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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro native and former UVa. star Cory Alexander will join new play-by-play man Dave Koehn as the color analyst on Virginia men’s basketball radio broadcasts this fall. Alexander replaces long-time analyst Jim Hobgood, who had filled the role alongside former play-by-play announcer Mac McDonald for the past 12 seasons. The…
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Story by Riley Murray blueridgedata.blogspot.com In the swing state of Virginia, the deadline of Oct. 6 for voter registration is fast approaching. Across Virginia, voter registration efforts are breaking records. With the race for the White House entering its last full month, the focus is on the Shenandoah Valley region. This rural region, in the…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] To my surprise, that’s what I’m hearing friends on both the Democratic and Republican sides of the aisle say about the proposed $700 billion Wall Street bailout. “If it was your business that was failing, they wouldn’t bail you out,” one friend who is a Downtown Waynesboro business owner told…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] In the absence of hard numbers in the form of updated polling data to break down, it’s hard to get a handle on the Sixth District congressional race beyond the rendering now six weeks old that has Republican incumbent Bob Goodlatte comfortably ahead. Which makes our completely unscientific and unverifiable…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Many Charles Dickens fans just assume that it was supposed to be John Jasper who would turn out to be the murderer at the end of The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Everything seems to point back to Jasper, most notably his affections for Rosa Bud, Drood’s fiancee, though a small…
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Letter from Patricia Bell, Waynesboro Regardless of your political inclinations, you marginalize yourself if you do not register to vote. Take responsibility for yourself and your community by registering to vote before the deadline. Only those who are registered can participate, and voter registration closes in Virginia 29 days before the November election. It is…
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More from our Calendar of Events. Saturday, Sept. 20 Guest speakers, including several Virginia Indian representatives, artists and dancers offer perspectives on Virginia Indians past and present, Festival Conference and Student Center, James Madison University, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Info: http://web.jmu.edu/thegallery/new_page_1.htm. Volunteer Firefighter Auction, Waynesboro Fire Department, West Broad Street, Downtown Waynesboro, 10…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] So I wasn’t the only one new to fundraising campaigns in the room at yesterday’s local United Way of Greater Augusta campaign kickoff. “When I consider the huge number of people who depend upon the services supported by United Way, and the agencies and organizations that partner with the United…
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Moving Forward column by Chris Graham [email protected] This is one of the more difficult columns that I’ve found myself having to write. I’ve been troubled in recent days by a run of comments on our website advancing slurs on Barack Obama that have me wondering if what we do here at the AFP is even…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] My in-box was hopping Friday evening with forwards of the e-mail from Anne Kilkenny of Wasilla, Alaska, which you might recognize as the town made famous by former mayor-turned-vice-presidential-nominee Sarah Palin. Seems that e-mail trees can and do make their way to Greater Augusta. “You should check this out –…
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