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Column by Chris Graham If I’m doing my job right, like an umpire in a baseball game, you don’t notice me. So the fact that I’ve apparently ignited a mini-firestorm in Augusta County Democratic Party circles over my reporting on the Beverley Manor supervisors race on Friday isn’t exactly a good reflection on me.
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Best Seat in the House column by Chris Graham A congressional subcomittee made headlines last week by announcing its plans to investigate the use and abuse of steroids in professional wrestling. But is it possible that subcommittee members – including Virginia Democrat Rick Boucher – will miss seeing the forest for all the trees? Virginia-based…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen In 2003, Billy Bob Thornton discovered his true cinematic person, and settled into it, comfy as a geezer in a Lay-Zee-Bum. The film was “Bad Santa,” a perfect little classic of black humor. The role of just a mean old guy who says whatever he thinks seemed…
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Story by Chris Graham Bob Johnson will never forget what he saw when he returned to his native New York for the first time following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. “It was overwhelming,” said Johnson, who made the trek to NYC after answering a call from the International Conference of Police Chaplains, of which…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen “The Nanny Diaries,” currently playing at the Dixie in Downtown Staunton, is the cutest “anthropological comedy” to come alone since … um … well, maybe ever.
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Story by Chris Graham A fall referendum on several capital-improvements projects is close to being on the ballot in Waynesboro. As much rancor as there has been in the River City regarding government spending in recent months, city-council member Lorie Smith thinks the autumnal discussions could be quite beneficial.
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Column by Chris Graham Coaches in American football aren’t so much coaches as they are field generals – who devise twin attacks, one by ground, another by air, with the basic intent of penetrating an opponent’s defenses and otherwise neutralizing their offensive capabilities to the point of being able to achieve ultimate victory. And as…
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Bishop’s Mantle column by Jim Bishop The pastoral scene replays gently in my mind’s eye. The Bishop family car makes a slow turn around the bend of George’s Run Road to unveil the panoramic view that this youngster waited impatiently for five long hours to see. The Dayton homestead, nestled in the heart of Fairview…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham I’m 35 now, and you know what that means. Yee-ha, I can run for president. And so you’re hearing it here first … I, Chris Graham, hereby declare my candidacy for the presidency of the United States.
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Story by Chris Graham Tom Reynolds didn’t want to see the list of capital projects that Waynesboro City Council had been working on for several months pared down – but he knew what he had to do.
AFP will break down local, Virginia and national races in the battle for the control of Congress Tuesday night.