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The term “life-changing” kept recurring as Eastern Mennonite University students reflected on semester-long cross-cultural programs they took to India or Central America in university chapel services held last week.
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Our occasionally libertarian friends at the News Virginian think its hyperimportant that you get a $6-a-month tax break that they’re willing to risk our children’s education and the future of our economic base to browbeat Waynesboro City Council into giving it to you.
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I recently had the honor of traveling with the Surgeons General of the U.S. Army and Navy and a bipartisan group of members of Congress from the Veterans’ Affairs Committee on a mission to Afghanistan. We had the unique opportunity to see firsthand the heroism and professionalism of our medical personnel saving lives overseas, from…
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Riverfest brought environmental education for children of all ages to Downtown Waynesboro on Saturday, April 25. AFP editor Chris Graham was on hand to get a few snapshots from the programs and seminars on the agenda for the day.
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I remember the first few years of Riverfest, back on the schedule for Saturday, which got its start in Downtown Waynesboro on the South River in the late 1990s as what came across to me as the biggest tree-hugger event of all time in this part of Virginia.
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My mother made sure books were around for her to read to me, and when she discovered just before I turned 3 that I could read on my own, I could read them to her. Education starts young, indeed, and that’s the idea behind the United Way of Greater Augusta collaboration with Dolly Parton’s Imagination…
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Songwriters from both coasts and many points in-between will converge on the Shenandoah Valley May 1 to participate in a creative brainstorming and networking weekend hosted by local singer-songwriter Nathan Moore. The event will feature collaborative sessions between visiting and local musicians in a primitive camp setting on the Middle River. Several attendees will perform…
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Last Thursday marked my 100th day as your U.S. Congressman, and I’d like to report back on some of the successes of this first 100 days and what more remains to be done. While the extraordinary times we face have demanded some extraordinary measures, like the recovery bill, I believe we have laid a strong…
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– AFP on Twitter: Chris Graham on the NFL Draft – AFP on Facebook: Poll/Discussion Question – Is progressive different than liberal? – Programming Note: Listen to AFP editor Chris Graham on WKDW Tuesday morning, posted Tuesday, 7 a.m. – Event: Governor’s School to put on variety show to benefit Food Bank, posted Tuesday, 7 a.m….
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The brouhaha that fired up over the weekend concerning reaction in the local blogosphere to my endorsement of Terry McAuliffe for governor might pay some dividends for local Democrats long term. In fact I know it will, based on reactions to a comment that I posted in a thread on the AFP yesterday in response…
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