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Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008, 2:28 p.m. Waynesboro voter registrar Mary Alice Downs hits Send on an e-mail to Nelson County voter registrar Lisa Wooten. “I thought I would just touch base with you and see if you still have an interest in a move to Waynesboro? My Board is trying to plan for the upcoming…
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From: Downs, Mary Alice Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 2:28 PM To: Lisa Wooten Subject: the year Hello….. well how goes the Election of 08 year? I thought I would just touch base with you and see if you still have an interest in a move to Waynesboro? My Board is trying to plan for…
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Politicians and the business press are looking for signs that the economic crisis is over and we’ll soon be back on track. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks of “green shoots” of recovery. President Obama sees “glimmers of hope.” All the massive infusions of borrowed stimulus and bailout money are aimed at the dream of…
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– Local News: Da Bears wreaking havoc in Da ‘Boro – Politics: Shannon gets public-safety endorsement – State News: AG announces price-gouging settlement – Local News: Clean Streams Initiative among conservation grant recipients
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– Capitol Hill: Warner concludes visit to Middle East – Politics: Byrne endorses Deeds – Local News: Murder-suicide in Staunton – Capitol Hill: Biden calls for report on green economic opportunities – Capitol Hill: Senators announce education funding – Capitol Hill: Perriello pushes expanded health-care access for rural veterans – Event: Stuart Hall presents a…
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– Reminder: Green Valley/Green Economy forum tonight – Local News: Chester to provide update on assessments lawsuit – Local News: Harrisonburg company wins top award for TV commercial – Local News: Opportunity to provide input on state transportation spending – Business News: DuPont Community Credit Union announces election results – Business News: Downtown-housing workshop in…
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Much has been written about Jack Kemp since his passing a couple of weeks ago. Kemp was a former football star turned congressman who served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under the first President Bush and was the 1996 Republican vice-presidential nominee. He was a pragmatist who became well known for reaching across…
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Foreclosures in April hit another high – one in every 374 U.S. households received a foreclosure filing last month. So far, foreclosures are up 32 percent from this time last year. The number of foreclosed homes in Virginia’s Fifth District has grown more than tenfold since November of 2007.
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Story by Chris Graham Pete VandenBout admits to being a “little nervous” when he showed up to play baseball in Waynesboro a couple of years ago, not so much because of the baseball, but because he didn’t know the first thing about the family that was going to put him up for the summer. “Right…
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Elizabeth Barnes is “wiped out.” “We priced it right, too,” said Barnes, talking about her 325 Lee Drive, Waynesboro, home, that she put on the market in July 2008 at a list price of $275,000, $40,000 below what she was going to list it at a year earlier when she had flirted with the idea…
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