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It started for me when I got the e-mail from the Erik Curren House campaign last week pushing back a self-imposed campaign-fundraising deadline. The questions. The Curren camp had wanted to raise $20,000 following the announcement that Republican incumbent Chris Saxman was dropping out of the race to show viability and support at the home…
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I just love getting caught up in the crosshairs of a political controversy. “We appreciate the Augusta Free Press setting the record straight,” an e-mail from the campaign of Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling offered up, after having explained that we had reported that Democratic Party lieutenant-governor nominee Jody Wagner had gotten it wrong when…
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Still waiting to hear from the Creigh Deeds campaign on when the Deeds Country Tour will hit my part of the Valley. Still haven’t heard from anybody in the campaign about scheduling a Waynesboro event for the Tour. Still assuming I’ll catch the tour in Staunton when it comes this way. Elsewhere …
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A look around the Virginia and Valley politics landscape as we head into Tuesday, Aug. 4 … – Creigh Deeds continues his Deeds Country Tour. The updated schedules that we keep getting haven’t let us in on when and where the Creigh Deeds campaign will make it here to the Staunton-Waynesboro area, and I haven’t gotten…
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Friday, Aug. 7 – State News: New online resources for teachers Thursday, Aug. 6 – Local News: 40th anniversary of Camille disaster this month – Elections ’09: Wagner releases statement on Bolling’s absence from revenue meeting Wednesday, Aug. 5 – Local News: Harrisonburg traffic alert – State News: ACLU of Virginia weighs in on sectarian…
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“The River City Radio Hour” will give a special, extended performance on Aug. 21 to mark the completion of the first phase of the Wayne Theatre restoration. The Wayne Theatre Alliance has arranged to close the 500 block of West Main Street and will move the “Radio Hour” from its usual space to a stage…
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The first step was convincing people that the old Robert E. Lee High School was a building worth saving. The men at the head of the development group leading the effort to transform the 80-year-old school campus into the new home for the Staunton Senior Center and ShenanArts didn’t have to do all that much…
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Today marks the end of the 2009 Waynesboro Generals season. No playoffs this year after three straight postseason appearances, including the 2007 league championship. You can listen to Generals co-owner John Leonard and me calling the season-ending doubleheader that begins at 2:30 p.m. with a makeup of last night’s rained-out game with the Covington Lumberjacks…
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The Waynesboro Generals will host South Division rivals Covington and Rockbridge in a rare afternoon-evening two-visiting-team doubleheader today at Fishburne Military School Park at Kate Collins Field to conclude the 2009 Valley League season. The Covington Lumberjacks will be in town for a 2:30 p.m. first pitch to make up last night’s rainout. The finale…
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We were out of the office most of Tuesday on a business matter in Charlottesville. We did get to take a late (late, late) lunch on the Downtown Mall, which was a good way to end the day over on the other side of the world. Bad news about my friend Jim Sacco. He is…
