WHS preps for Rockbridge

Chris Graham

Somebody has to win Friday night. Waynesboro High School football coach Steve Isaacs talks about how important the game between his 0-7 Little Giants and 0-7 Rockbridge County is for both teams on today’s “Chris Graham Show.” (Note to readers: The WHS-RCHS game will be webcast live on AugustaFreePress.com Friday night at 7 p.m. ) Length:…

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

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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…