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City Council debates transparency, and transparency isn’t faring too well right now Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Let’s just say it like it is. Government is supposed to be of the people, by the people, for the people. I had no heartburn when the critics came out of the woodwork to criticize President Obama and…
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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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Choke points at point, center put Cavs’ NCAA run on the ropes Column by Chris Graham [email protected] All season long I’ve been saying the same thing about the Virginia basketball team that for a good run had everybody thinking, improbably, that the Cavs were headed back to the NCAA Tournament in Tony Bennett’s first year…
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Column by Scott Rogers www.harrisonburghousingreport.com January 2010 sales (45) topped January 2009 sales (38). Furthermore, each of the preceding three months (Oct ’09, Nov ’09 and Dec ’09) showed equal or greater home sales than the same month in 2008. Could it be that the pace of our local real estate market is finally picking…
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Staff Report EMU sports: www.emu.edu Still trying to find a consistent offensive flow, the Eastern Mennonite women took on rival Bridgewater on the road Tuesday night. The Royals controlled the game for a spell in the second half, but then couldn’t convert on their chances and lost 51-48 to the Eagles. Both teams struggled…
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Column by Bruce Sallan www.brucesallan.com The parents of every generation expect and hope that their children can and will do better than they did. Ours may be the first generation, in a very long while, where it is both unlikely and unrealistic to have this expectation. The world has just gotten much more complicated,…
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Column by Bruce Sallan www.brucesallan.com Every holiday season brings both wonderful times and challenging family situations for most of us, my family included. This past season included the first visit to our home of my in-laws, the first time my sons and I would be apart, and the first time my wife and I…
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Column by Scott Rogers www.harrisonburghousingmarket.com With 2009 having come to a close, I have published my first market report of 2010. Home sales finished out at a respectable level in 2009, showing only a 13 percent decline from 2008 as compared to the 25 percent decline in sales pace seen between 2007 and 2008….
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Staunton Gateway Partners to work with city Staff Report News Tips: [email protected] The Staunton Industrial Development Authority took the next step toward the future redevelopment of the Western State Hospital property by designating a preferred developer for the property and authorizing the company to undertake preliminary development activities. In preparation to acquire and redevelop the…
