
Chris Marston: What is going on?
Over 200 people are said to have bought tickets to the showing of the new Batman movie in Aurora, Colo. last night. Almost half of them were shot 30 minutes or so into the film

Over 200 people are said to have bought tickets to the showing of the new Batman movie in Aurora, Colo. last night. Almost half of them were shot 30 minutes or so into the film

David Krieger, DO, MPH, MBA, a specialist in occupational medicine, has joined Augusta Health as the medical director of the new Occupational Health program. The Fishersville hospital also announced the addition of Michael Layne, M.D., an internal medicine physician, as a hospitalist

Bill Bolling’s strength as a potential gubernatorial candidate lies in his crossover appeal. Telling a newspaper that supporters of President Barack Obama should “check themselves into a mental hospital” probably isn’t the best approach to maintaining that reputation

George Allen met with small business owners and community leaders at a discussion hosted by the Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber of Commerce

U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine visited Fibertek Inc. Tuesday in Herndon, and then on Wednesday made a stop in Mount Vernon to visit several local businesses there.

Politicians speaking at outdoor events on a pretty day invariably and jokingly take credit for the weather. But no one has stepped up to take credit for the weather lately. Records are being broken; new highs are being set

In Stanley Kubrick’s famous movie “A Clockwork Orange” (adapted from Anthony Burgess’ book with the same title) the story revolves around a violent criminal named Alex who, in order to be released from prison, agrees to an experimental treatment which is chemically induced and brought about by behavioral conditioning

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Blue Ridge announced in an email today that it will be closing up shop in its longtime Valley base of operations to focus on Charlottesville and Albemarle County

The Democratic members of Virginia’s congressional delegation backed out of a scheduled Wednesday meeting with Gov. Bob McDonnell after the governor’s office scheduled a Republicans-only news conference at the conclusion of the meeting

Local Democrats were quite active on the political scene four years ago, and their hard work paid off
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