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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Alicia’s Law will double the capacity of law enforcement in Virginia to arrest online child predators. That was the message delivered yesterday at a news conference to talk up Alicia’s Law, a legislative initiative led by House Democratic Caucus chair Brian Moran this year.
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A Wild Safari theme will greet campers at the Staunton Day Camp scheduled for the Grand Caverns Regional Park in Grottoes July 14-18. Girls of all ages are welcome at the camp, which is sponsored by the Girl Scouts of the Virginia Skyline Council. Girls don’t have to be involved…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A hiking event sponsored by the Virginia chapter of the Sierra Club and Virginia Forest Watch will give you a glimpse of a proposed 185-acre logging site that threatens the heart of the Root Run watershed. The June 28 Tour de Cut will focus on the proposed Forest Service Marshall…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] If what I was told is right, Tim Williams isn’t as much considering a run for mayor as a run for mayor is being considered for Tim Williams. And I’m guessing what I was told is right. The Man Who Otherwise Would Be Mayor, Frank…
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The Local Beat column by Chris Graham [email protected] Interesting editorial in today’s News Virginian about the supposed dangers of CFL bulbs. It would have been more interesting had the paper done even cursory research into the case of the Maine woman whose horror story illustrated the supposed dangers associated with the small amount of mercury contained…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Virginia Organizing Project is going to be walking the beat this summer. The VOP will be knocking on 300,000 doors this summer in one of the more ambitious civic-engagement projects I’ve heard about in recent years.
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Northern Virginia Democratic legislator Steve Shannon will be in Harrisonburg for a fund-raiser for a pair of Harrisonburg City Council Democratic candidates Friday evening. Shannon, who is exploring a bid for the 2009 Democratic Party attorney-general nomination, will be at Blue Nile Cafe, 181 N. Main St., Harrisonburg, at the…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] I’d like to get all worked up about how great it is that Waynesboro City Council figured out a way to save stormwater despite the pressure from the ultraconservatives to delay things another year, but … I have to say that I’m disappointed. I’m sure…
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Op-Ed by Sanford D. Horn Opinions Wanted! Click here to learn more Enough already! Every word, every thought, every nuanced phrase uttered, has been placed under a microscope to the point that if a candidate doesn’t answer quickly enough he or she isn’t smart enough, but if the same candidate answers too quickly, he or…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Poll Question: How are gas prices affecting your daily life? Cars are our freedom. They’re how we get to work, go on vacation, make it to the parents’ house for Sunday dinner, travel to and from play practice and baseball and soccer games after school. Our freedom is…
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