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24th Senate race – 74 of 75 precincts reporting – Emmett Hanger (R) 23,515 votes (65.3 percent) – David Cox (D) 9,658 votes (26.8 percent) – Arin Sime (L) 2,797 votes (7.8 percent) 26th Senate race – 64 of 64 precincts reporting – Mark Obenshain (R) – 25,279 votes (69.3 percent) – Maxine Roles (D) – 11,120 votes (30.5 percent) 26th House…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] We’ve come to that time of year when I try to show you how smart I think I am by efforting at making calls in local election races. OK, so what I’m really trying to do is give us all something to chew on until the numbers start rolling in…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Senate Republicans appear to be safe in the Central Shenandoah Valley – but that isn’t to say that 24th District incumbent Emmett Hanger and 26th District incumbent Mark Obenshain haven’t had some hard work to do this fall.
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] I’m supposed to write a press release about how we’ve moved into a new office. Ahem. Here goes. We’ve moved into a new office. Zzzzzzz …. Sorry ’bout that. I haven’t been getting much rest lately.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I always wonder how I would react if I had everything taken away from me and had to fight to get it back. Cara Atkins has been there, done that – and says it is the most difficult thing you can imagine having to go through. “It’s been really difficult…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It used to be my dirty little secret – I was a professional wrestling fan, and that meant that Monday nights were booked up, and when the circus was in town, I had to be there at ringside, if not closer. And then something happened this summer that changed things…
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Column by Chris Graham You don’t normally see one candidate taken aback at something said by an opponent at a debate. But Arin Sime’s two opponents for the 24th Senate District seat were thrown off by something that he had to say at Monday night’s candidates forum in Waynesboro sponsored by The Augusta Free Press…
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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham PUSH: Half credit for doing something good The local TV stations covering the 24th Senate District candidates forum held last night in Waynesboro seem to think that the event materialized out of the thin air. OK, I’m being harsh – because WHSV did show pictures from the event…
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Item by Chris Graham The Waynesboro High School Concert Choir will present music from Les Miserables at two concerts this weekend. The shows are set for Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Louis Spilman Auditorium at WHS. Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for students. For more information, call…
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Story by Chris Graham Mark Kearney wanted to do a good thing – highlighting the connection between literacy and good reading skills and crime prevention. The police officer wouldn’t have guessed four years ago when he embarked on the effort that became Book ‘Em that he would be a part of the event himself as…
