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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s not just slasher movies and “American Pie.” I think conservatives have a point that the movies that we see playing at the multiplex every weekend are pushing the envelope quite a bit. Even supposedly family-friendly movies feature language and situations that I don’t know that I feel…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Harrisonburg is offering a taste of its downtown next week. Beginning on Tuesday, restaurants in Downtown Harrisonburg will offer a fixed menu at fixed prices to reach out to faithful patrons and new customers downtown.
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Column by Jim Bishop Greetings from Harrisonburg! I thought this would be my annual beach report, live and direct from the Outer Banks, N.C. But, as Scottish poet Robert (Sun)Burns rightly observed, “The best-laid plans of mice and men gang often go awry” (Gang aft agley). Instead, I’m hunkered down in the bedroom of our…
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Special Commentary by Chris Graham [email protected] NBC News political director Chuck Todd broke it down for us last night on “Countdown with Keith Olbermann.” Assigning leaners in the Electoral College to the candidates that it appears that they will support, the 2008 presidential race comes down to four states – Colorado, New Mexico, Ohio and…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Gotta agree with Chris Saxman on the energy issue. “There isn’t an answer,” Saxman told me yesterday, emphasizing the word “an.” That’s right on point with where I am on the energy issue. There isn’t an answer; it’s a lot more complicated than that.
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro second baseman Brandon Sizemore had another solid week as the Generals completed their run at the Valley League Southern Division crown. Sizemore, named one of the league’s players of the week for the final week of the regular season, hit .444 with two homers and 10 RBI. The College…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Representatives of Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance and Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. participated in a statewide training workshop presented by Virginia Main Street in Culpeper last week. The training focused on how restaurants and farmers’ markets are playing an increasingly important role in downtown-revitalization efforts in Virginia.
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Arts Council of the Valley is using its fall grants cycle to encourage literary arts in the Valley. Literary artists and creative writers are encouraged in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County are encouraged to apply for a Creative Inspiration Grant through the ACV by the council’s Sept. 23 deadline.
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Downtown Harrisonburg is the place to be Friday night, with two events on the schedule to give you something to do. The First Fridays Art Walk is on from 5-7 p.m. with events at Larkin Art Studios, The 150 Franklin Street Gallery, Oasis Art Gallery, Hardesty-Higgins House and 3on3 Art…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Ben Irick has joined the Member Investment Services team at DuPont Community Credit Union as a financial consultant. Irick, who lives in Charlottesville, comes to DCCU from a large investment firm in Houston. Irick has a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Texas and holds both the Series…
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