Writers’ workshop in Waynesboro

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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] News Leader columnist and cookbook author Mollie Bryan will lead a Waynesboro Cultural Commission-sponsored workshop on “Writing Memoirs, Essays and Columns” on Saturday at Stone Soup Books in Downtown Waynesboro. Bryan is the author of Mrs. Rowe’s Restaurant Cookbook: A Lifetime of Recipes from the Shenandoah Valley. Her essays have…

Former aide raises questions about where Rasoul is getting money

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Rick Howell remembers asking Sam Rasoul about his campaign fund-raising efforts last summer when he worked for the Sixth District Democratic Party congressional nomination candidate as his campaign manager. And he remembers that he didn’t like the answer that he was given. “I felt that Sam was rather vague with…

Our eighth week

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Column by Steve Landes Although there are just a few days remaining until the scheduled end of this year’s session of the Virginia General Assembly, events aren’t slowing down. This is the part of the session where delegates and senators meet to work out the final details on a wide range of legislation, and when…

The ‘Perfect’ ice-cream shop

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Story By Erin Gutzwiller Have you ever wondered how the ice cream that you eat is made, and more importantly, what it is made of? Most ice-cream connoisseurs do not know that the ingredients used to make ice cream are made from cheap and unhealthy ingredients. Which is interesting, because for me, eating ice cream…

And now starring … Hokie Nation

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to today’s “SportsDominion Show,” featuring interviews with “Hokie Nation: A Team, A Town and the Best Darned Fans in College Football” producers Sean Kotz and Chris Valluzzo. Show Length: 23:20. I have to say, I hated every minute of the movie “Hokie Nation: A Team, A Town and the…

Dukies too much for UVa., 86-70

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Listen to “The SportsDominion Show” for a postgame wrap featuring interviews with Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski and UVa. coach Dave Leitao. Show Length: 20:04. Virginia came out like a team primed for an upset. Duke was primed for something else. The sixth-ranked Dukies held UVa. scoreless for a six-minute stretch of the first half to…

Transportation shocker

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General Assembly Report column by Del. Ben Cline With the final week of the 2008 General Assembly session upon us, 100 delegates and 40 senators have begun to close up their Richmond offices and return to their homes, families, and communities to discuss the accomplishments of the past 60 days. But just as we began…