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Movement to rehire deposed president, CEO? Story by Chris Graham [email protected] E-mails sent to select members of the Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce last week suggest that there might be a movement afoot to try to overturn the decision of the Chamber’s Board of Directors to part ways with former president and CEO Ben…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s a cold, hard reality. Waynesboro, like most other communities in the Commonwealth and across the country, is facing pretty severe budget shortfalls, both in the near term and into next year. Policy moves at the local and state level aren’t making things any easier. We’ll start in City…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Leave it to people who call themselves conservatives to in one breath put school breakfast and lunch programs in the “not government’s responsibility” category and in the next bemoan the transfer responsibility from the public sector to the private the operation of a facility that happens to be in…
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Classes offer exercise, meditative benefits Story by Chris Graham www.waynesboroymca.com Yoga will relax you for the hour or two that you’re practicing it. And as you get into it more, yoga will change your life. “What I learn in the time that I spend on my mat is I take what I get there and…
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Hosted by Chris Graham [email protected] The AFP Show | Budgets and triggermen (20:21) [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/thenewdominion01/THE_AFP_SHOW_feb._18.mp3] The Feb. 18 installment of The AFP Show has editor Chris Graham conversing with: – State Del. Todd Gilbert, R-Woodstock, whose legislative initiative to extend exposure to the death penalty to people who order hits or engage others in…
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Sprint triathlon will challenge participants Story by Chris Graham www.waynesboroymca.com Call it the Waynesboro Ironman. The Tri for the Y, scheduled for Saturday, June 6, features a 400-meter swim, a challenging 15-mile bike ride, then finishes up with a 5K run along the South River. Sounds like fun, doesn’t it? “We didn’t exactly shy away…
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Senior credits health to Y family Story by Chris Graham www.waynesboroymca.com Lucille Graves had just retired from DuPont. She was borderline diabetic, and had been dealing with high blood pressure for several years. “I knew I didn’t want to sit around and watch TV the rest of my life,” said Graves, who joined the Waynesboro…
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SMAC coach burns both ends of the candle Story by Chris Graham www.waynesboroymca.com People can’t believe that Doug Wharam is at the YMCA by 5:15 every morning, but to Wharam, his daily routine is nothing extraordinary. “The kids are here, and they work hard, and I love what I do. That makes it easy,” said…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro through midnight tonight. The forecast is calling for snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches. The snow is expected to begin between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The heaviest snowfall is forecast between…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] “I could understand it if somebody donated the lunches. Maybe that happened, I don’t know. But it just seems to me to send the wrong message. I mean, they’re facing a $2 million shortfall, $3 million, whatever, and they’re having a catered lunch? Something doesn’t add up there.” The…
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