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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] While area school districts have experienced a spike in enrollment in the free- and reduced-price lunch program, the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank has seen an equally sharp rise in its own child-hunger programs.
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Report by Chris Graham [email protected] #1 UVa. and #15 Virginia Tech are looking good, Liberty is on the bubble, and JMU, VCU and VMI are in need of wins in their conference tournaments. That’s the quick and dirty on the postseason hopes for the top contenders in D1 college baseball in Virginia.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Virginia has posted back to back months of revenue growth, marking the first time in two years the Commonwealth has achieved this result. The last time the state had back-to-back increases in monthly revenue collection was March-April 2008.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] “Virginia Football: The Building of a Program” is an 18-part television series that will air on Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic and online at VirginiaSportsTV.com and VirginiaFootball2010.com. Each episode will deliver an in-depth look at the building of the football program under first-year head coach Mike London. (Click here to see…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] A Stuart Hall student was voted one of two runners-up in a recent Washington Post high-school photo contest.
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Special Report by Chris Graham [email protected] Two years ago, the Staunton May elections saw conservative Dickie Bell elected for a fourth term, Amdrea Oakes, fresh off her work with a community group that had raised a fuss over the opening of a porn shop, elected for a first, and musician Bob Campbell outpoll incumbent…
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Column by Jim Webb www.webb.senate.gov In the early days of our republic, President Andrew Jackson established an important principle of American-style democracy – that we should measure the health of our society not at its apex, but at its base. That focus has been lost, as many on Wall Street have accumulated vast wealth…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Augusta Free Press Publishing is helping to jumpstart a new venture called Create Waynesboro that we hope can lay the foundation for creative-class economy in Waynesboro.
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] I had a good conversation with a colleague today who happens to be a Tea Partier. I told him how I was planning to write a column today on the shocking vote in Utah over the weekend that ousted Sen. Bob Bennett from the upcoming Senate Republican primary, and…
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Column by Chris DeWald Submit guest columns: [email protected] Grief may be triggered by the death of a loved one. People also can experience grief if they have an illness for which there is no cure, or a chronic condition that affects their quality of life. The end of a significant relationship may also cause…
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