Goodlatte gets nod for voting record on tax issues
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Sixth District Republican Congressman Bob Goodlatte was recently awarded the Taxpayers’ Friend Award from the National Taxpayers Union.
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Busy schedule for Third Fridays
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The River City Radio Hour, Kid’s Avenue and the Wayne Theatre Alliance Children’s Hour mark a busy schedule of events for Third Fridays in Downtown Waynesboro.
‘Hoos, Hokies renew rivalry on diamond
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] You don’t have to tell UVa. baseball coach Brian O’Connor that Virginia Tech is ranked 20th in the Baseball America national poll this week to get him to think about how good the Hokies are on the diamond. That lesson came last spring when Tech took two of three…
Month six: Update on Harrington investigation
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Morgan Harrington was last seen alive outside the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville the night of Oct. 17, 2009. We’re nearing the six-month mark since her disappearance, and are still not any closer to learning what led to her death. “We are still encouraging the public to come forward…
VMI upsets #1 UVa.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] VMI scored six runs in the sixth inning to break open a close game en route to a 12-3 victory over the top-ranked Virginia baseball team Wednesday evening at Gray-Minor Stadium. The Cavaliers suffered their first midweek loss of the season.
Casting out, reeling them in
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Outdoor Life lists one place in Virginia among the “Top 200 Towns for Sportsmen.” Yep, it’s Waynesboro, now known as The River City, where 10 years ago city and downtown-business leaders were striking out in their turns at bat in trying to figure out a way to turn the…
McDonnell amends bill on breed-based euthanasia in shelters
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Gov. Bob McDonnell has amended a bill passed by the General Assembly to insert a prohibition banning breed-based killing of dogs in the Commonwealth.
Ken Plum: A wink and a nod
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Column by Ken Plum www.kenplum.com Last Friday, April 9, was the 145th anniversary of Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Appamattox Court House in Virginia. Although hostilities ended that day, the war of words over the causes and outcomes of the Civil War continues to rage.
Bennett adds sixth recruit to impressive class
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] A point guard and coach’s son. That’s Billy Baron, a 6-1 Rhode Island product who on Wednesday became the sixth recruit in Tony Bennett’s impressive first class at the University of Virginia.
Chris Graham: Danville just got itself a better deal
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] A hundred sixty jobs paying an average wage of $50,000 a year. And they cost Danville and the state $590,000. The quick math on that – we’re talking less than $4,000 a job. Which puts the $110,000 a job that Waynesboro paid to get the PGI expansion that some…
