AAA: Gas prices continue welcome slide heading into Memorial Day
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Gas prices continued to retreat for the sixth straight week, pulling back from an early-April peak of $3.94 nationally
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Chris Graham: The other side of the bargain
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I always thought that the deal was – the men and women in our nation’s military put their lives on hold and on the line to protect ours, so when they return from the battlefield, no matter what their situation was, we got their back
Bridgewater College approves strategic plan through 2020
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A strategic plan to guide Bridgewater College through 2020 has been approved by the college’s board of trustees. “BC 2020: The Strategic Plan for Bridgewater College” identifies key areas that are critical to the success of Bridgewater in the next eight years and presents strategies for achieving goals within those areas. Areas addressed in the…
Gloves come off at candidates forum
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Is the 2012 city election going to be about a long-dormant downtown-development issue, or about the current City Council’s decision to roll the dice on a $3.5 million parcel of land that Mayor Frank Lucente hopes will appreciate in value for resale in 20 years? That is the question heading into the home stretch toward…
BC announces presidential search committee
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Nathan H. Miller, chair of the Bridgewater College board of trustees, announced today the formation of a committee that will conduct the search for the next president of Bridgewater College. President George Cornelius announced March 6 that he will let his contract with the college expire at the end of the current academic year. Executive…
Carly at the Movies: Friends with Kids
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“Friends with Kids” came flashing across American screens last month, barely made a dent at the Box Office, and disappeared. Luckily (and happily) I caught it just before it closed yesterday. The audience for this film has been split pretty evenly. Some folks hate it. Some folks love it. I sided with the latter group…
Robert Hurt: The president’s health-care law
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My many stops and meetings throughout the Fifth District have painted a clear picture of the concerns Fifth District Virginians have regarding the most pressing issues facing our country today. At the top of that list is the President’s health care law. These policies put forth in Washington have very real effects on Central and…
Carly at the Movies: Accidental Masterpiece
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To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the release of “Casablanca,” Turner Classic Movies arranged a screening of the film recently – a one night only event – at selected theaters across America. I was only a lad when it premiered in 1942, and never got to see it on the big screen, although I’ve watched…
Karen Kwiatkowski: What does Bob Goodlatte really believe?
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Bob Goodlatte tells us the Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act (H.R. 4153) will improve EPA administration and effectiveness by giving states more control. It will not. Does the EPA overreach, cost too much, and use bad science in its pronouncements? Absolutely! It’s a government agency, isn’t it? Beyond this, it’s no mystery that…
Karen Kwiatkowski: What Super Tuesday in Virginia really tells us
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On March 6th, 5% of Virginia voters made the choice between a wealthy liberal from Massachusetts and a spunky Constitutionalist from Lake Jackson, Texas. While losing the state, Ron Paul won in the counties of Warren, Buckingham, Alleghany, Craig, Montgomery, Pulaski, Floyd, Patrick, Surry, and the cities of Lynchburg, Charles City, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and the…
