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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The top two teams in the Valley League will square off in a doubleheader against the top-ranked team in summer college baseball next week. The #5 team in the PGCrosshecker.com national rankings, the Luray Wranglers, and the #11 team in the national rankings, the Waynesboro Generals, will play the Vienna…
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] LOSER: The House of Delegates, the Senate and Gov. Tim Kaine The General Assembly has fallen short, once again, and Tim Kaine, despite his best efforts, has failed to get any movement. Looks like we get a few more years, at least, of clogged roads with big potholes to dodge…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Here’s some good news, depending on how you look at it. City council is going to hold a closed meeting Monday night to talk with legal counsel regarding the possible acquisition of property for the city greenway project. This greenway project, for those who are…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Keezle-Tones will play the best weekly gig in Waynesboro this week at Stone Soup Books and Cafe. The Friday-night performance will run from 6-8:30 p.m. at Stone Soup in Downtown Waynesboro. There is no cover charge. Call ahead to 540.943.0084 for seating availability.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro Vice Mayor Frank Lucente is citing the figure that a new West End fire department would only improve response times in 18 percent of the city in his argument that it would be wiser for Waynesboro to spend money on pre-emption traffic-signal devices to improve response times citywide. I…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I wrote several weeks ago about the ongoing controversy in Gloucester County down in the Tidewater area that had some compare-and-contrast points with what we’re seeing here in Waynesboro – with a political majority change on the local governing body and behind-the-scenes maneuvering leading to the ouster of the top administrator…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A local Young Democrats group will be hosting a meet and greet for Sixth District Democratic Party congressional nominee Sam Rasoul on Tuesday, July 22, from 6-7:30 p.m. at 250 Central Cafe just outside of Waynesboro. The event is being sponsored by Young Democrats of Augusta County. Those who wish…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] “Voices in the blogosphere had been murmuring in the tatter of keyboards that the conservative bloc had endeavored to subvert open meetings law along with city regulations in reforming the Finance Committee a week ago with only Williams and Lucente as members,” The News Virginian…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Media General apparently isn’t making enough money at The Daily Progress in Charlottesville to justify spending the “several million dollars of repairs, refurbishing and rewiring” needed to continue long-term operations at its printing plant on West Rio Road. These can’t be good days at the Richmond-based Media General, the parent…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Is Frank Lucente hedging on his pledge to back the voters’ wishes regarding a West End fire station? An indication that he might be comes from WHSV-TV3 reporter Keith Jones in his report on last night’s discussion of pre-emptive devices that could be used to…
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