Tweaking NCLB: Republican delegation to ask feds to ‘back off’

Chris Graham

The Top Story by Chris Graham When Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Mount Solon, brought up his concerns with respect to the No Child Left Behind education-accountability initiative during the news conference in 2003 in which he announced his candidacy for re-election to the Virginia General Assembly, it didn’t take long for fellow Republicans to paint a…

Study in contrasts: Monroe, Reynolds vying for Ward B council seat

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham Tom Reynolds won election to represent Ward B on Waynesboro City Council in 2000 after receiving more than 80 percent of the votes cast in his two-way race with Blue Ridge Area Food Bank chief-executive officer Marty White. On Tuesday, Reynolds, a member of the faculty at Fishburne Military School, is…

Like the Maytag repairman: Unopposed candidates talk about running a one-person race

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham Jean Shrewsbury could take it easy this election season. Given that Shrewsbury, the commissioner of the revenue in Augusta County, is unopposed for re-election this fall. But the Republican isn’t sitting on the sidelines lamenting the fate of her challenged colleagues.