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WTA’s Gateway will present the first round of the Top Comic Competition on Friday, Sept. 23, at 8 p.m. The Charlottesville Comedy Roundtable will organize the Gateway Top Comic Competition. The best new comics from Richmond, Charlottesville and the surrounding area will descend upon Waynesboro to battle it out for the title of Top Comic….
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On Thursday, I told Congress that I’ll be sending them a bill called the American Jobs Act. Well, here it is. (Applause.) This is a bill that will put people back to work all across the country. This is the bill that will help our economy in a moment of national crisis. This is a…
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Tonight we meet at an urgent time for our country. We continue to face an economic crisis that has left millions of our neighbors jobless, and a political crisis that’s made things worse. This past week, reporters have been asking, “What will this speech mean for the President? What will it mean for Congress? How…
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This summer we’ve seen wild swings in the stock market, a last-minute debt deal, and even a rocking east coast earthquake. But one thing we haven’t seen – from Memorial Day to Labor Day – is any improvement in the economy. There are 14 million Americans officially counted as unemployed — many of them for…
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Women’s Equality Day, August 26, is both a celebration of women’s progress and a reminder that equality remains a goal, not a reality. On this day in 1920, women gained the right to vote under the 19th Amendment. Today, over 90 years later, the struggle to advance women’s rights is concentrated on the economic front…
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Downtown Waynesboro has many cute little shops to offer tourists and locals alike. River City Art and Wine Emporium is in a class all of its own. Opened in 2008, the shop was originally started to fulfill a longtime dream of proprietor Eileen O’Rourke. She hoped to open a shop that would sell her excellent…
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The Virginia Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing concerning improvements to Route 727 (Airport Road) in Rockingham County. The meeting will take place from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 8, in the Lecture Room at Turner Ashby High School located at 800 N. Main St., Bridgewater. Citizens can come in during the meeting…
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Remember the last time you left a theater so hopped up that you wanted to urge all your friends to see a particular movie instantly, but still not wanting to spill the beans about the plot because it was so rewarding? Like the first time you saw “Little Miss Sunshine” in 2007 or “Juno” in…
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I am now like many of you. I am afraid of my own government. And that is not good. Over recent months I have received not one, but two computer driven letters from the IRS. While both have been resolved in my favor with no additional taxes owed, nonetheless, the “Big Brother” scare remains. Allow…
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One person doesn’t take up much space. A person on vacation takes up a bit more space; you have to factor in all of their clothing, toiletries, in some situations bedding, snacks, and any extra things they need. Now picture a teenager on vacation…or even, god forbid, a teenage girl on vacation. The scenario I…
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