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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s hard offering community theater that appeals to the whole family. “One thing we were discussing with the board was having a family show. Not a children’s show, but a family show. And they’re not easy to find,” said Suzanne Roberts, the director of the upcoming Waynesboro Players production of…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling stressed that his decision to stay out of the 2009 governor’s race had nothing to do with trying to avoid a pitched battle with Attorney General Bob McDonnell. But you have to wonder if that wasn’t a big reason that the Republican is essentially ceding the…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Fourteen months of traveling the Sixth District comes down to the last few weeks for Sixth District Democratic Party congressional nomination candidate Sam Rasoul. Democrats in the district will meet April 19-21 to select delegates to the district convention in May. Effectively, then, the race between Rasoul and Drew Richardson…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to today’s “SportsDominion Show” to hear Virginia football coach Al Groh talk about his team as it begins spring practice. Show Length: 11:59. Al Groh would have reason to be frustrated. He lost his starting quarterback, Jameel Sewell, to grades. He lost a starting defensive end, Jeffrey Fitzgerald, to…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Creigh Deeds lives 85 miles from Charlottesville. That’s how far I am from Richmond, give or take a mile or two. Can you imagine a legislative district that would somehow link Waynesboro and Richmond? Yeah. Not much of a community of interest there. Right? But Deeds represents Charlottesville in the…
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Column by Bob Goodlatte Each week, folks across the Sixth District and the nation are confronted with the rising cost of energy, from the gas pump to their electric and gas bills. Energy is vital to every sector of the U.S. economy, including homes, small businesses and industries. When energy supplies are tight, families and…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s one thing to learn from a book or a lecturing professor. It’s another entirely to get your hands dirty learning something the hard way. Washington and Lee University wants to give its law students the experience of what it’s really like to do hands-on lawyering. “The idea is that…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] You can go to the chain grocery store and get something approximating fruits and vegetables. I don’t know that the word fresh could be rightly applied to what you get there, but they are fruits and veggies. You could do something completely different, though, and get actual fresh fruits and…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to “The SportsDominion Show” to hear Virginia Tech basketball coach Seth Greenberg talk about his team’s preparations for the 2008 ACC Tournament. Show Length: 9:55. You’re Seth Greenberg, and you want to be happy about how far your team has come this year. I mean, you were picked to…
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General Assembly Report by Rob Bell The Virginia General Assembly has finished the majority of its work. Bills that passed both the Virginia House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate have now been sent to Gov. Tim Kaine for consideration. The more significant legislation from the 2008 session includes: • The most sweeping overhaul of…
