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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] AFPTheMagazine.com offers up information on the candidates for public office in contested races in Staunton and Waynesboro to be decided on May 4. Free public service of AFPTheMagazine.com.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The Wildlife Center of Virginia announced on Tuesday that Buddy, the bald eagle from Norfolk admitted to the Waynesboro-based Center as a patient in May 2008, will become a permanent resident at the Center.
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Review by Chris Graham [email protected] I was finally able to watch the MSNBC documentary on Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh – “The McVeigh Tapes: Confessions of an American Terrorist,” which debuted on April 19, the 15th anniversary of the domestic terrorist bombing.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] You don’t have to tell UVa. baseball coach Brian O’Connor that Virginia Tech is ranked 20th in the Baseball America national poll this week to get him to think about how good the Hokies are on the diamond. That lesson came last spring when Tech took two of three…
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Column by Ken Plum www.kenplum.com Last Friday, April 9, was the 145th anniversary of Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Appamattox Court House in Virginia. Although hostilities ended that day, the war of words over the causes and outcomes of the Civil War continues to rage.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Senior Matt Browning (Mystic, Conn./Fitch) dropped a single down the right-field line to drive in the winning run as James Madison earned a walk-off win in the 11th inning, 7-6, over William and Mary to earn the Colonial Athletic Association series sweep on Sunday afternoon at Eagle Field at…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Gov. Bob McDonnell has declared April to be Confederate History Month, but if you’ve read a newspaper or turned on the TV news anytime in the past few days, you knew that already. You also know that plenty of people are plenty mad that he did this, that plenty…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Many folks are familiar with the Orwellian Fox News mantras that the cable-news giant uses for branding: “Fair and Balanced News” and “We Report, You Decide.” We’ve been using the former as a sort of guide to our approach to local news here at AugustaFreePress.com for the past couple…
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Column by Brag Bowling Submit guest columns: [email protected] The Virginia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans congratulates and thanks Gov. McDonnell for showing both the insight and the courage to proclaim April as Confederate History Month in Virginia.
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Column by Tom Perriello www.house.gov/perriello One of my greatest privileges in Congress is serving on the House Veterans Affairs Committee and its Health Subcommittee, where I am committed to ensuring quality health coverage for those who have served our country. With rumors and misunderstandings continuing to spread about health insurance reform, I want to…
