Jim Bishop: Woodsman, glad you didn’t spare that tree!

Jim Bishop

We already miss it, but it’s good we decided to do away with it. A silver maple (species: Acer saccharinum) that has dominated the front yard of our Belmont subdivision dwelling over the 40 years we’ve lived there, is all but gone. What remains is the rock-solid base, some 44 inches across, and we’re stumped…

Hultzen, Coleman spark No. 1 Cavaliers to 6-2 win at No. 8 Georgia Tech

Chris Graham

Virginia ace Danny Hultzen (Jr., Bethesda, Md.) out-dueled Georgia Tech phenom Mark Pope, and David Coleman (Sr., Richmond, Va.) hit a game-changing three-run home run in the seventh inning as the top-ranked Virginia baseball team rallied to defeat the No. 8 Yellow Jackets 6-2 Friday evening at Russ Chandler Stadium in Atlanta. Virginia (30-2, 12-1…

#11 UVa. women's lax defeats Virginia Tech

Chris Graham

The No. 11 Virginia women’s lacrosse team held off an eight-goal second-half rally by its in-state rival Virginia Tech Wednesday evening at Klöckner Stadium to earn its first Atlantic Coast Conference victory of the season, 12-10. With the win, the Cavaliers bump their all-time record against the Hokies to 17-0 and move to 9-5 this…

Third annual Mad Hatter’s Easter Festival April 23

Chris Graham

Waynesboro will once again welcome spring to the Valley with the annual Mad Hatter’s Easter Festival on Saturday, April 23. The Mad Hatter and the Moms Club’s White Rabbit will open the gates to the Easter Festival in Waynesboro’s Constitution Park at 10:30 a.m. For the next three hours, the park will be the place…

Roberts pitches another gem as #1 Cavs shut out Radford

Chris Graham

Will Roberts (Jr., Richmond, Va.) followed up his perfect-game outing with seven innings of shutout pitching as he led the top-ranked Virginia baseball team to a 2-0 win over Radford Tuesday evening at Davenport Field. Virginia (29-2) won its 10th straight game – the Cavaliers’ second double-figure winning streak of the season (13 from March…

Goodlatte bill would push offshore drilling off Virginia waters

Chris Graham

Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte has reintroduced legislation that would open exploration for natural gas and crude oil off the Virginia coast. “Every day, folks across Virginia and the nation are confronted with the rising cost of energy, from the cost at the pump to soaring electric bills. I believe that Virginia should have every…

Augusta Health: Noted in the nation

Chris Graham

Augusta Health was recently named as a Top 100 Hospital in the nation by Thomson Reuters, an independent company that does research and business intelligence. On an annual basis, Thomson Reuters performs a research study of propriety methodology, in which they take all 5,000 hospitals in the United States and grade them across ten indicators;…

The AFP on WREL: Change of seasons

Chris Graham

AFP editor Chris Graham talks sports on WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” Monday’s ugly NCAA Tournament final that crowned UConn national champs with a 53-41 win over Butler begins the show. Chris tells us that the win is all the more impressive for the Huskies because they beat the Bulldogs at their game. Next the…

The AFP on WREL: Change of seasons

Chris Graham

AFP editor Chris Graham talks sports on WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” Monday’s ugly NCAA Tournament final that crowned UConn national champs with a 53-41 win over Butler begins the show. Chris tells us that the win is all the more impressive for the Huskies because they beat the Bulldogs at their game. Next the…