Jim Bishop | Cryptic Tales Emanating from the Shriek of Araby

Jim Bishop

Greetings, boys and ghouls, on this howl of the ‘ween, 2009. Don’t want to employ scare tactics, but it’s only fair to warn you that we’re about to embark on another frightful foray through the haunted House of Seven Gables with Nathaniel HAW-thorne. Sorry if this jolts you. Would it help if I offered the…

AFP Focus | Shannon pushes crime-fighting credentials

Chris Graham

It’s hard for Steve Shannon to understand being criticized for saying that as Virginia attorney general he would make it his priority to fight crime, but it’s out there. “My focus is always on keeping people safe, and I don’t view that as a weakness. I view it as a great strength,” said Shannon, the…

‘A true community’

AFP

Once a fixer-upper, Staunton’s Newtown now shining light in Queen City Story by Chris Graham [email protected] People thought Michael Organ was crazy. That old home in Newtown was jaw-dropping beautiful, sure, but who in their right mind would stay at a bed-and-breakfast where you were as likely to get your hubcaps stolen or run into…