These routes are made for walkin’
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Everybody knows Sophie. That, and it’s not as long a walk from the 500 block of Chestnut to Berkeley Glenn as I’d thought it might be.
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Team Coverage | They fixed the downtown stoplight
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AFP editor Chris Graham has been on City Hall to do something about the maddening stoplight at the intersection of Main and Wayne in Downtown Waynesboro. Good news – they’ve finally done something! Graham covers the story with a video interview of assistant city manager Jim Shaw and a written report including perspectives from several…
Wetlands damage leads to record fine for county homeowner
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An Augusta County homeowner has been fined a record $145,000 by the State Water Control Board for damage incurred to five acres of protected wetlands stemming from activities undertaken during the construction of a $2.4 million mansion on Quarles Pond in Stuarts Draft.
Gas prices hold steady
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The average price for gallon of regular unleaded in Virginia is at $1.95 this morning, unchanged from a week ago. Crude oil prices ended last week slightly above $50 to close at $53.20 Friday. Corporate earnings reports, a strengthening dollar, growing oil and gasoline inventories and Chrysler heading to bankruptcy all factored into setting the…
Local Democratic Party News and Notes
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Grassroots training postponed A grassroots training program for Valley Democrats that had been scheduled for Saturday, May 9, in Harrisonburg has been postponed. The program will be rescheduled for a future date, Democratic Party of Virginia political director Don Marks said today.
In the News
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– Local News: Left eastbound I-64 lane on Afton Mountain to close for cleanup, posted Monday, 2:45 p.m. – Chris Graham on Facebook: Sports and religion – Local News: I-64 clear after early-morning accident on Afton Mountain, posted Monday, 9:15 a.m. – Event: MHA-A golf tournament on tap, posted Monday, 9:15 a.m. – Local News:…
Their dirty work done for them
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Is that reputation repair work that my friends at the News Virginian are doing for Vice Mayor Frank Lucente and City Councilman Bruce Allen on their op-ed page? “Officials like (Lucente) and Allen, who are willing to plunge into the books looking for savings, are rare to the point of vanishing. Government needs more leaders…
David Cox | Fighting fires and unemployment
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Imagine this: Fire breaks out in your next-door neighbor’s house. It endangers yours. Fortunately our faithful fire departments respond quickly. Unfortunately—this would never happen here, but remember, we’re imagining—one of the squads needs to use your hose. The squad has the water; all they need, urgently, is your hose.
Kaine announces expanded opportunities for microbusiness loans
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on Thursday announced that the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) will provide three Regional Service Providers (RSP) with up to $108,000 each for their microenterprise efforts through the agency’s Virginia Enterprise Initiative (VEI) program. The organizations – ECDC Enterprise Development Group (Arlington), New Visions New Ventures (Richmond), and…
Letter | Bud Levin
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It’s hard to tell how serious you are about your column on the leaked Fusion Center report. If you’re just trying to build up readership, hell, even I remember there was something in the first amendment about the press. That said, I think you (and Kent and our beloved governor) have gone a bit overboard.
