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Column by Mike Hodge Congratulations, Augusta County, you are showing leadership on those pesky car decals! In case you haven’t heard, Augusta County is looking at getting rid of their vehicle decals. Before you get too happy, you’ll still have to pay the annual fee, but won’t have the hassle of trying to get your…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] I often tell people that they should approach local elections as being more important to them than even a presidential election by using the illustrative phrase “(b)ecause the local elections are about the people who are in charge of picking your trash up at the curbside.” That…
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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] LOSERS: Waynesboro government How much more can you screw an election up than they did here in the River City? Well, you could forget to advertise it in the local paper – whatever that is supposed to be worth in this day and age of newspaper readership….
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Story by Theresa Curry AGratefulSeason.com Every year about this time, the men and women of the Waynesboro Church of the Brethren fire up their ovens and disappear into a whirlwind of flour and sugar. They’re getting ready for the Church’s annual Craft and Cookie Bazaar Saturday, now in its fourteenth year. The event has become…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A series of legal snafus that arose during the process of confirmation following the bond referenda in Waynesboro that were on the Nov. 6 ballot could soon be resolved without a new election or a court order. “I think the people made an error in putting in the fire station,…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Tim Spears saw two needy children one Christmas 27 years ago. From a humble effort to help those two enjoy a decent Christmas, an effort that has brought Yuletide cheer to more than 7,000 youngsters since was born. “I went to my band – we were playing on the road…
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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] BIG WINNERS: Augusta County considering dropping vehicle decals Even bigger winners would be Waynesboro if they decided to do this. You know, since I live there now. LOSER: Suspect in Greater Augusta-area swastika case apprehended Did you catch the details in the local media as to where…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I go into any discussion of the book industry presuming that sales are down, down, down, reader interest is even worse, the prospects for improvement are dead in the water. And then I talk to my friend the horror author Matthew Warner, and I start to get depressed. “I’m trying…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] You can be a mentor – yes, I’m talking to you. “A lot of people think they aren’t adequate, that they can’t be a mentor. Well, let me tell you something. When I was a kid, I had a mentor who was my teacher – and I never thought of…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Paige Holder’s claim to sports-fan fame had been the two fan of the game awards he had won at Scott Stadium. “I am the only one to have won this honor more than once,” said Holder, a Waynesboro native and 2006 graduate of the University of Virginia – and finalist…
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