Local Business News: Presentation by employment-law specialist

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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   Cathleen P. Welsh, an attorney at Lenhart Obenshain, will be the guest lunch program speaker for the Shenandoah Valley Society for Human Resource Management at Bridgewater Retirement Community, Alexander Mack Conference Rooms A&B, on Tuesday, April 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.   AFPBusiness.com has the story.

Poetry at the Augusta County Library

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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   April is National Poetry Month, and Augusta County Library in Fishersville is ready with several events and activities. “In Their Own Words” will take place at noon on Friday, April 9. The public is invited to bring lunch and listen to two library staff members. Mary Binda, known for…

Was the PGI deal a good one?

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Special Report by Chris Graham [email protected]   How much did the economic-incentive package put together by the City of Waynesboro have to do with the ultimate decision of Polymer Group Inc. to expand its operations here and not in Mooresville, N.C.? The first question that I posed to PGI spokesman Cliff Bridges was the generic,…

J.R. Tolbert: Keeping the faith on Earth Day

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Column by J.R. Tolbert Submit guest columns: [email protected]   Forty years ago, nearly 20 million Americans participated in what was the beginning of the modern environmental movement. Inspired by Sen. Gaylord Nelson after witnessing an oil spill off California’s coast, Earth Day was started to spotlight issues related to environmental degradation and the need to…

GOP candidates press Perriello – and each other

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected]   Fifth District Congressman Tom Perriello is facing a full-court press from the Republicans gunning for the chance to knock him off in November. The press might work better if the GOP’ers weren’t trying at the same time to steal the ball from each other. “My opponent Jim McKelvey put…