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On the 18th day of April, about six weeks after the procedural resolution called for the passage of a budget, Virginia’s General Assembly, together for a Veto Session, finally passed a budget. There is much in the budget to like, some items not to like, and signs for the future that are very worrisome.
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Change is necessary for the survival of organizations. Change rejuvenates as it provides the juices for new directions and new challenges. Organizations that adapt to change survive; those that do not have a limited life. So it is with the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation as we enter our thirteenth year. When our National Historic District…
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Derek Fisher (Fr., Rexmont, Pa.) cranked a long two-run home run with one out in the ninth inning to break a 5-5 tie and lift the No. 25 Virginia baseball team to a 7-5 win at VCU Wednesday night at The Diamond in Richmond, Va. UVa trailed 5-4 heading into the ninth but tied the…
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Postal reform legislation adopted by the U.S. Senate today on a vote of 62-37 included an amendment written by Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) that aims to accelerate and improve a federal benefits processing system that still relies on the hand-processing of paper records. Virginia is home to an estimated 130,000 federal workers, and many…
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The Waynesboro Cultural Commission announced the finalists of the 2012 Waynesboro Short Film Festival occurring on Saturday, May 5. The festival is open to all free of charge. At 1 p.m. the short films will be screened at The Gateway located at 329 W. Main Street in Downtown Waynesboro. The festival features the finalist films…
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WTA brings Rootstone Jug Band for an evening of American roots music to the Gateway on April 27. Five guys will gather around a single microphone and summon up the rich strains of traditional jug band. It will be “Primitive Roots Music” at its unique best. The performance is at 8 pm at WTA’s Gateway…
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The Shenandoah Valley Art Center, during the month of May, is exhibiting the works of artist, Chee Ricketts, a Hampton Roads resident who moved to the foothills of the Blue Ridge near Charlottesville in 2006. Her style is constantly evolving as she moves from tighter, more controlled representational work to paintings that reflect her feelings…
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Tuesday was a nervewracking day for cadets at Fishburne Military School, who were under the watchful eyes of cadets from Virginia Military School for Regional Formal Inspection. The reason for the nerves: RFI is, for all intents and purposes, “the beginning of the culmination of their school year,” said Susan Johnson, assistant superintendent at FMS….
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Nate Irving (Fr., Yonkers, N.Y.) hit a walk-off single in the 11th inning to score Mitchell Shifflett (So., Midlothian, Va.) and lift the No. 25 Virginia baseball to a 3-2 victory over Radford Tuesday evening at Davenport Field. Irving’s hit capped a career-high four hit night for the freshman catcher. The walk-off hit made a…
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A new TV ad from the Opportunity Virginia PAC touts Republican efforts to boost the Virginia economy. The ad follows last week’s announcement that the March 2012 unemployment rate in Virginia fell to 5.6 percent, down substantially from the Commonwealth’s peak unemployment rate of 7.2 percent in January 2010. With the national unemployment rate hovering…
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