
Local Dems have eyes set on 24th prize
Column by Chris Graham With Republicans in the 24th Senate District now openly fighting amongst themselves, Democrats in the Valley are content to sit back and let them brawl away.

Column by Chris Graham With Republicans in the 24th Senate District now openly fighting amongst themselves, Democrats in the Valley are content to sit back and let them brawl away.

Column by Chris Graham The Wayne Theatre issue is all over but for the cryin’ – which promises to go on for some time despite the apparent resolution of the debate over whether or not the city should partner with the Wayne Theatre Alliance in a public-private project to turn the 81-year-old theatre building into…

Story by Chris Graham Waynesboro City Council has finally weighed in on the Wayne Theatre project. And the verdict was a bit of a surprise.

Story by Chris Graham Republican Party leaders wanted to make it look like they were extending an olive branch out to Sen. Emmett Hanger after what was an ugly primary battle between the incumbent and the man that they backed for the 24th Senate District GOP nomination, Scott Sayre.

Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham I went out and bought a pair of Starburys last week. Yes, I know, this is breaking news, for sure. But really, it is significant – if you know the backstory to Starburys. The basketball shoes are being hawked by New York Knicks guard Stephon Marbury as the…

Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham Did you hear presumed Democratic Party presidential nomination frontrunner Hillary Clinton’s fake Southern drawl the other day during remarks made at a black church in Alabama for a commemoration of the 1965 Selma voting-rights march? I don’t know – it would have been one thing if it had…

The Top Story by Chris Graham You listen to Bob Goodlatte, Republican congressman from the Sixth District of Red State Virginia, heading into his eighth term, finishing out his second two-year term as chairman of the powerful House Agriculture Committee, talk about life on Capitol Hill, and you realize pretty quickly that a sea…

The Top Story by Chris Graham The Virginia Democratic blogosphere loves Jim Webb – but will that be enough to carry the former Reagan administration official to victory in this month’s Democratic Party Senate primary? “Most of this is going to depend on electability – whether someone feels that it’s more important to vote…

Story by Chris Graham A complaint has been filed with the Waynesboro registrar’s office regarding the placement of fliers on vehicles parked outside a Waynesboro business Thursday night that apparently offered cash and prizes for votes. City registrar Mary Alice Downs told The Augusta Free Press this morning that the fliers – sponsored by the…

The Top Story by Chris Graham It has been seven months since Waynesboro City Council decided against acting on a proposal from the Wayne Theatre Alliance to have the city participate in a public-private project to renovate the 1926 downtown landmark. You’d think from listening to the rhetoric in this spring’s city-council elections that…
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