Waynesboro Police honor Officer of the Year

Chris Graham

The Waynesboro Police Department held its fourth-quarter awards presentation on Friday, Jan. 21. Chief Douglas L Davis presented four awards, including naming of the 2010 Officer of the Year. Sgt. Rebecca M. Moran was honored as the Officer of the Year. She is a 20-year veteran of the department who is assigned as the investigations…

Senior outreach

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The Department of Veterans Affairs office at the Salem Medical Center will hold an outreach event at the Waynesboro Senior Center, 325 Pine Ave., Waynesboro, on Thursday, Feb. 24, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. The purpose of this event is to share information about VA health services, resources, VA Health Care enrollment and eligibility,…

Tom Perriello: Permanent Medicare reimbursement fix

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Last week, Congress took an important step to make sure that our senior citizens can continue to see their doctors for care by protecting the reimbursement rates for doctors who participate in the Medicare system. The House passed bipartisan legislation that blocks the 25 percent cut in Medicare payments to doctors that could have gone…

Bennett: Still 'a ways to go'

Chris Graham

It’s supposed to be a rebuilding year in Charlottesville, and it looked as much at the start of the 11,500-mile road trip that took the Cavs out west. Virginia was blown out at Stanford and then embarrassed in the first round of the Maui Classic against Washington. Three wins in their next four, including back-to-back…

Chris Graham: Smaller government, with a catch

Chris Graham

I don’t personally have any issue with the notion that government needs to be run more efficiently and run more like a business. Anybody with experience managing a business or organization knows that there are inevitably inefficiencies that can be accounted for and corrected to make things run more smoothly. A problem I have is…