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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…
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Featured: Del. Bob Marshall, Sen. Robert Hurt, Sen. Walter Stosch Bob Marshall: Virginia, the president and Congress www.delegatebob.com Congress is attempting to make Virginia and other states mere administrative agents for dubious public policies that the Congress either lack the money to enforce or the authority to enact. Congress has seen states pay for the…
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Former UVa. standout, NFL veteran talks politics, civic engagement at WHS Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Without football pads, wearing dress slacks and a light blue Oxford, no tie, Brad Butler could have passed for the high-school government teacher that he basically was for an hour at Waynesboro High School Thursday afternoon. Which isn’t to…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Everything you wanted to know about the State of the Union, but were afraid to ask. We have the full texts and videos of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s Republican response. We also have reactions from Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner, congressmen…
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Citizens group hears from City Council candidate Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Ward D Waynesboro City Council candidate Mike Harris introduced himself to a friendly audience Tuesday night, speaking at a meeting of the Waynesboro Citizens for Responsible Spending at the Waynesboro Public Library. Harris, 62, is a Virginia State Police and military veteran who…
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