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A pay raise? In a time of economic downturn? When we have a hiring freeze in place to try to keep city spending down? How dare those liberals on city council propose such a thing! And how brazen! I mean, it’d be one thing if we were talking about $1,000 a year across the board,…
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The next time Mike Groh has an offense ranked in the top 100 in I-A will, unfortunately for Virginia fans, be the first time. And keep in mind, there are 119 I-A football teams, so we’re only talking about cracking the top 83 percent of offenses here. But don’t be Mark Berman of The Roanoke…
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Terry McAuliffe for governor. Of Virginia. Seriously. And he knows what he’s talking about. “What I’ve been doing is I’ve been going out and asking questions. Here are my ideas for where I’d like to see the Commonwealth go. What do you think? What are your ideas? Because as I’ve said from day one, I…
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What do you get when you cross a horrible tragedy, a team of medical specialists, loving in-laws and a sneaky husband? Sounds like the beginning of an interesting story. On Nov. 7, 50 friends and family of Courtney Veerman, Redeemer Classical School parent and head of the RCS Parents Association, stood quietly in wait at…
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The road to the Governor’s Mansion begins … here. The Augusta Free Press and the Waynesboro Democratic Committee are teaming up to bring the candidates for the 2009 Democratic Party gubernatorial nomination to Waynesboro, and the first event on the road to the ’09 party primary is tonight at 7 p.m. at Lynn’s Pancake and…
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Tom Perriello is a big step closer to his swearing-in as the new congressman from Virginia’s Fifth District. The Virginia State Board of Elections has certified Perriello’s 745-vote victory over longtime incumbent Virgil Goode. “The citizens of the Fifth District have spoken, every vote has been counted and certified, and they have elected Tom Perriello…
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Virginia faced a must-win situation heading into its Saturday showdown with Clemson as far as its ACC Coastal Division title hopes were concerned. The Tigers dashed those hopes with a 13-3 win in Scott Stadium. AFP editor Chris Graham reporting. Length: 3:53.
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AFP photographer Kent Iberg was on the sidelines for Saturday’s ACC clash between UVa. and Clemson. Check out the day in pictures from Kent’s lens.
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The Augusta Free Press is live at Scott Stadium for today’s football game between the University of Virginia and Clemson University. Both teams are 5-5 in 2008 and need one win to become bowl-eligible. Virginia also still has an outside shot at winning the ACC Coastal Division championship if it can post a win today…
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The AFP is live at the John Paul Jones Arena for tonight’s men’s basketball game between the University of Virginia and Radford University. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. Both teams are 2-0 on the young season. Virginia has wins over VMI (107-97 on Sunday) and South Florida (77-75 on Wednesday). Radford has victories over…
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