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Column by Chris DeWald I considered myself “a Republican” and have issues with both political main parties. I want to tell you what changed my thinking of politics along “Full Republican” lines. In May 2006, I found myself lying in a bed and could not move due to having a bilateral brain-stem stroke. My current…
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Staff Report The Washington Redskins have announced that Virginia Tech and the University of Cincinnati have agreed to play at FedEx Field in 2012. “We are excited to have Cincinnati and Virginia Tech playing at FedEx Field,” Redskins chief marketing officer Mitch Gershman said. “This game, a rematch of the 2009 Orange Bowl, highlights two…
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Staff Report The Atlantic Coast Conference announced today that the University of Virginia’s final home football game of the 2009 season against Virginia Tech will kick off at 3:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN
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Staff Report The Atlantic Coast Conference announced the following football game times and networks for Saturday, Nov. 21. – Maryland at Florida State, RAYCOM, noon – North Carolina at Boston College, ESPN2, noon – Duke at Miami, ESPNU, noon – Virginia at Clemson, ABC/ESPN, 3:30 p.m. – NC State at Virginia Tech, ESPNU, 3:30 p.m.
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Staff Report North Carolina junior cornerback Kendric Burney broke an Atlantic Coast Conference single-game record with 170 interception return yards and was named Defensive Back of the Week to highlight this week’s group of ACC Football Players of the Week. Burney was also named the Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week. Also on…
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Story by Chris Graham With AFP Video Majorities of Democrats, Republicans and independents support school-choice policies including legislative initiatives that would create tax-credit scholarships and school vouchers, according to a new poll released by a coalition of groups that back school choice. The poll, commissioned by The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice and conducted by…
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AFP editor Chris Graham uses an insightful letter to the editor of the News Virginian on economic development in Waynesboro as a jumping-off point to talk about the city’s present and future economy. AFP Video. Length: 2:22.
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Staff Report The Virginia Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing concerning improvements to Route 640 (Goose Creek Road) in the Fishersville region of Augusta County. The meeting will take place from 4 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, December 16 at the Preston L. Yancy Volunteer Fire Department located at 2015 Jefferson Highway, Fishersville, Va….
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Staff Report Art for Gifts, a unique, affordable holiday shopping experience featuring the art and fine craft of Virginia artists and artisans, opens at the Staunton Augusta Art Center, R.R. Smith Center for History and Art, 20 S. New St., Downtown Staunton, on Friday, Nov. 20. The opening reception is Friday from 5-8 p.m.
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Story by Chris Graham Bob McDonnell led the GOP sweep in the 2009 state races and a six-seat Republican Party pickup in the House of Delegates with his move early in the ’09 election cycle to stake his campaign and by extension the campaigns of Republican candidates across Virginia on the economy and jobs to…
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