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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A survey conducted by Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. shows strong support among downtown business owners for the continuation of the annual Main Street Muscle car show, with one notable exception. Tim Spears Music City owner Tim Spears has suggested that he will consider taking legal action regarding the conduct of…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Gregg Clemmer had an idea for a book on a forgotten Civil War general with a classic nom de guerre. Clemmer knew he had something special going when other historians told him not to waste him time trying to track down Old Alleghany. “I’m somewhat stubborn like an old bulldog….
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] I wrote a year ago or so about the Stupid Downtown Waynesboro Stoplight. You know the one. Sits there at the intersection of Main and Wayne. Takes forever and a daggone day to cycle folks through. Everybody I know who has to drive through downtown to get…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Thurston Wheelis and Arles Struvie want to welcome you to Tuna, Texas, the third smallest town in the Lone Star State. What the fictional Tuna lacks in size, it needs to be said, it more than makes up for in its characters. You learn that from Thurston and Arles, disc…
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Column by Steve Landes We have now passed the midway point of the 2008 General Assembly session, commonly referred to as “crossover.” The House passed 616 of the 1,576 bills filed by delegates and the Senate approved 433 of the 795 bills filed by senators. Now, the House will spend the bulk of its time…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Award-winning writer Elizabeth Massie will present the first in a series of writers workshops being sponsored by the Waynesboro Cultural Commission this coming weekend. The workshop will be held at Stone Soup Books in Downtown Waynesboro from 10-11:30 a.m. Massie, a Waynesboro-based historical-fiction and horror author, will lead a discussion…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A 4,200-seat stadium, a $20 million estimated construction cost. A projected $27 million annual economic impact. And you wonder why they want to build a minor-league baseball stadium? They, in this case, being Charles County, Maryland, which on May 2 will open Regency Stadium as the home to the Southern…
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Story by Faryal Zubair There’s nothing to do in this town. I wish we had some form of entertainment. Do these phrases sound familiar? Teen-agers and even adults who are residents of Waynesboro commonly use these sentences. Maybe it’s because they aren’t aware of some of the great events that take place in our small…
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Story by Erin Gutzwiller Waynesboro, Staunton and Augusta County are among the 127 communities that are participating in the Big Read in the month of March. The idea of the Big Read is to commit children, adults and teen-agers to read for pleasure and gain interest in American culture and its literature. According to the…
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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] Sorry, Senator … You’re going to have a hard time in November here in Virginia. No doubt about it. And you know why. What … do I have to spell it out? OK, here goes. I live in the reddest part of Virginia, maybe of the entire…
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