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Column by Jim Bishop This is a long-overdue fanfare for the uncommon people – those who quietly go about their business repairing other peoples’ messes, often literally. Yet, their valiant efforts are too seldom recognized and appreciated. There’s no question where to begin – with a group of men who came to the rescue at…
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] LOSER: President Bush lifts executive ban on offshore drilling No, I’m not making some sort of environmental statement here. More a political one. You mean all he had to do was sign a new executive order, and that’s it? Of course not. The law banning offshore drilling dates back to…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Nighttime paving on Interstate 81 in Rockingham County beginning tonight may cause delays for motorists traveling in the work zone. The paving operations will be in the northbound lanes from mile marker 236 near the Rockingham/Augusta line to mile marker 240 near the Bridgewater/Mount Crawford exit. The paving work will…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Scenic Virginia is sponsoring its first-ever Viewshed Photo Competition to coincide with its celebration of its 10th anniversary. “We are looking for the best of the best,” Scenic Virginia president Eugenia Anderson-Ellis said. “We challenge all photographers to send us their favorite images of Virginia’s most scenic landscapes.”
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Thelma Newman remembers the anticipation of a late 1980s documentary produced by WVPT on the history of Staunton. Her father-in-law had been among those interviewed for the film, for one thing. The hopes of Newman and others in the Staunton African-American community that the film would do their…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I wrote several weeks ago about the ongoing controversy in Gloucester County down in the Tidewater area that had some compare-and-contrast points with what we’re seeing here in Waynesboro – with a political majority change on the local governing body and behind-the-scenes maneuvering leading to the ouster of the top administrator…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] An exhibit featuring digital and mixed-media portraits done by fourth- and fifth-grade students at John Wayland Elementary School in Rockingham County will debut Friday in the Cleo Driver Miller Gallery at Bridgewater College. The exhibit – “How You See Me, How I See Me”- opens with a public reception at…
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On the Water with Scott Suggs Most people think that catching big bass in the summer is more difficult, but it doesn’t have to be. Much like anything else that has to spend all day outside during the hottest part of the year, bass will look for a shady place to hang out. Finding these…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] “Voices in the blogosphere had been murmuring in the tatter of keyboards that the conservative bloc had endeavored to subvert open meetings law along with city regulations in reforming the Finance Committee a week ago with only Williams and Lucente as members,” The News Virginian…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Finally, the new majority answers my criticism of the decision to close the bulk-refuse collection center. And go figure, it includes a slur aimed at the dreaded Wayne Theatre. “It all boils down to this. The money was there, but we made the wrong decisions,”…
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