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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Nice, provocative lede to the “Can’t just blame it on the rain” story on Day One of The News Virginian’s Stormwater Strain series. “Trash, cigarette butts, oil and antifreeze assault Waynesboro’s stormwater system,” writes the NV’s Jimmy LaRoue, making us think that these are the…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] I’m sensing more fear than loathing regarding the upcoming News Virginian special report on stormwater issues. I’ve been getting e-mails the past couple of days from residents who assume that the NV is going to take a partisan rather than evenhanded approach to reporting on…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] When times are tight, and really, when are they not tight, when you’re talking from a local-government perspective, you have to be creative. “The $2 million figure is based on a 2005 study that is now dated. Construction costs have gone up pretty significantly since that study was done. We…
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Fear and Loathing column by Chris Graham [email protected] This politics stuff isn’t just fun and games. We can forget that sometimes. I was jolted back into that reality yesterday when I saw fire trucks from the Preston L. Yancey Fire Department and Augusta County Fire Department speed past my office/house on their way downtown. “This…
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: I got free ice cream Kline’s Dairy Bar celebrated its grand opening in Downtown Waynesboro this afternoon. For whatever reason, I was there. OK, it was for the free ice cream. Ethics issue – I’m sure the free ice cream was meant at least in part to entice people…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Things are moving forward on the West End fire station project. What happens when the station is ready to open for business is another question. “We were already behind when the deputy fire marshal and deputy fire chief were cut from the budget last year. So even when we got…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] “Where did you get that I work for Reo?” Small towns being what they are, you run into people. At the grand opening for the new Kline’s Dairy Bar downtown today, I ran into Tom Reider, the guy who John Lawrence told me was among…
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Column by Crystal Graham [email protected] At first glance, walking into a meeting of the Successful Women’s Alliance Network, or SWAN, might give you the feel of a BNI-type atmosphere. The group passes business cards, gives a 60-second elevator speech, and members work to help each other through a referral process – all routine parts of…
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Fear and Loathing column by Chris Graham [email protected] The gander I took at today’s News Virginian, which featured a story on campaign contributions listed in last week’s local city-council finance reports, reminded me that I hadn’t done my own survey of big-money donors. Keep in mind that this list isn’t exhaustive. For example, names don’t…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A pair of Waynesboro Generals were among five Valley League players honored as players of the week Tuesday. Tennessee Tech lefty Adam Liberatore picked up two wins in two starts last week – giving up no runs and six hits in 13 1/3 innings and posting 18 strikeouts. Liberatore is…
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