Report: State tourism revenues exceeded $20B in 2011
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A report out Wednesday said visitors to Virginia generated $20.4 billion in revenue from tourism in 2011, an 8 percent increase over 2010.
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Wenonah Elementary gets literacy grant from Dollar General
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The Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded a Youth Literacy grant in the amount of $3,770.55 to Wenonah Elementary School in Waynesboro.
Local activist issues call to action in new book
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Author Matt Cauley purports to aim through his new book “Unwrecking America” to provide a blueprint for getting America back on track by creating a new, centrist view of national management.
Mark Woods: Remembering our troops for their courage
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As we embark upon another important presidential election, let’s not forget our real heroes; our brave men and women around the world who serve this great country and defend our nation against all attacks from our enemies both foreign and domestic
Kaine talks economy, jobs in Hampton Roads
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U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine visited the Portsmouth campus of Tidewater Community College in Hampton Roads
Minsterial wives’ group to feed homeless
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The Ministers’ Wives and Ministers’ Widows Alliance of the Charlottesville & Vicinity will be hosting a breakfast for the homeless on Saturday, Aug. 18, at 9 a.m. at the United Methodist Church at 489 N. Winchester Ave., Waynesboro
Chris Graham: Unchained melody
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Unchain Wall Street. Put us back in chains. It’s OK to say one, but not the other. Shame on all y’all, really. The toothpaste is out of the tube, so it’s only going to get much, much worse between now and November. But that said, haven’t we all had it up to here and beyond with the negativity? This is what we get for putting in place a Supreme Court that felt it necessary to protect the rights of billionaires to spend as much money as they can to help their favored candidates win elections
Chris Marston: The politics of Chick-fil-A
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I have not eaten at Chick-Fil-A in over 6 months. It is not because I disagree with their corporately shared religious and social beliefs
Chris Graham: The Sarah Palin ‘mistake’
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The right-wing echosphere is howling once again. Another lefty critic has come down hard on Sarah Palin
Andy Schmookler: People Power
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You raise the good question, “How can Andy Schmookler win when his opponent has access to so much more money than he has?” The question could be rephrased, “How can People Power defeat the Money Power in America today”
