Central Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley: The Perfect Place to Be

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Column by Stan Horst Many of us dream of finding the perfect place to live, Stan Horst found that perfect place when he moved to Central Virginia 20 years ago where he runs Cabin Creekwood, a vacation rental business near Waynesboro with his wife Debbie. Stan say he will never grow tired of the variety…

The Pulse | A better bailout

Chris Graham

   Column by Chris Graham [email protected] The talk about a government bailout for the news media – and yes, there’s been plenty of talk on that of late – is bunk. Yeah, I’m known for being direct. It’s bunk, balderdash, for those thesaurically challenged, it’s pure crap. Which isn’t to say that I’d turn down…

DCCU to award scholarships

Chris Graham

  Staff Report Business news tips: [email protected] For the 15th year, DuPont Community Credit Unionwill award $1,000 scholarships to 19 high-school seniors at the DCCU Annual Meeting in late April. A total of $19,000 in scholarships to area students will be awarded at the meeting. The deadline for applications is March 8, 2010.

Community Foundation Week highlights work of valuable local charity

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The Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge will join more than 700 community foundations across the United States in celebrating charitable giving during Community Foundation Week, Nov. 12–18, 2009. Locally, the Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge is best known for The Big Read, the Dawbarn Education Awards, and a host of scholarship…

Two book signings at Bookworks on Saturday

Chris Graham

When a top Nazi scientist arrives at a POW camp in the Shenandoah Valley, he begins to redraw plans for a lost weapon. The device, Germany believes, will disable the U.S. East Coast, leading to America’s surrender or at least a neutrality pact. Cadets at Waynesboro’s Fishburne Military School uncover the plot, also involving a…

Focus | ‘Selfless service’ motivates lieutenant colonel

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham With AFP Video William Coffin has seen Iraq twice now, spanning two decades. And he’d go back again, no question, not a moment’s hesitation. After speaking to cadets at Fishburne Military School in Waynesboro at a Veterans Day ceremony, I asked Lt. Col. Coffin, a 26-year military veteran now serving as…

Ntelos announces job cuts

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Staff Report Ntelos is cutting an undisclosed number of jobs in its wireless division and its corporate offices, the Waynesboro-based telecommunications company announced today. We regret the impact this will have on our employees,” said James S. Quarforth, chief executive officer of Ntelos. “Economic conditions over the past year have impacted our wireless business and…

The Pulse | One reason Deeds lost

Chris Graham

And it’s a small thing, because Waynesboro isn’t going to turn an election one way or the other all by itself. But my experience as the Democratic Party chair in Waynesboro the past couple of election seasons can be instructive nonetheless. It strikes me that I hadn’t even bothered to look at how Creigh Deeds…

Break-ins reported at KCMS outside theater performance

Chris Graham

Six vehicles were broken into outside a performance of the Waynesboro Players production of Tuesday Mourning at Kate Collins Middle School Saturday night. The string of incidents was reported around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, following the performance of the locally-written and -produced play on the loss of 22 natives of nearby Bedford on D-Day, June 6,…