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The city appears to be closing in on an amicable resolution to the lingering dispute over the removal of a freestanding brick wall in a pedestrian mall in the heart of Doiwntown Waynesboro. “We have a tentative plan in place, and the city is moving forward,” said Constance Paradiso, the owner of the 329 W….
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– Local Events: AFP has free tickets to Taste of the Town, Sunday, noon – Local Events: Progress Augusta event set for Tuesday night, Sunday, noon – Local Sports: EMU AD to speak to Shenandoah Valley Athletic Club, Sunday, noon – Local News: EMU announces new provost, Friday, 3 p.m. – Local News: VDOT to host…
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“All great moves of God start with a man/woman being willing to be reshaped by God for a higher purpose.” – Bishop Tony Miller Many of us are willingly seeking answers about how we got to this place. Some are asking the age-old question – “Is church real and meaningful in times like these?” A…
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The fight over the reassessments in Augusta County that I and many others here locally think are out of whack with economic reality isn’t about partisan politics. That’s what we keep hearing, anyway. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy, if you ask me. Because the reason this isn’t about partisan politics is that we Democrats aren’t doing…
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The Waynesboro Generals are announcing today that Chris Graham of Waynesboro has been named the team’s new general manager. Graham, 36, is the co-owner of Augusta Free Press Publishing in Downtown Waynesboro and the editor of The New Dominion monthly print magazine and Augusta Free Press Online based in Waynesboro. The Staunton native grew up…
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The newspaper headlines suggesting that the Augusta County Board of Supervisors’ hands are tied with respect to legal remedies regarding the widely disputed general property reassessment come across to me as misleading. It’s not exactly breaking news to me that the county attorney, Pat Morgan, would say that he can’t find any “lawful way,” as…
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Nancy Dowdy was surprised, to say the least, to hear that the not-anywhere-close-to-being-shovel-ready Shenandoah Village Drive extension had made its way into the package of proposals for federal stimulus money up approved by Waynesboro City Council last week. She has an idea as to why it ended up in the submission to the state for…
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“If the District of Columbia deserves a member of the House of Representatives, they deserve two senators as well,” said Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) earlier in February. I wholeheartedly agree with the former GOP presidential nominee. Now before those of you who know my staunch opposition to D.C. being awarded a voting member of Congress…
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– Virginia Politics: Bowerbank critical of Bolling on roads funding, Tuesday, 3:30 p.m. – Virginia Politics: Perriello staff adds stimulus liaison, Tuesday, 3:30 p.m. – Virginia Politics: Chamber of Commerce praises Perriello for work on stimulus, Tuesday, 3:30 p.m. – Sports: Evans named to Lieberman finalists list, Tuesday, 3:30 p.m. – Virginia Politics: Senate committee…
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There were no truly outstanding acceptance speeches at last night’s 81st Annual Academy Awards bash, unless you want to count Sean Penn lightly accusing the voters of being “Commie homo-lovers” for giving him the Best Actor Oscar as Harvey Milk. The speeches, like the awards themselves, went pretty much to plan with “Slumdog Millionaire” copping…
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