Babysteps toward moving forward?

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Column by Chris Graham [email protected]    It’s another report bound to collect dust on a forgotten bookshelf. That’s the cynic’s view of the latest and greatest Downtown Vision Report aiming at guiding whatever it is that Waynesboro is going to do to breathe life into its downtown. The people leading this particular Save Downtown effort…

The AFP Show: Health-care reform, Congress, emotional balance

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The AFP Show [email protected]    Items for The AFP Show for Thursday, Feb. 25, include: – Remarks from New York Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner on the ongoing health-care reform debate in Congress. – An interview with Isaac Wood from the University of Virginia Center for Politics to discuss a recent report from UVa. political-science professor…

The Health Desk: Thursday, Feb. 25

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– Local News: RMH experts to speak at Free Heart Symposium – Local News: Free H1N1 shots available at RMH – Study: Socioeconomic status can affect life expectancy    Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]    Local News: RMH experts to speak at Free Heart Symposium RMH will hold its third annual “Matters of the Heart”…

AFPBusiness.com: A one-stop shop for local business

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Story by Chris Graham AFPBusiness.com     Augusta Free Press Publishing introduces AFPBusiness.com, a web portal featuring the latest local, state and national business and industry news and detailed information on AFP Publishing services. “We want AFPBusiness.com to be a one-stop shop for business people in Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro,” Augusta Free Press Publishing co-owner…

Chris Graham: How about some media backlash?

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The media didn’t do its job in glossing over Marshall remarks   Column by Chris Graham [email protected]     The weight of the media is coming down on State Del. Bob Marshall, and rightly so. “The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion with handicaps has increased dramatically. Why? Because when you…

Marshall: Controversial comments were ‘misimpression’

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected]     One-time GOP Senate nomination candidate Bob Marshall has come under fire for comments that he made last week to the effect that he believes that God punishes women who have had abortions by giving birth defects to later children born to them. “The number of children who are born…

UVa. earns first-ever #1 ranking in national baseball poll

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected]     After taking two of three in their season-opening series at #11 East Carolina, the Virginia baseball team has risen to a new height – a #1 national ranking. “It’s exciting and an honor to be the No. 1 team in the country,” Virginia head coach Brian O’Connor said of…

Letters to the Editor

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– Guns, guns, guns! – Transparency     Guns, guns, guns! Letter from Linda Bartlett, Farnham     Have Virginia lawmakers gone crazy? Where were they when Virginia Tech students were slaughtered? Guns, guns, guns! I am so tired of being in a state that approves gun laws that were prevalent in the old west. We took…

#2 ‘Hoos open with win at #11 ECU

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  Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com The #2 Virginia baseball team opened the 2010 season strong with a 6-2 victory over #11 East Carolina Friday afternoon in front of 5,012 fans at Clark-LeClair Stadium in Greenville, N.C. After falling behind 2-0 in the first inning, the Cavaliers rallied by scoring six unanswered runs over the…

Chris Graham: Breakfast is overrated, anyway

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   Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Leave it to people who call themselves conservatives to in one breath put school breakfast and lunch programs in the “not government’s responsibility” category and in the next bemoan the transfer responsibility from the public sector to the private the operation of a facility that happens to be in…