Carly at the Movies: Heroes never wear Band-aids

Carl Larsen

Column by Carl Larsen Submit a review: [email protected]    Why would Martin Scorsese, probably the world’s most-respected film director, give away the mystery to his latest movie in the very first scene? If you pick up that clue to “Shutter Island,” currently playing at the Regal Staunton Mall Cinema, you’ll just sit there for the…

Chris DeWald: Neurofeedback

Chris Graham

Column by Chris DeWald Submit guest columns: [email protected]    Neurofeedback is a technique in which the brain is trained to help improve its ability to regulate all bodily functions and to take care of itself. When the brain is not functioning well, evidence of this often shows up in the EEG (electroencephalogram). By challenging the…

AFP editor on TV3, WINA to talk about Chamber controversy

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Staff Report AFPBusiness.com     AugustaFreePress.com editor Chris Graham appeared on WINA’s “Charlottesville-Right Now!” with Coy Barefoot on Tuesday to talk about the controversy over the firing of Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Ben Carter. You can listen to the interview here courtesy the Charlottesville Podcasting Network. Graham was interviewed on Wednesday…

Babysteps toward moving forward?

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Column by Chris Graham [email protected]    It’s another report bound to collect dust on a forgotten bookshelf. That’s the cynic’s view of the latest and greatest Downtown Vision Report aiming at guiding whatever it is that Waynesboro is going to do to breathe life into its downtown. The people leading this particular Save Downtown effort…

Some weight to sustainability

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Author overcomes skepticism, builds net-zero residential development    Story by Chris Graham [email protected]    Stu Rose has an interesting authenticity to his musings on sustainability. The author of a recent book on sustainable living admits to being “a little jaundiced” when it comes to the buzz words that people throw around. “I’m a little jaundiced…

The AFP Show: Health-care reform, Congress, emotional balance

Chris Graham

The AFP Show [email protected]    Items for The AFP Show for Thursday, Feb. 25, include: – Remarks from New York Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner on the ongoing health-care reform debate in Congress. – An interview with Isaac Wood from the University of Virginia Center for Politics to discuss a recent report from UVa. political-science professor…

The Health Desk: Thursday, Feb. 25

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– Local News: RMH experts to speak at Free Heart Symposium – Local News: Free H1N1 shots available at RMH – Study: Socioeconomic status can affect life expectancy    Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]    Local News: RMH experts to speak at Free Heart Symposium RMH will hold its third annual “Matters of the Heart”…

AFPBusiness.com: A one-stop shop for local business

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham AFPBusiness.com     Augusta Free Press Publishing introduces AFPBusiness.com, a web portal featuring the latest local, state and national business and industry news and detailed information on AFP Publishing services. “We want AFPBusiness.com to be a one-stop shop for business people in Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro,” Augusta Free Press Publishing co-owner…

Chris Graham: How about some media backlash?

Chris Graham

The media didn’t do its job in glossing over Marshall remarks   Column by Chris Graham [email protected]     The weight of the media is coming down on State Del. Bob Marshall, and rightly so. “The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion with handicaps has increased dramatically. Why? Because when you…

Chris Graham: Breaking down the Chamber controversy

Chris Graham

Column by Chris Graham AFPBusiness.com     I know a lot of the behind-the-scenes details behind what we all see happening with the bad public breakup between the Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce and its former president and CEO, Ben Carter. And from my vantagepoint, the public nature to the breakup that appears to be…