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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] I often tell people that they should approach local elections as being more important to them than even a presidential election by using the illustrative phrase “(b)ecause the local elections are about the people who are in charge of picking your trash up at the curbside.” That…
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Essay by Donna Miller Jump ropes, hula hoops, pogo sticks, bicycles … Christmas gifts from days past! Need help finding that perfect gift for a ‘tween? Google the most popular gifts for that age group, and the top sellers are all under the category of electronics. Hand-held video-game systems, Wiis, video games, iPods, MP3 players,…
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Column by Todd Wickersty ToddWickersty.com I am from Jacksonville. I am a Hokie. Please move the damn game to Charlotte, but don’t be fooled. The ACC Championship Game will still have problems. I was in Jacksonville the week leading up to the game, and left for home (C’ville) the day before the game. So, count…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Al Groh was getting ready for what turned out to be a nailbiter with Connecticut when he saw something on the TV that worried him about another game that his Virginia team had on the schedule. “We had a later game the day that Virginia Tech was playing Duke –…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Chris Saxman sees the political battle up ahead as “an uphill sled.” But the Shenandoah Valley legislator isn’t one to shy away from a fight. And no, I’m not talking here about his own dalliance with a run at the Republican Senate nomination in 2008. “John McCain is an American…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Customer demand – that’s what drove the move to bring bigger, roomier airplanes to the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The transformation of the Shenandoah Valley into the Silicon Shenandoah is not coming along as quickly as some might have hoped – but that doesn’t mean that it’s not coming along.
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Item by Jim Bishop An exhibit of recent blown glass vessels by Harrisonburg native Ryan Mellinger, currently of Seattle, Wash., will be on display in the public art gallery at Eastern Mennonite University through Dec. 7.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The 27th Senate District is still a Republican Senate district – but that doesn’t mean that Democrats will throw in the towel following the bitter defeat of nominee Karen Schultz in Tuesday’s election.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It didn’t use to be the case that dogfighting was considered barbaric or anything like it. Indeed, it was a popular sport for Queen Elizabeth I and her circle back in the late 15th and early 16th centuries – and remained a favorite pasttime of British elites well into the…
