
Merry Christmas, Mr. Mayor
City employees working up to 5 p.m. this busy Christmas Eve might be interested to know that I ran into our hardworking mayor this morning, and that he was hard at it.

City employees working up to 5 p.m. this busy Christmas Eve might be interested to know that I ran into our hardworking mayor this morning, and that he was hard at it.

President-elect Barack Obama recently announced an economic-recovery plan that includes a massive effort to make public buildings more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly.

Waynesboro City Council famously didn’t see fit to give city employees a half-day for Christmas Eve, evoking images of Scrooge and the Grinch Who Stole Christmas. So what do we make of Staunton City Council now that it has voted to give not a half-day to city employees, but a full-day?

We all knew that we were on the verge of an economic downturn. I was selling one approach to dealing with what was to come – redoubling efforts in the economic-development sphere with an eye toward working to attract new industry in recognition of the apparent fact that the plant on the South River overlooking…

“I don’t want to be the Grinch That Stole Christmas,” City Councilman Bruce Allen said Monday night, as he proceeded to Grinchily steal Christmas Eve from city employees. On the table was a proposal from Councilwoman Nancy Dowdy to give city employees a half-day off on Christmas Eve, which this year falls midweek on a…

JMU rallied to knock off Villanova 31-27 in a I-AA playoff game Saturday in Harrisonburg. AFP editor Chris Graham reporting with footage from the sidelines, including an exclusive closeup look at a controversial first-quarter JMU touchdown that had everybody’s attention after the game. Length: 2:45.

You had the feeling that it was just too much time to give Rodney Landers and top-ranked James Madison. Landers capped an 11-play, 54-yard fourth-quarter drive with a 1-yard run with 1:38 to go, and Brandon Randolph sealed the deal with a last-minute interception to give JMU a 31-27 win over Villanova in the quarterfinal round…

Waynesboro Mayor Tim Williams has proposed a pay increase for members of Waynesboro City Council. What do you think? Should city-council members be paid more? Should they be paid at all? Sound off.

Bridgewater College’s Dean of Students William D. Miracle was recognized as the “Outstanding Professional” in the state by the Virginia Association of Student Personnel Administrators at the annual Virginia Student Services Conference (VSSC) held Nov. 20-21.

Five sentences, and so much contained therein. It’s not Christmas yet, but Reo Hatfield is doing his part to play Santa. “They will NOT vote for an increase,” the former Waynesboro vice mayor declared in a letter to the editor published in the News Virginian today, referring to political allies Frank Lucente and Bruce Allen,…