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Property assessments in Augusta County are up nearly 30 percent countywide, and individual property owners are seeing increases as much as 300 percent. A citizens group is leading an effort to get the Augusta County Board of Supervisors to consider delaying the implementation of the new assessments.
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– Stuarts Draft man charged with murder for hire, Thursday, 6 p.m. – Miss America 2008 to speak at JMU on eating disorders, Thursday, 5:50 p.m. – Family Foundation praises passage of marriage curriculum bill, Thursday, 5:50 p.m. – White House announces formation of faith-based partnerships office, Thursday, 5:50 p.m. – Wagner picks up several…
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The Shenandoah National Park is breathtaking with its wide vistas and rolling scenery that comes to life in an instant for the millions of visitors who take in our natural wonder every year. But there’s another side to the story of the park that is overlooked even by locals who probably don’t know how the…
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The Northern Virginia numbers were what turned it Election Night, but don’t be misled by the TV drama that is Election Night. Because Barack Obama wouldn’t have won Virginia if he hadn’t done as well as he did in the Fifth and Sixth congressional districts.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro is losing its third top city-government employee in the last four months. Economic-development director Meghan Williamson submitted her resignation today effective Aug. 8. Williamson had been in the post for two-plus years. Williamson’s departure comes on the heels of the departures of former city attorney Bob Lunger, who resigned…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Trekking with Toddlers is the theme of the seminar being presented by the Shenandoah National Park on Saturday in conjunction with National Trail Day. The program is aimed at parents who want to go hiking with their children, but are worried about what they can do to keep them interested,…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Valley community is invited to the Shenandoah National Park this weekend to Save the Meadow. Activities begin at the Byrd Visitor Center auditorium at Big Meadows at 9 a.m. Saturday and 10:30 p.m. Sunday. The weekend includes presentations on control activities aimed at invasive species in the park followed…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Don’t underestimate the value of this bit of news. Megan Williamson certainly isn’t. “I have to stress that this is big news. I agree with that completely. We were very excited,” the Waynesboro economic-development director said in an interview for today’s “Augusta Free Press Show,” talking about the announcement on…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The federal government is leaner and meaner – OK, so that’s me trying to be funny there, I admit it. But when it comes to funding for the national park system, times are lean and rather mean when it comes to items in the budget that are of an infrastructure…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s just … time. The Skyline Drive was built back in the 1930s and was last touched up in the mid-1980s. “Essentially it’s time for a new construction,” Shenandoah National Park spokesperson Karen Beck-Herzog said of the work that has begun on the drive between Milepost 31.5 at Thornton Gap…
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