Early start to ’09 Dem governor’s race

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Special Commentary by Chris Graham [email protected] The battle for next year’s Democratic Party nomination is ever-so-quietly heating up. House Democratic Caucus chair Brian Moran seems to have been focusing his attention on cornering the Mark Warner market at the outset of the ’09 nomination race. Moran has some of the big guns from the Warner…

Progress, NV shift printing to new, more distant locations

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Media General apparently isn’t making enough money at The Daily Progress in Charlottesville to justify spending the “several million dollars of repairs, refurbishing and rewiring” needed to continue long-term operations at its printing plant on West Rio Road. These can’t be good days at the Richmond-based Media General, the parent…

Bushmen denied visas, putting Frontier Museum project on different track

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Three bushmen show up at the U.S. consulate in Lagos, Nigeria, after having been recruited to come to America to help the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton build authentic mud huts for a 1700s-era West African compound that will help the museum tell the story of the colonial African slave…

Winners and Losers: June 24, 2008

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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: Waynesboro Mayor Tom Reynolds goes out on a high note Nice tribute from Waynesboro City Council members to the outgoing mayor, Tom Reynolds, last night. Big ups to Tim Williams for sharing a personal story that broke through the tensions that we’ve been feeling here in the ‘Boro in…