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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Former Virginia governor Mark Warner will be in Waynesboro on Monday to make two U.S. Senate campaign stops. A 4:15 p.m. event is being planned at Rick’s BBQ in Downtown Waynesboro. Warner will meet and greet voters at Rick’s at the free public event. Earlier on Monday, Warner is scheduled…
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Letter from Emma Yackso, Charlottesville The Virginia Department of Education has recently proposed a new plan that ties high-school accreditation to graduation rates, not just test scores. This is a huge step forward, but there are some major issues with the plan. First, their current proposal endorses low expectations. Schools could encourage students into lower-achieving…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Lee Wolverton and I don’t agree on much, so when we agree, that means something. And we agree that Waynesboro is facing a critical challenge. Lee has seen what we both think is happening to Waynesboro happen elsewhere. A small town struggles with its identity when the factories close up…
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Column by David Reynolds I will never forget what the elephants failed to remember. In Buena Vista on Labor Day 2007 I was having my usual breakfast with them at the downtown American Legion Hall. There was no tribute! But up the hill at the high school where the donkeys were meeting a tribute was…
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Op-ed by Kate Vasiloff As a Virginia voter, taxpayer, and student at the University of Virginia (an area belonging to the Fifth Congressional District), I am outraged by Congressman Virgil Goode’s behavior and hypocrisy. As you may or may not know by now, Goode gave $150,000 of taxpayers’ dollars to the producer and cowriter of…
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Staff Report The Wildlife Center of Virginia will host its 24th annual Gala and Benefit Auction on Saturday at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel and Conference Center in Staunton. The event is open to the public. Proceeds will benefit the Waynesboro-based Wildlife Center. The event kicks off at 6 p.m. with a cocktail reception and silent…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Gov. Tim Kaine on Monday announced that the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture has designated 11 Virginia counties primary natural-disaster areas due to the spring and summer drought, including on that list Nelson County, and that 24 contiguous counties including Rockbridge and Augusta had also received contiguous disaster status, making farmers…
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Column by Carl Larsen For some reason, the name Ernie Davis has been all but forgotten by all but the most rabid football fans. So a film like “The Express,” currently playing at the Colonial Mall Cinemas in Staunton, comes along at the right time to remind us of his accomplishments and tell a whacking…
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Photos by Mark Miller Virginia defensive back Byron Glaspy returns a second-quarter interception as UNC quarterback Cam Sexton joins the pursuit. North Carolina led 7-0 at the halftime break.
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Moderated by Chris Graham [email protected] The AFP is live at Scott Stadium for today’s game between 18th-ranked North Carolina (5-1, 1-1 ACC) and Virginia (3-3, 1-1 ACC). Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. The game is being broadcast in the Southeast on ABC and nationally on ESPN2. AFP editor Chris Graham will be live-blogging from…
