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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected] Or should that be, “Tea, everyone?” A few million of my closest friends are having a party. Please join. But I must warn you, there are long lines forming from both the political right – and the left! Still, the bandwagon won’t leave without you. Surprised?…
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Former UVa. standout, NFL veteran talks politics, civic engagement at WHS Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Without football pads, wearing dress slacks and a light blue Oxford, no tie, Brad Butler could have passed for the high-school government teacher that he basically was for an hour at Waynesboro High School Thursday afternoon. Which isn’t to…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] You talk to one Democrat, and the party definitely, no question, needs to restrategize toward the middle. The blowback from voters in Massachusetts is an obvious clear signal. The nation isn’t comfortable with the direction things had been headed on health care and the stimulus. Time to pull things…
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A review of Jim Hardy’s The Plane Truth for Golfers Column by John Rogers www.golfthingsconsidered.net One of the many funny things about golfers is that we tend to bring religious conviction to our swing techniques. “Thou shalt not let thine elbow fly!” and a million other rules come down from the mountaintops of golf wisdom….
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The Augusta County Board of Supervisors is holding a business meeting on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Augusta County Goverment Center in Verona. The agenda for the meeting includes: 7 p.m. PUBLIC HEARINGS: 1-33 OVERLOOK LAND COMPANY, LC – REZONING Consider a request…
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Staff Report EMU sports: www.emu.edu Saturday, Eastern Mennonite suffered its first loss to a D-III school. Monday night, the Royals slipped four spots in the D3hoops.com men’s basketball national poll, landing at No. 11. EMU is one of four Old Dominion Athletic Conference teams ranked in the poll, all in the top 11 spots….
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But Waynesboro sidesteps flood disaster Story, photos and video by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro dodged potential disastrous flooding associated with heavy rain that overswept the Shenandoah Valley Sunday and into Monday morning. The river had been projected to crest at 1 p.m. Monday at 10.5 feet, a foot over the 9.5-foot flood stage, according to the Waynesboro…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The State Senate on Monday passed legislation expanding access to absentee ballots and making it easier for all Virginians to participate in the electoral process. Sponsored by Sen. Janet Howell (D-Fairfax), the bill, SB 83, will allow any qualified voter to cast an absentee ballot in person without providing…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The South River is above flood stage in Waynesboro after Sunday’s dousing of heavy rain, and is expected to crest at 1 p.m. Monday at 10.5 feet, about a foot above flood stage, according to a report from the Waynesboro Department of Emergency Management this morning. The river is…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Waynesboro City Council will meet Monday at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers at the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building, 503 W. Main St., Waynesboro. The agenda for the meeting includes: 1. Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance. 2. Consent Agenda (any item placed on the consent agenda shall be…
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