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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: The eaglet we’re reading so much about I tell you, I’m glad to hear about the now-famous eaglet is recovering from the surgery at the Wildlife Center and all. But seriously … Are we that hard-up for anything substantive in the news business that we have to write about…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] I’m trying to resist the temptation to wonder aloud if tattering on the freedom to ride a moped in Waynesboro sans chapeau is a better-to-do-with-our-time kind of thing or not. Because I didn’t realize until I read the editorial in today’s News Virginian that city…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Poll: Would you support the adoption of some kind of universal health care system in the U.S.? As recently as a year or two ago, mention of the words universal health care in the context of the ongoing national discussion of what to do to address the growing…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] “I’m sorry.” Come on, Frank. You know you need to do it. And not just to make amends to Meghan Williamson. Your ability to lead city government is on the line here.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro is losing its third top city-government employee in the last four months. Economic-development director Meghan Williamson submitted her resignation today effective Aug. 8. Williamson had been in the post for two-plus years. Williamson’s departure comes on the heels of the departures of former city attorney Bob Lunger, who resigned…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Here’s something that will surprise some of our readers who assume that I totally and completely have it out for Frank Lucente. He said something yesterday that we both very much agree on. I know. Gasp! The horror! In regard to the news that Outback…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Here’s some good news, depending on how you look at it. City council is going to hold a closed meeting Monday night to talk with legal counsel regarding the possible acquisition of property for the city greenway project. This greenway project, for those who are…
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Op-Ed by Edward R. Long Jr. Over the years, including this one, I have found myself frustrated with the manner in which individuals want to employ the U. S. Constitution, the lack of congressional accomplishments, and the loss of the voice of the people. (As for the last two, my thoughts for state and local…
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: Tim Williams shows some backbone If you get a chance to catch the replay of the city-council meeting on Channel 14, please do take a look. Around the 20-minute mark, you’ll see a debate over the makeup of the Finance Committee between Vice Mayor Frank Lucente and former vice…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Media General apparently isn’t making enough money at The Daily Progress in Charlottesville to justify spending the “several million dollars of repairs, refurbishing and rewiring” needed to continue long-term operations at its printing plant on West Rio Road. These can’t be good days at the Richmond-based Media General, the parent…
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