Fishersville Library opens new doors on June 19

Chris Graham

Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   On Saturday, June 19, the Augusta County Library in Fishersville will welcome patrons through its new entrance. Facing Route 250, the main entrance will bring patrons into new and renovated space, including the former stage and reading garden. In the eight months since the groundbreaking ceremony for Phase 2…

DASCOM to locate in Downtown Waynesboro

Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   A leading manufacturers of printers announced on Monday that it will set up its U.S. sales headquarters in Downtown Waynesboro. DASCOM Americas will market a full range of serial impact, thermal, mobile, and passbook printers under the “Tally” and “Tally Dascom” brand names. The products, with the complete suite…

A sad end to a stellar season: OU stuns UVa. in Super Regional finale

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected]   Cody Reine hit two more home runs, including a three-run shot in the first on the heels of a controversial call on a 3-2 pitch to Tyler Ogle by home-plate umpire Chuck Lyon that extended that inning, and Bobby Shore pitched eight strong innings for Oklahoma as the Sooners…

State may post revenue surplus

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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that May revenue collections significantly outperformed projections. General fund revenue collections declined by only 0.2 percent, far outpacing the budget forecast of a 2.3 percent decline. With the new numbers in, and on the heels of the first back-to-back months of increases in general fund…

Perriello to host Vilsack on telephone town hall

Chris Graham

Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   Fifth District Congressman Tom Perriello will hold a telephone town hall meeting with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on Thursday, June 17, from 6:50 p.m. -7:50 p.m. to address issues of importance to rural communities. To join the call, participants can dial toll-free 877.229.8493 and enter access code…

The World According To ChrisGraham.com: Two out of three

Chris Graham

Win another weekend series. That’s all Brian O’Connor’s UVa. baseball has to do to get back to the College World Series. “We’ve won every series we’ve played in this season except one, and it comes down this weekend to a three-game series. We’ve got to approach it the same way, and if we do, hopefully…

Ken Plum: To tell the truth

Ken Plum

Column by Ken Plum www.kenplum.com   We did not have a television in our home until I was 16 years old. When Dad finally made some extra money raising broiler chickens in addition to his full-time job doing maintenance work on the Norfolk and Western Railroad, he took the extra hundred dollars and bought us…