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Story by Chris Graham Nikki Armentrout couldn’t believe it was over. But after her resounding win in Tuesday’s polling in the six-candidate Waynesboro circuit-court clerk race, Armentrout – a deputy clerk in the office for four years – was back at work.
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Story by Chris Graham A shade under a third of the registered voters in the Greater Augusta County area went to the polls on Tuesday. That’s the good news. Seriously. It is. Two out of three registered voters didn’t even bother, and we’re jumping up and down about the third guy. OK. So here’s the…
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Story by Chris Graham Voters in the circuit-court clerk races in Staunton and Waynesboro wanted more of the same. That was the message on Tuesday – as Staunton voters re-elected Democratic incumbent Tom Roberts by a wide margin, and Waynesboro voters gave the nod to deputy circuit-court clerk Nikki Armentrout in her bid to replace…
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Story by Chris Graham Frank Nolen had played the game before – numerous times. The former 22-year state senator and member of the Augusta County Board of Supervisors should know how to handle Election Day anxiety by now.
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Story by Chris Graham Records on file at your local circuit-court clerk’s office include items that could be used by people with bad intentions to access … your life. The horror stories are out there – involving how identity thieves have accessed Social Security numbers and mother’s maiden names and copied signatures from records in…
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Story by Chris Graham The six candidates vying for the soon-to-be-open Waynesboro circuit-court clerk job agree on … just about everything. None would institute major changes in the way the office is being run; all would stress customer service as a top priority; and all hope the voters of Waynesboro turn out to the polls…
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Story by Chris Graham Del. Bob McDonnell, R-Virginia Beach, is unopposed this year – technically speaking. But then, McDonnell, a former prosecutor who has represented the Tidewater area in the Virginia General Assembly for the past 12 years, is more focused on an election two years down the road than he is on the one…
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Story by Chris Graham Waynesboro city leaders concluded their first-ever visioning session on Saturday with a clear direction of where they want to see the city go over the course of the next 20 years. The next step is to put what they spent the better part of three days talking about into a formalized…
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Compiled by Chris Graham Tim Spears was surveying the damage wrought by the South River on his downtown-Waynesboro music store Friday afternoon. “It could’ve been a lot worse,” said Spears, owner of Tim Spears’ Music City – which is located just a city block away from the South River. Spears estimated the damage to his…
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Story by Chris Graham Depending on whom you believe, Hurricane Isabel is either going to enter and then leave Western Virginia like a lion – or like a lamb. Weather forecasters are offering predictions that rainfall amounts in the Shenandoah Valley associated with the powerful storm – which is on track to make landfall in…
