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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s not a Democratic solution that’s going to save us, or a Republican solution. Lindsay Curren learned that on the campaign trail last fall when people who wouldn’t even shake her hand when she told them she was campaigning for her husband, Erik, the Democratic nominee in the 20th…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] One of the stars of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth group that sought to malign 2004 Democratic Party presidential candidate John Kerry’s military service will serve as the commissioner for the Virginia Department of Veterans Services. Paul Galanti was appointed to the post by Gov. Bob McDonnell. The…
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Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected] PERKASIE, PA – It was one of those much anticipated magical moments that don’t happen often enough, so when it does, you try to savor every minute. Saturday, March 6, 10 Bishop first cousins assembled at Tom Bishop’s comfortable suburban Perkasie, home for the premier event…
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Special Report by Chris Graham [email protected] You hear the word homeless, and immediately what comes to mind is a person who has lost a job, a family without a home, kids suddenly tossed out into the night. That situation is the exception, not the rule, according to local homeless advocates, who by and large…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Before the game, Brian O’Connor caught up with Bob Wease, who had recruited him to pitch for the Valley League’s Harrisonburg Turks back in 1990. The game itself worked out well for O’Connor’s top-ranked Virginia baseball team, which broke up a close game with a pair of unearned runs…
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Hosted by Chris Graham [email protected] We’re trying something new tonight – a live blog using Twitter and Facebook. I will be live at Veterans Memorial Park on the campus of JMU for tonight’s baseball game between the Dukes and #1 UVa. The first pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. Follow us live on Twitter…
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The guy could prepare kids for the NFL, even if he had a hard time winning games Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Ambivalent about college athletics as I am, I’ve wondered over the years about whether or not we might not want to expect college coaches to think, you know, about things other than wins…
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Featured: Mary Margaret Whipple, Rob Bell Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple: Crossover www.vasenatedems.com Tomorrow is “crossover day” down here in Richmond, meaning each chamber must act on all pending legislation if they want it considered by the other. Consequently, your Senate Democratic Caucus is working hard to pass our priority legislation and send it to our…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The conventional wisdom in the Fifth District Republican congressional race has been that Southside State Sen. Robert Hurt is the early frontrunner. A poll released Friday morning confrims the conventional wisdom. Hurt leads the seven-candidate field with 22 percent of projected primary voters surveyed by Public Policy Polling this…
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Spears recounts 32 years at the Waynesboro YMCA Story by Chris Graham www.waynesboroymca.com You just assume that John Spears was always the John Spears that we all know and love – the basketball coach who knows how to get the most out of his players, the high-school and college referee who can bring a hostile…
