Virginia Chili, Blues n’ Brews Festival

Boom, boom, boom! Chili, Blues n’ Brews Festival announces 2012 lineup featuring Hooker

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Other folks might throw a party … but we are the party! “Bigger and better. That’s the only way to describe this year’s event,” said Terry Short Jr., the organizer of the Virginia Chili, Blues n’ Brews Festival, which is back for a sixth year in Lumos Plaza in Downtown Waynesboro with a Saturday, Sept. 22 event

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Allen tours Chester manufacturing facility

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George Allen took his “Virginia Voices” campaign to Chester on Tuesday to hear directly from a locally-owned manufacturing business, Progressive Engineering and Progressive Heat Treating. He was joined by Chesterfield County Board of Supervisor Dorothy Jaeckle and Chesterfield County GOP Chairman Don Williams to tour one of Chester’s innovative job creators

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AAA: Crude oil down from 27 percent from 2012 high

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The official start of summer was marked by rising temperatures and falling gas prices. Prices at the pump continued to follow crude oil’s downward trend. On Tuesday, the national average price for regular grade gasoline fell below $3.50 per gallon for the first time since February 10. The national average dropped to $3.45 Friday, down 7 cents for the week, 23 cents for the month and 18 cents below year-ago prices

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Allen visits NoVa lumber company

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George Allen continued his conversation with Virginia small business owners with a tour of Tart Lumber in Sterling. Allen was joined by State Del. David Ramadan and 10th District Republican Committee Chairman John Whitbeck in hearing how a family-owned small business can be innovative and adapt in tough economic times