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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A pair of Waynesboro Generals were among five Valley League players honored as players of the week Tuesday. Tennessee Tech lefty Adam Liberatore picked up two wins in two starts last week – giving up no runs and six hits in 13 1/3 innings and posting 18 strikeouts. Liberatore is…
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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…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Most of us agree that Virginia has itself a roads problem. You don’t have to sit in traffic for too long in Northern Virginia or Hampton Roads or Richmond or deal with congestion on U.S. 29 in Charlottesville or Interstate 81 anywhere in Western Virginia to recognize that much. The…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s not just Republicans who are raising issue with the idea that Virginia needs to come up with more money to fix what Gov. Tim Kaine and other top Democrats have been saying for years is a transportation crisis in the Commonwealth.
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Column by Mike Hodge Change. Hope. Hope for change. These are the buzzwords we have heard for the last couple years in politics. We need change in Richmond. We need change in Washington. Well, we got change in November 2006. Since then we have gotten the housing crisis, record-high gas prices, record-high oil prices, a…
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Column by Todd Haymore The official name of the agency I lead is the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, also called VDACS. Agriculture is listed first in our name, but the consumer services section is by no means an afterthought. At VDACS, we take our obligation to consumers very seriously.
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Virginia Supreme Court today affirmed an appeals-court ruling granting a woman full visitation rights to the daughter that she had been raising with her former lesbian partner. The decision in the Jenkins v. Miller case also affirms that federal and state laws governing child-custody disputes apply equally to gay,…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] How would Jesus vote? Would he pull the lever for yes to marriage amendments? Support candidates who want us to fight unholy wars? Back those who use empty rhetoric to restrict access to health care? I wonder if those issues will come up at the kickoff event for the How…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Aug. 30 season openers for Virginia and Virginia Tech will be televised, and UVa. fans will get to see their ‘Hoos each of the first three college-football weekends next fall. Tech’s opener against East Carolina in Charlotte will be televised nationally on ESPN with a noon kickoff. UVa.’s home…
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The Politics Beat column by Chris Graham [email protected] One guy gets more votes, the other guy has friends in high places, and you can guess who wins. I could be talking about George Bush, Florida, the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000, but I’m not. I’m talking about the Augusta County Republican Committee, which elected Larry…
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