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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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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Bureau chief is a sexy job title, but being the bureau chief means you end up doing things like spending the morning at a middle school making sure the station can do live web-streaming of a House of Delegates debate scheduled for the next night. WVIR-NBC29 veteran Ken Slack…
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Marrow, Curren face steep hills to climb Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A candidate for public office needs to shake as many hands and slap as many backs as possible. A Democratic Party candidate in the bright-red Shenandoah Valley has to work twice as hard to have a shot on Election Day. “You’ve got to…
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That Richard Adams fellow does it all Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s hard to imagine Richard Adams stifled. Or without a gig. But Adams, who you can see several nights a week in Staunton and Waynesboro playing Shenandoah Pizza or the “River City Radio Hour” or doing local community theater, felt stifled by what was…
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A Waynesboro citizens group is hosting a forum for the four candidates for the city-treasurer position in Waynesboro this week. The Waynesboro Citizens for Responsible Spending forum is set for Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. in Meeting Room A at the Waynesboro Public Library, 600 S. Wayne Ave. Two of the four candidates are…
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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:…
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I remember it well. We were sitting at the Wright’s Dairy Rite. I was 13, maybe 14. I was spending the summer weekend with my cousin and his parents. Waiting for our food, they were blasting ’50s music. In my head at the moment: I wonder what happens when I get old. Will I sit…
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wayneThe Waynesboro High School Concert Choir will be presenting its fall variety show featuring music from the Broadway musical Wicked this weekend in the Louis Spilman Auditorium. Showtimes are Saturday, Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 25, at 3 p.m. Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for students K-12.
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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…
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Representatives from the statewide Democratic Party campaigns and Democratic candidates for local seats in the Virginia House of Delegates will address women’s issues at a forum being sponsored by the Shenandoah Valley Democratic Coalition for Professional Women next week.
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