AFP InDepth | A ‘strategic quiet’ on the LGBT front

Chris Graham

You don’t need to go as far as gay marriage. A candidate can win the support of the LGBT community by advocating legislation that would allow employees to include gay and lesbian partners in group life-insurance policies. Indeed, it doesn’t take much to break through what Jay Fisette, the Arlington County Board of Supervisors member…

Local Imagination Library wins two grants

Chris Graham

The United Way of Greater Augusta announced today that the Dolly Parton Imagination Library is the recipient of two new grants. Target’s Literacy Foundation and UPS have donated funds to help continue the early-childhood literacy program in the Augusta County community. The Dolly Parton Imagination Library assures that children 0-5 years old in the Augusta…

AFP Focus | The marriage of ag and tourism

Contributors

Craig Nargi was up on the Skyline Drive overlooking Augusta County taking photos of the Valley below with his kids. The pictures didn’t turn out. “They were all blurry. You couldn’t see anything,” said Nargi, the owner of Hermitage Hill Farm and Stables, a state-of-the-art horse-boarding and -training facility located west of Waynesboro. But Nargi…

WHS preps for clash with Broadway

Chris Graham

Waynesboro High School football coach Steve Isaacs talks with AFP editor Chris Graham about his team’s upcoming game with Massanutten District foe Broadway set for Friday night. The Little Giants are still looking to get off the schneid from an 0-6 start to the 2009 season following a 34-7 home loss to cross-county rival Wilson…

The Pulse | Into the sunset

Chris Graham

That’s the only way I can describe the the Democratic side in Virginia this election season. You’d think our side would have realized what Republicans have had at the forefront of their minds since last November. That this election could turn things back in the other direction. It’s a long time between now and 2012,…

Watters headlines ‘Children’s Hour’

Chris Graham

The Wayne Theatre Alliance and the Waynesboro Heritage Museum presents the third “Children’s Hour” on Friday at 6:30 p.m. The featured performer will be Eve Watters. The program is ideal for school-age children and adults. Eve Watters enchants audiences of all ages with an amazing mixture of music and stories from around the world. With…