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Story by Chris Graham Brent Finnegan waited for a while to see if anybody was going to step up to offer the kind of local-news website that he’d seen in other locales in Virginia and across the United States. And then one day he realized something – nobody was volunteering.
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Column by David Cox As the political pendulum swings inexorably and (sooner or later) inevitably back towards the Democrats, I hope that we all have learned a few realities of life that tend to get forgotten, by one party, the other, or both.
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen In 2001, a delightful German flick was released entitled “Bella Martha.” It was a charming little romantic comedy that won a basket of festival awards with a cast mostly unknown in America. Retitled “Mostly Martha,” it tantalized the taste buds of a reasonable number of U.S. cinema…
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Story by Chris Graham Four years ago, Nancy Sorrells was the political outsider looking in at an uphill battle to win a seat on the Augusta County Board of Supervisors. Today Sorrells is the old pro – OK, not exactly.
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham I’m a scofflaw – I admit it. I have a dog, and since I can’t remember whether or not I have a license for her, I’m guessing that means that I don’t. Which means, of course, that I’m subject to prosecution and exposed to a possible one-year jail…
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Column by David Cox The nation is in one of its periodic political shifts. As FDR inaugurated the party of the New Deal, which evaporated under the pressures of the Vietnam War and social turmoil, and as Ronald Reagan brought “a new day in America” that now darkens amidst the Iraq war and administrative cynicism,…
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Column by David Cox As if you haven’t heard: The new traffic fees stink. Really bad. So bad, they need to be repealed. ASAP.
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Column by Jim Bishop OCEAN CITY, N.J. – Something was definitely missing last summer. It wasn’t quite the same without our annual family pilgrimage to “America’s Greatest Family Resort.”
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Op-Ed by Ben Cline I am writing to encourage Virginia taxpayers to take advantage of this year’s Back-To-School Sales Tax Holiday, which is scheduled from Friday, Aug. 3 through Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007.
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Story by Jim Bishop A post-9/11 program to help survivors of trauma has enabled some 7,000 people to discover sources of resilience in the aftermath of attacks of all kinds over the last six years.
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