Share
Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum will participate in the Blue Star Museum program and offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day, May 31, through Labor Day, September 6, 2010. The Blue Star Museum program is a partnership with the…
Share
Column by Ken Plum www.kenplum.com There was undoubtedly a feeling of elation among the 2,228 passengers and crew members as they boarded the Titanic ocean liner for her maiden voyage April 10, 1912. There was no way to know that by April 15 only 705 of them would survive her sinking. After all, the…
Share
Column by Pat Byington Submit guest columns: [email protected] Just a month ago, my 6-year-old daughter Whitney and I traveled to a nearby state park, where we learned from a nature educator how to build fairy houses. That’s right – fairy houses. Using fallen leaves, branches, acorns (picking live plants are not allowed), and a…
Share
Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Temporary and permanent families are sought by the Scottsdale, Ariz.,-based STS Foundation to host students coming to Virginia in the fall. Families are responsible for providing a nurturing and safe environment. All family types are welcome to apply including traditional families, empty nesters, older couples, younger couples and single…
Share
Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Jarrett Parker (Jr., Stafford, Va.) hit a two-out, two-run single in the eighth inning to break a 4-4 tie and lift the top-seeded Virginia baseball team to a 6-4 victory over No. 8 seed Boston College Wednesday in the opening game of the 2010 ACC Baseball Championship at NewBridge…
Share
Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A $10,000 grant from a community-development group based in Southwest Virginia will enable the Staunton Creative Community Fund to relaunch small-business development training. “It’s an opportunity, from our perspective. We really believe in the concept of microenterprise development and are impressed with what you’re doing here,” People Inc. President…
Share
Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The federal government responded Monday to Virginia’s lawsuit over the recently enacted federal health care law with a motion to dismiss the suit. “We are still looking through the motion and 39-page brief that we received late Monday, but at initial glance, this is pretty close to what we…
Share
Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The Waynesboro Police Department will be taking part in the nationwide Click It or Ticket seatbelt-enforcement campaign that begins today and runs through June 6. In 2009, Virginia, had the highest recorded seat belt use rate in history at 82.27 percent. Even with that good news, 756 citizens lost…
Share
Special Report by Chris Graham [email protected] Three years and more than $3 million of architectural and environmental work in the bag, the developer of the Mill at South River project is waiting to see which of several irons in the fire will heat up first. It could very well be an effort to land a…
Share
Story by Chris Graham [email protected] #1 Virginia enters the 2010 postseason in a vastly different place than it entered the 2009 postseason. The ’09 Cavs had apparently played their way out of the strong postseason run that had seemed to be in the cards with the hot start and a top-10 national ranking most…
Our content is free to read, but we do have bills to pay. Pitch in and help us keep the community informed.