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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] This has been coming for some time. You could say dating back to the walkup to the 2007 Republican Party primary that saw Scott Sayre challenge Emmett Hanger for the 24th District GOP nomination, though I think it was significantly before that. The discord between Hanger, who held off Sayre’s…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Branden Ore Era is over at Virginia Tech. The Sean Glennon Era is not. Tailbacks Jahre Cheeseman and Darren Evans combined for 107 yards on 14 carries, and Glennon matched rising sophomore quarterback Tyrod Taylor throw for throw in Virginia Tech’s first full-scale football scrimmage Saturday afternoon. Glennon was…
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Column by Bob Goodlatte With spring under way, warmer weather is returning, the days are growing longer, and everything is in bloom. Unfortunately, the arrival of spring also kicks off a second and largely unwelcomed season. This season is marked by piles of forms, confusing instructions, and the prospect of turning your hard-earned money over…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. has been accredited as a 2008 National Main Street Program. WDDI learned of the designation on Monday. The development organization joins a list of more than 675 downtown-revitalization programs earning the distinction from the National Trust Main Street Center. WDDI’s performance was evaluated by Virginia Main…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to today’s “SportsDominion Show,” featuring an interview with UVa. basketball coach Dave Leitao. Show Length: 11:20. Eleventh in scoring defense. Eleventh in field-goal-percentage defense. Eleventh in three-point-percentage defense. Eleventh in steals. Twelth in blocked shots. It’s hard to win when you can’t stop the other team from scoring. This…
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Column by Bob Goodlatte It has become almost commonplace to turn on the evening news or visit an online news source and see the headlines detailing a terrible crime involving a child. While most of us shudder at the thought of a child being harmed, each year hundreds of thousands of children are victims of…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Look at the 2009 Democratic Party gubernatorial race one way, and it looks an awful lot like the 2008 Democratic Party presidential race. You’ve got two candidates in both who are perceived as being basically dead-even right now who you have to assume will fight to the death for the…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to today’s “SportsDominion Show” to hear Virginia football coach Al Groh talk about tight end John Phillips. Show Length: 6:18. Tom Santi – gone. Jonathan Stupar – gone. Seventy-six catches, 777 yards, five touchdowns – gone. One tight end who caught a pass returns for Virginia in 2008. And…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] We’re starting to learn a little bit more about Slade Woodson, the 19-year-old from Afton who is now facing felony charges in Waynesboro related to two shootings early yesterday morning, and is being called a suspect in a series of shootings reported on Interstate 64 in Albemarle County from the…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] I think we learned yesterday that we can rest assured that our law-enforcement folks are going to keep us safe no matter what. “We had one here in Waynesboro,” Waynesboro police chief Doug Davis told me, referring to the shootings reported overnight Wednesday and Thursday on Interstate…
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