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As a show-me-the-money business guy, I’m having a hard time on the issue involving funding for the Waynesboro Heritage Foundation, because this one isn’t one where you’re going to get a lot tangible out of return-on-investment analysis. Vice Mayor Frank Lucente is rarely right, but he is on a key point on this – that…
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Local newspaper circulations are continuing their downward trend, based on my analysis of the most recent report of data from the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The News Leader saw its Sunday circulation drop 1.8 percent in the six-month period ending March 31, 2009, from where it was for the six-month period ending Sept. 30, 2008….
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– State News: Two “mild” swine-flu cases reported in Virginia, posted Thursday, 8:15 p.m. – Chris Graham on Facebook: Am I the only person thinking that the media is whipping up mass mysteria over a flippin’ flu virus? – Event: Small business workshop in Waynesboro, posted Thursday, 9:45 a.m. – Event: Operation and supply chain…
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The unemployment rate in Waynesboro pushed past 11 percent in March, up nearly a point from February and more than double the jobless rate from a year ago. A net loss of 87 jobs from February to March was reported in Waynesboro in the Virginia Employment Commission numbers released Wednesday. According to the data, 1,219…
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You don’t have to win the national championship every week, football coach Lou Holtz says. You only have to be the best team in the stadium on Saturday. Terry McAuliffe is clinging to that right now. The same SurveyUSA poll that Creigh Deeds’ campaign manager is citing as evidence that the Bath County state senator…
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Headline: VDOT cuts another 230 jobs. Observation: We’re not cutting fat anymore. Or muscle. We’re digging into bone. “None of these are easy decisions for us to make,” Virginia Department of Transportation Commissioner David Ekern said. “We know that these decisions will impact the public and the lives of our valued professional staff, but we…
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– Local News: Federal stimulus money to aid area gang prevention, posted Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. – State News: Kaine disputes Fusion Center report, posted Wednesday, 9:45 a.m. – Event: Derby Days in Lexington, posted Wednesday, 9:45 a.m. – Event: Farms and energy conference, posted Wednesday, 9:45 a.m.
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The body of a man found off U.S. 33 near the West Virginia state line on April 10 has been identified, and now the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office has a homicide investigation on its hands. The victim has been identified as Michael Ryan Tolsdorf, 20, of Staunton, according to a news release issued by the…
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Do you feel that our profit-driven, fast-paced, dotcom networking culture is missing something? The value of community work is constantly being ignored, and it’s costing everyone. Our culture has pushed us to focus on getting the most out of every minute and to become centered on economic value. While this is a great attribute to…
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The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library has announced that University of Virginia Professor Edward G. Lengel, a noted military historian, will be the keynote speaker at its Fourth Annual Wilson First Families Reunion. The talk will be on Saturday, May 9, at 10 a.m. in the new Library and Research Center at the Presidential Library. Dr….
