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Clarence E. Peifer of Bridgewater will defuse any preconceived notions of how a person who turned 95 (on May 18 this year) should appear or act. Clarence moves at a slower pace these days, but gets around well. He wears a hearing aid but responds thoughtfully to questions. He recently passed another drivers’ test but…
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Two developments in the Democratic Party gubernatorial race in the last couple of days have the race going in a couple of different directions. A Research 2000/Daily Kos poll released on Thursday has Terry McAuliffe gaining significant ground on Brian Moran and Creigh Deeds since the last R2000/Kos poll in early April. And then today…
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National Archives, Washington, D.C., 10:28 a.m., Thursday, May 21, 2009: Good morning, everybody. Please be seated. Thank you all for being here. Let me just acknowledge the presence of some of my outstanding Cabinet members and advisors. We’ve got our Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. We have our CIA Director Leon Panetta. We have our…
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Our recent efforts in Washington are focused on consumer relief and protection as we continue working to reinvigorate our sluggish economy. I am very hopeful that, by mid-summer, we will have a much clearer picture of whether our efforts to create jobs through smart, long-overdue investments in our country’s future have taken hold.
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ValleyFest, the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce’s ninth annual Beer and Wine Festival, returns this on year on Saturday, May 23, at Massanutten Resort. Known for showcasing Virginia’s finest wineries, microbreweries, and a variety of domestic, craft, and import beers, ValleyFest is a day-long festival with something for everyone.
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Malone Moss wants the city to Save the Elephants – you know, the fiberglass elephants that Mark Cline put up on the old landfill hill a month and a half ago. So she wrote to her city councilman, Bruce Allen. “I am a citizen of the city and find the decision to let Mark Cline’s…
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No new polls on the Democratic Party gubernatorial race, but I’m guessing Terry McAuliffe is still comfortably ahead of fellow Dems Creigh Deeds and Brian Moran, judging by the attack ads being thown at McAuliffe by the Deeds and Moran campaigns.
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Foreclosures in April hit another high – one in every 374 U.S. households received a foreclosure filing last month. So far, foreclosures are up 32 percent from this time last year. The number of foreclosed homes in Virginia’s Fifth District has grown more than tenfold since November of 2007.
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Lyndon Johnson had his Vietnam. Jerry Ford had price controls. Jimmy Carter had inflation. Richard Nixon had you know what. Bill Clinton had you know who. George W. Bush tried to imitate a Democrat. And so in 2008 America decided to vote for the real thing.
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Starting last week and continuing through the end of May, Social Security recipients in the Fifth District will see some economic relief as $250 economic recovery payments are sent out. Nearly $37.5 million dollars will be put directly back in the pockets of Fifth District residents. The payments, which were provided by the American Recovery…
