Monday, March 9, 2009
Share
– Local News: Waynesboro City Council meeting agenda, Monday, 10:10 a.m. – Local News: SCORE seminar this week, Monday, 10:10 a.m. – Local News: VDOT road work schedule, Monday, 10:10 a.m.
Search Results for Weyers Cave
Share
Monday, March 2, 2009
Share
– Local News: Road conditions improve dramatically, Monday, 6 p.m. – State News: Governor declares state of emergency, Monday, 6 p.m. – Local News: Staunton Police on lookout for purse-snatchers (with photo), Monday, 11:30 a.m. – Local News: Road conditions update, Monday, 11:30 a.m. – Local Business: Chamber of Commerce to host free small-biz seminar,…
Landes to face opposition in the 25th
Share
A Democrat will be challenging for the 25th House District seat for the first time since the mid-1990s. McGaheysville optometrist and military veteran Greg Marrow announced this week that he will challenge for the Democratic Party nomination in the 25th. The party has set a primary for June 9 to determine its nominee.
Saxman offers proposal to keep CCCA open
Share
State Del. Chris Saxman has a plan for keeping the Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents open. “The Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents serves a critical role for children and families in the Commonwealth, and that is why we are doing everything we can to see that this resource remains open” said Saxman, who…
Local Politics: A view of the ’08 election from BRCC
Share
Story by Riley Murray blueridgedata.blogspot.com In the swing state of Virginia, the deadline of Oct. 6 for voter registration is fast approaching. Across Virginia, voter registration efforts are breaking records. With the race for the White House entering its last full month, the focus is on the Shenandoah Valley region. This rural region, in the…
Local Theater: Unraveling the Drood mystery
Share
Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Many Charles Dickens fans just assume that it was supposed to be John Jasper who would turn out to be the murderer at the end of The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Everything seems to point back to Jasper, most notably his affections for Rosa Bud, Drood’s fiancee, though a small…
Latin music at BRCC
Share
Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Latin sounds of Los Gatos will fill the air in the Blue Ridge Community College Fine Arts Center in Weyers Cave on Saturday. The 7:30 p.m. concert is supported by funding from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. Adult admission is $5….
Kaine addresses lawmakers on budget shortfall
Share
Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Everything is on the table, Gov. Tim Kaine told state legislators today as the two sides began to address a projected billion-dollar shortfall in the current biennial state budget. “The need to engage in a third major round of budget reductions will mean, by necessity, that all programs — including…
Open house at BRCC
Share
Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The manufacturing-technology program at Blue Ridge Community College is hosting an open house on Thursday beginning at 8 a.m. to share more with prospective students and the Shenandoah Valley community about its offerings. Representatives from the college and from local business and industry will be on hand for the event,…
Feeling blue?
Share
The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The Shenandoah Valley is among the reddest parts of red-state America. Tim Russert, God rest his soul, needed a brighter shade for us to get across just how red we are. George W. Bush got 74.4 percent of the vote in Augusta County and Rockingham County in 2004,…
