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Op-Ed by Erik Curren Enough already, dear editors, with the porn shop stories – please. This non-issue may sell papers, but it distracts our citizens from the genuine challenges Staunton faces, for example: How can we create a 21st century economy with high-paying, challenging professional jobs? How can we grow our size while maintaining a…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham The 27th Senate District promised to be a wide-open affair even before moderate Republican Sen. Russ Potts announced his retirement plans. But now with Potts out of the picture, the battle between his successor as the Republican standard-bearer in the district that stretches from Winchester in the Shenandoah Valley…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham The Shenandoah Valley has a gang problem – this is what we have to assume, if only because this is what we are told is the case. We’re reminded often that we have seen gang-related murders here – three in the last five years. This in addition to other…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham The fact that President Bush thinks intelligent design should be taught in American public schools is more than enough for JoAnne Shirley. “I absolutely hope that this becomes an issue here locally and statewide. Students need to be given a choice, as the president said,” said Shirley, a former…
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