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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] ‘CELEB’ DEATHMATCH: John McCain takes yet another shot at Barack Obama OK, I’ll bite. Who at the McCain HQ thinks Paris Hilton and Britney Spears are still international celebrities? What, are we running for president in 2004 now? Seriously, the message in the latest McCain backwater offering, “Celeb,” is not…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Waynesboro Planning Commission is hosting a meeting Thursday night to kick off the review of the city zoning ordinance. The review will be the first comprehensive look at the zoning ordinance since it was updated in 1964. The first zoning ordinance in Waynesboro was adopted in 1934. The review…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Fear and Loathing is bigger than one person. I’ve been coming to realize this lately, but it hit home last night with a phone call about who was seen eating dinner with whom at a local restaurant. “Frank, Tim and Bruce are at Ciro’s,” I…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro second baseman Brandon Sizemore had another solid week as the Generals completed their run at the Valley League Southern Division crown. Sizemore, named one of the league’s players of the week for the final week of the regular season, hit .444 with two homers and 10 RBI. The College…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Representatives of Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance and Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. participated in a statewide training workshop presented by Virginia Main Street in Culpeper last week. The training focused on how restaurants and farmers’ markets are playing an increasingly important role in downtown-revitalization efforts in Virginia.
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] One thing Frank Lucente and I agree on is economic development. We haven’t always agreed on how best to get there, but there may be room for some thawing on that iceberg, too. At first glance, I like Lucente’s proposal to build a sort of…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A story published today on Politico.com has Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine “very, very high” on the short list of presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama’s running mates.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A proposed ordinance that would require moped riders in Waynesboro to wear helmets passed an important hurdle tonight. “This will probably save lives in the future, and anything that saves lives must be a good law,” said city resident Harold Petit, one of two speakers to address the proposed ordinance…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] An effort under way to welcome a delegation from Wanzhou, China, to Waynesboro later this year could be in jeopardy. “They’re considering it, but there’s a point where they’re asking all the provinces to conserve as much as they can in the event that they can divert the money to…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Five years ago, OK, as recently as a couple of months ago, we were all convinced that American manufacturing was a thing of the past. We can’t compete with Mexico, with China, where labor costs are lower, where goods can be shipped out at much lower unit prices…
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