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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham “What’s the matter? You need to change your diaper, Mr. Crybaby?” No, I wasn’t hanging out with the heckler at a nursery-school recital – but thanks for asking. Would you believe that I was at a Valley League baseball game in Waynesboro – with the most boorish group…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham Isn’t it weird how much we worry about the fact that we’re fat? And don’t think that we don’t all spend way too much time on this. “Hannah says I’m fat,” my 7-year-old niece Rachel said, referring to criticisms from her sister, who is exactly one pound lighter,…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Brenda Gordon didn’t want to admit to herself that she believed in ghosts. Being confronted with evidence of their existence will tend to make a believer out of anybody, of course. “I moved into the house that my dad lived in, and he’s been dead since 1997, and the…
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Story by Chris Graham Olivia is getting ready for medical school – well, to be more accurate about it, her parents are getting ready for the idea of sending her to medical school. And then she shocks them and shocks her world by announcing what she plans to do before she enrolls – namely, that…
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Story by Chris Graham Residents of Waynesboro’s West End have been asking the question for 20 years now. Where is that fire station that you promised us? The answer is not what they have been wanting to hear. “We’re going to eventually need a West End fire station. The biggest problem is budgetary,” Ward C…
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Story by Chris Graham A complaint has been filed with the Waynesboro registrar’s office regarding the placement of fliers on vehicles parked outside a Waynesboro business Thursday night that apparently offered cash and prizes for votes. City registrar Mary Alice Downs told The Augusta Free Press this morning that the fliers – sponsored by the…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham I’m not much of a fan, as far as being a fan goes. So the fact that they’re filming scenes for the summer 2007 movie “Evan Almighty” in downtown Waynesboro doesn’t get my juices flowing as much as the next guy.
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham This has to be the trashiest county on earth. You can’t drive down the road anymore without seeing bags and bags of trash sitting along the roadside.
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Staunton residents are worried about the apparent lack of affordable housing in the Queen City. Don’t think that the candidates for the three open seats on Staunton City Council haven’t noticed that. “The citizens of Staunton know what is best, and I trust their judgment. If the citizens…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham It has been seven months since Waynesboro City Council decided against acting on a proposal from the Wayne Theatre Alliance to have the city participate in a public-private project to renovate the 1926 downtown landmark. You’d think from listening to the rhetoric in this spring’s city-council elections that…
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