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Not much to say about the four contested House of Delegates races in the AFP reader area. The Democrats got pantsed. Jeff Price’s 28.8 percent showing in his 24th District challenge to Republican Ben Cline was actually the best showing of the four, if you can believe that. And Price wasn’t even able to get…
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AFP editor Chris Graham interviewed Waynesboro city-treasurer candidate Jim Serba this afternoon at the Westminster Presbyterian Church polling precinct. Chris and Jim talked about voter turnout, the anecdotal evidence that there has been significant interest in the write-in candidates and more. AFP Video. Length: 2:01.
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WHSV-TV3 interviewed AFP editor Chris Graham on Monday as part of its Election ’09 coverage. Graham was interviewed in his capacity as the chair of the Waynesboro Democratic Committee talking about local efforts to get out the vote. You can watch the video here.
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I explained in a column today on our new sister website, VirginiaPoliticsToday.com, how much I loathe making endorsements. That said, I get it that some of our readers are at the least interested in knowing where I am on local elections, assuming that since I do news and analysis for a living I might have…
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Former Waynesboro City Councilman DuBose Egleston pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor sexual-battery charge in Waynesboro General District Court on Monday, avoiding a jury trial on felony charges related to a reported Sept. 25 incident in Waynesboro. Egleston, 55, who served on City Council from 1998-2002, and ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the city governing…
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Waynesboro’s vice mayor seems to be able to cue the tears as political circumstance deems appropriate. AFP editor Chris Graham tries to match him in considering Waynesboro’s alarming rate of free and reduced lunches in the city public-school system. The tears here are more tears of frustration and upset, of course. AFP Video. Length: 3:40.
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What do you do with, say, that bottle of cough syrup from 1989 that obviously isn’t something you can use, shouldn’t even have in the house, honestly, and is much more a danger than it is anything else? You can admit it. You throw it away, or dump the contents of the bottle into the…
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Waynesboro treasurer Sandee Dixon is facing three challengers, including two write-in challengers, in the wake of a series of four state audit reports raising issue with her management of the city money office. The four faced a question on the audit issue at a candidates forum sponsored by Waynesboro Citizens for Responsible Spending Wednesday night….
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‘Wise choices’ guide overweight, obese back on the right track Chris Libby feels like he could run forever. “If you get on a Stairmaster for an hour, I can match you step for step,” said Libby, a fit and trim 173 pounds, after a midweek workout at the RMH Wellness Center. Not that long ago,…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s 9:30. Make that 9:32, actually. The staff is already gathered round the small table in front of the whiteboard near the entrance to the newsroom. Ed Reams wants to know what the WHSV-TV3 news team has, and the answer is – plenty. It’s the morning of the United…
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