morning that a good friend, Tim Baker, is scheduled to undergo surgery to remove a brain tumor tomorrow. Talk about sudden – Tim and I play on a rec-league basketball team together, and our last game was two weeks ago. According to his Facebook Wall, he found out about the…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s 9:30. Make that 9:32, actually. The staff is already gathered round the small table in front of the whiteboard near the entrance to the newsroom. Ed Reams wants to know what the WHSV-TV3 news team has, and the answer is – plenty. It’s the morning of the United…
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My wife had a medical emergency early one recent morning. The details are unimportant, but the care and response that we received were very important. At five a.m., she called her doctor and got him on the phone. He said we should call 911, which we did. Within a few minutes both a paramedic vehicle…
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Progress Augusta is planning its first Drinking Liberally monthly mixer in Waynesboro on Tuesday night. The mixer is set for 7-9 p.m. at South River Restaurant and Wine Shop, 23 Windigrove Drive, Waynesboro. Progress Augusta has been holding monthly Drinking Liberally mixers in Staunton since December 2008. Find out more about the Waynesboro mixer on…
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My son has his first girlfriend, and I am pleased that he is now old and mature enough to enter the dating stage. I’m excited for him. In a funny way, I’m reliving vicariously my long-forgotten feelings of first love and all the nervousness, anxiety, and “What am I going to do?” anxieties I felt…
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It’s not politics, but even so, considerations of politics have to be at play as the Augusta County School System seeks to resolve the request of 20th District GOP nominee Dickie Bell for a leave of absence in the event that he’s elected to the House of Delegates. AFP editor Chris Graham calls on the…
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Democrats want to see more out of the Creigh Deeds campaign than, well, Creigh Deeds isn’t Bob McDonnell. AFP editor Chris Graham implores the Deeds folks to start delivering. Facebook Video. Length: 2:38.
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As in, what if it hadn’t been the likable DuBose Egleston at the centerpiece of a criminal-justice firestorm in Waynesboro, but another politician who was perhaps more of a lightning rod politically? Would the news coverage be as generally positive as it has been of Egleston in recent days? AFP editor Chris Graham ponders the…
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The reaction on local news blogs to the news that a former Waynesboro City Council member is facing attempted-rape allegations has exposed something about the River City. Not only are people anonymously attacking the alleged perpetrator, but the accuser herself is fodder for the gristmill. AFP editor Chris Graham wonders aloud where we’ve come to…
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