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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I wrote several weeks ago about the ongoing controversy in Gloucester County down in the Tidewater area that had some compare-and-contrast points with what we’re seeing here in Waynesboro – with a political majority change on the local governing body and behind-the-scenes maneuvering leading to the ouster of the top administrator…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A local Young Democrats group will be hosting a meet and greet for Sixth District Democratic Party congressional nominee Sam Rasoul on Tuesday, July 22, from 6-7:30 p.m. at 250 Central Cafe just outside of Waynesboro. The event is being sponsored by Young Democrats of Augusta County. Those who wish…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] “Voices in the blogosphere had been murmuring in the tatter of keyboards that the conservative bloc had endeavored to subvert open meetings law along with city regulations in reforming the Finance Committee a week ago with only Williams and Lucente as members,” The News Virginian…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Media General apparently isn’t making enough money at The Daily Progress in Charlottesville to justify spending the “several million dollars of repairs, refurbishing and rewiring” needed to continue long-term operations at its printing plant on West Rio Road. These can’t be good days at the Richmond-based Media General, the parent…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Is Frank Lucente hedging on his pledge to back the voters’ wishes regarding a West End fire station? An indication that he might be comes from WHSV-TV3 reporter Keith Jones in his report on last night’s discussion of pre-emptive devices that could be used to…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro City Council is adding a third member to its Finance Committee, while effectively making the committee’s work the work of the entire council.
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: Tim Kaine for VP? The Last Virginian Standing in the Democratic Party VP race is the one that I found most logical from the get-go. Barack Obama could use a Southern governor to balance his ticket. And remember, Kaine was on the Obama train early on, early enough, as…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Poll: Should stormwater improvements be a higher priority in Waynesboro? Waynesboro was looking at spending $1.2 million this year to get its long-awaited and long-debated stormwater-improvement project up and running, but that was before the new vice mayor, Frank Lucente, switched positions on the source of funding for…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] A question has arisen regarding the makeup of the Finance Committee appointed by Mayor Tim Williams last week at city council’s reorganization meeting. The question – doesn’t the committee appointed by Williams, consisting of Williams and Vice Mayor Frank Lucente, need to have one more…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Augusta County Bar Association honored two local attorneys for their pro-bono work at the association’s annual meeting last month. The attorneys honored were Jeffrey A. Ward, a member of the the Waynesboro-based law firm Franklin, Denney, Ward & Lawson, and K. Wayne Glass, a member of the Staunton-based law…
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