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Theresa Curry AGratefulSeason.com That’s what Amy Childs said about the Waynesboro Farmers Market, reappearing at the Downtown Waynesboro Pavilion after several years’ absence. She was right. It was easy to envision a meal made entirely from the homegrown products on display at the market’s rebirth: farm-raised chickens and pork, homemade breads, homegrown grains, asparagus and watercress…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] So you want to go green, and you’ve taken some steps by improving energy efficiency around the home and office, cutting unnecessary travel and the rest. But you feel like you can do more. “I think most Americans are looking at the sort of things that they do, and a…
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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham LOSER: Bob Goodlatte not seeking Senate nomination Talk had been out there for years that Goodlatte might be interested in succeeding John Warner when the senator stepped down – and that talk intensified when Warner put the Sixth District congressman’s name on a short list of people he…
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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham LOSER: Mohawk Industries Nice PR department they must have there. The Georgia company first tells The News Virginian that it was not going to be laying off employees at its Waynesboro plant as part of a companywide restructuring, then goes ahead and lays off employees at its Waynesboro…
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Story by Chris Graham All politics is local – but to Connie Brennan, it is also true that all Virginia politics emanates out of Richmond. “I think being on the board of supervisors was sort of a catalyzing event for me – because I now see that everything that happens in Richmond profoundly affects us…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham “Hi, Chris. I am out most of the day, but will find you somehow. Reception, maybe? Earl H.” This was what greeted me to the Festival of the Book over in Charlottesville the other day. A handwritten note on a cocktail napkin – from Earl Hamner, whom I…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Democrats are salivating at the prospect of being able to ride the wave of the political scandals involving Jack Abramoff and Duke Cunningham long enough that they can take back control of the United States Congress in the November midterm elections. Don’t expect the wave to crash down…
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(This is the final installment in a six-part series on The Valley Responds, an effort that links the Shenandoah Valley with residents of Long Beach, Miss.) Helping school children return to classes. Assisting an elderly couple in efforts to rebuild their home. Clearing land so that churches may resume services … The rebuilding process…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham David Ray Griffin is the least likely conspiracy theorist that you’ll ever meet. A theologian by trade, Griffin was working on a book on Western imperialism at the time of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. At the outset, Griffin said, he…
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The Best Seat in the House column by Chris Graham Her reputation preceded her. “We’d gone to the Krogers and picked up some hamburgers and hot dogs to take over to the YMCA camp to grill out with some of the hikers who were there,” she said. “After we were done and were cleaning up…
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