ACLU to represent magazine photographer arrested at Occupy Richmond rally

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The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia will provide legal assistance to a photographer who was arrested for trespassing while taking pictures of the police during the recent sweep of Occupy demonstrators encamped at Kanawha Plaza in Downtown Richmond. Ian Graham, a photographer for RVA Magazine in Richmond, was attempting to document the removal of…

Dr. Jeffrey Patterson: Lessons from the Gulf for nuclear reactors

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Column by Dr. Jeffrey Patterson Submit guest columns: [email protected] One crucial lesson from the BP oil spill is that measures to speed licensing, cut corners on safety and undermine regulation can lead to tragic consequences. Yet Congress appears on the verge of repeating mistakes that led to the environmental catastrophe in the Gulf. Federal lawmakers…

David Reynolds: Paradise lost

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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected]   Does anyone out there in paradise care about anybody besides themselves? If not, then we have lost a community. We have lost paradise. Over 700 area residents attended the SRO public hearing held last week at the Rockbridge County High School to hear comments on the…

News Update: Monday, Feb. 8

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– Waynesboro City Council meeting agenda – Staunton City Council meeting agenda – Supreme Court to hear UVa. Law School case Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro City Council meeting agenda: Waynesboro City Council will hold a business meeting Monday at 7 p.m. at the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building, 503 W. Main St., Waynesboro….

Augusta County Board agenda for Wednesday night

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  Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The Augusta County Board of Supervisors is holding a business meeting on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Augusta County Goverment Center in Verona. The agenda for the meeting includes: 7 p.m. PUBLIC HEARINGS: 1-33 OVERLOOK LAND COMPANY, LC – REZONING Consider a request…