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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Greg Hitchin knows that the pressure is there to hit the ground running when he lands in Waynesboro. He also knows that he’s not going to be able to rebuild an economic-development office that went without somebody in the top job for 19 months in a day.
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Nineteen months. That’s a long time at the height of the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression to be doing economic development on the fly. Waynesboro finally took a step in the direction of again becoming a player in the development arena with the announcement last week that…
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Column by David Cox Submit guest columns: [email protected] God forbid, next winter I slip on the ice, bang my head, and sustain major injury. Our rescue squad right away gets me to Stonewall Jackson Hospital which provides immediate initial care. But the damage is too great for SJH to handle. They transfer me ASAP…
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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected] Conservatives have been a little rough on all the spending out of Washington. They somehow think it is excess. That’s because they are still living in the dark ages of the 20th Century when budgets were in billions and not trillions. And they don’t seem to…
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How soon should it take to get the roads passable? Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It can be hard, to say the least, to manage expectations with regard to cleaning streets and roadways after snowstorms. Which is to say, it can be hard to manage the high level of expectations that we have following storms,…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va. joined five other senators Tuesday calling for U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to reverse his decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other alleged conspirators in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in civilian court rather than military commissions. The six lawmakers, including Sens. Joe…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Bruce Arena, whose coaching record includes five NCAA Championships as the head coach of Virginia, two FIFA World Cups with the United States and two MLS Cup titles, has been elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame Class of 2010 on the Builder ballot. To be eligible for…
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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected] The times are tough. And local budgets will be as tough to balance as having an elephant walk across a balance beam. Where do we begin? Cut spending and raise taxes are the answers usually given. The right says cut; the left says raise. But such…
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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected] I can’t wait for 2010! I can’t wait to see how 2009 will turn out. Yep, we are going into overtime. Too much is still up in the hot air of politics to be settled in twelve short months. Sure, a few minor clashes have been…
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Robin & Linda Williams on the bill for Tuesday-night show Staff Report News Tips: [email protected] Court Square Theater presents a Hank Williams Sr. Tribute show at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 29. Tickets are $24 in advance, 22 for students and seniors, and all tickets are $4 more at the door. The tickets are available…
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