Screenwriting Workshop: Feb. 3 and Feb. 10

Chris Graham

The Screenwriting Workshop taught by Matthew Marshall and sponsored by the Waynesboro Cultural Commission has been postponed due to the weather. The new dates are Thursday, Feb. 3, and Thursday, Feb. 10. The workshops begin at 6 p.m. and will be held at the Wayne Theatre Alliance office at 533 W. Main St. in Downtown…

The AFP on WREL: Snow and politics

Chris Graham

AFP editor Chris Graham talks Virginia news and politics on WREL’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” The segment begins with … snow. Chris, for one, has had enough of it, though schoolkids aren’t seeming to mind the unexpected days off. Administrators will come SOL time this spring, Chris points out. The conversation then turns to politics….

Scott German: Terps sizzle, Cavs fizzle

Scott German

When the Virginia Cavaliers shoot the basketball well, they often find themselves in competitive games. When they don’t, then things can turn ugly. Very ugly. The latter being the case here Thursday evening as the visiting Maryland Terrapins capitalized on a horrendous shooting performance by Virginia to claim a 66-42 Atlantic Coast Conference win here…

UVa. Center for Politics book examines midterm shift

Contributors

The University of Virginia Center for Politics has released its latest book, Pendulum Swing, drawing on the collective wisdom of nearly two dozen of the nation’s top political analysts, journalists, and academics for comprehensive analysis of the 2010 midterm elections and the subsequent policy implications. Looking back at the titanic political shift in Washington, D.C.,…

UVa. baseball tabbed Top 15 in two preseason polls

Chris Graham

The Virginia baseball team has been tabbed in a pair of preseason national polls which were released today. The Cavaliers stand 14th in the preseason USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll and 15th in the Baseball America rankings. Virginia returns 22 letterwinners this season from the 2010 squad which won a school-record 51 games, captured ACC Coastal…

Ken Plum: Legislative agenda

Ken Plum

I often describe the General Assembly session as being like a roller coaster ride. It starts off slowly but accelerates in speed as the bottom seems to drop out. There are many ups and downs along the way. The session is scheduled to adjourn February 26. In the meantime about 3,000 bills and resolutions will…

Conservation, smart-growth groups oppose McDonnell roads plan

Chris Graham

A coalition of conservation and smart-growth groups are saying today that they oppose Gov. Bob McDonnell’s $4 billion transportation plan on financing and spending grounds. “The plan is anything but conservative on two counts. It involves too much borrowing and debt reminiscent of what got our households and nation into trouble over the last decade,…