Earth Talk: Smart growth
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Earth Talk Submit questions: [email protected] Dear EarthTalk: What is “smart growth” and how does it benefit the environment? And what are the downsides, if any? – Frank Quinn, Missoula, Mont.
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Linda Tarr-Whelan: Balanced leadership makes us stronger
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Column by Linda Tarr-Whelan Submit guest columns: [email protected] I began my career as nurse in 1960, only to be fired on my first day because I didn’t stand up for a doctor. It didn’t matter that I was inserting an IV line for a patient. In those days, showing deference to men – and…
Author reveals unknown chapter of Civil War history
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Of the 620,000 soldiers who perished during the American Civil War, the overwhelming majority died not from gunshot wounds or saber cuts, but from disease. And of the various maladies that plagued both armies, few were more pervasive than malaria—a mosquito-borne illness which afflicted over 1.1 million soldiers serving…
Fund fosters growth of small business in Staunton
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Brian Wiedemann and Katie McCaskey weren’t looking for a handout, but a hand up. “We’re into our next growth phase,” said Wiedemann, who with McCaskey opened the George Bowers Grocery on West Beverley Street in the heart of Newtown in Staunton in November 2008, and after a harsh winter…
Augusta County Library celebrates National Library Week
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] National Library Week is in full swing at Augusta County Library. The theme of this year’s national recognition of libraries is, “Communities Thrive @ your Library.” This theme is in line with the mission of Augusta County Library: “to create an environment for people to learn, explore, enjoy, create…
Christina Ramirez: Enforcement should not drive reform
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Column by Christian Ramirez Submit guest columns: [email protected] Reforming our obsolete immigration system is a human rights issue that can no longer wait. Our nation needs a clear and workable path toward legal residency for the millions of undocumented workers and families living in this country.
Ken Plum: Right over the cliff
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Column by Ken Plum www.kenplum.com Few incidents have resulted in as many comments and communications of concern to me as has Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s lawsuit against President Barack Obama’s health-care reform legislation.
Was the PGI deal a good one?
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Special Report by Chris Graham [email protected] How much did the economic-incentive package put together by the City of Waynesboro have to do with the ultimate decision of Polymer Group Inc. to expand its operations here and not in Mooresville, N.C.? The first question that I posed to PGI spokesman Cliff Bridges was the generic,…
Quiet on the Staunton election front
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] When nine people – yes, nine! – submitted their names for consideration for the six-month appointment to the Staunton City Council seat left open by the election of longtime Council member Dickie Bell to the Virginia House of Delegates, Mayor Lacy King had one word in mind: dogfight. “I…
Degner to announce in 26th
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Harrisonburg Mayor Kai Degner is throwing his hat into the ring for the soon-to-be-open 26th District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates. “At a time when the General Assembly’s decisions are so severely impacting local government budgets, be it in education, transportation, law enforcement, environmental security, social services…
