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The Top Story by Chris Graham Tim Kaine doesn’t hide the fact that he is a Roman Catholic. “I am a Catholic, and I’m very serious about my faith,” said Kaine, Virginia’s lieutenant governor and the presumptive Democratic Party nominee to run for governor in the Commonwealth in the fall. “I took a year off…
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I watch a lot of things on TV that my husband does not approve of. I think it must be something in the female genes that we are drawn to programs very different than our male counterparts.
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Story by Chris Graham The people have spoken – 20 percent of them, anyway. The one-in-fives who did the speaking for Staunton and Waynesboro in this week’s city-council elections in the twin cities stated loudly and clearly that they are very much in favor of the status quo.
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Story by Chris Graham Election Day started early for Chuck Ricketts. “I was out at five this morning putting up campaign signs,” the Waynesboro mayor said as the day wound down toward the 7 p.m. close of the polls at Westminster Presbyterian Church, the city’s Ward D voting precinct. And then it was to the…
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Story by Chris Graham The votes are in, and the winners are … Drum roll, please. OK, so there were no real surprises in Tuesday’s general elections in Staunton and Waynesboro – with all six incumbents running for re-election to the respective city councils winning handily.
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Story by Chris Graham Tom Reynolds won election to represent Ward B on Waynesboro City Council in 2000 after receiving more than 80 percent of the votes cast in his two-way race with Blue Ridge Area Food Bank chief-executive officer Marty White. On Tuesday, Reynolds, a member of the faculty at Fishburne Military School, is…
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Column by Emmett Hanger Wait a minute! We are talking about reforming Virginia’s antiquated tax system, and I mean really, actually debating the pros and cons of revising Virginia’s tax structure. For years, the need has been there, but it was more convenient to sweep things under the carpet rather than talk about it. Now it’s…
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Story by Chris Graham Doug Davis is getting to know the folks at the Waynesboro Police Department. Davis, who will take over as chief of police in Waynesboro on Nov. 3, was in town this week to meet with officers and senior leaders at the PD. He also took care of one other important bit…
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