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– Local News: Staunton City Council meeting agenda, Thursday, 10 a.m. – Local News: Toscano to headline Augusta County Dem breakfast, Thursday, 9:45 a.m. – Local News: No More War Rally in Staunton, Thursday, 9:45 a.m. – Local News: EMU students give up spring break to do service projects in Valley, Thursday, 9:45 a.m. –…
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– Local News: Waynesboro City Council meeting agenda, Monday, 10:10 a.m. – Local News: SCORE seminar this week, Monday, 10:10 a.m. – Local News: VDOT road work schedule, Monday, 10:10 a.m.
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Martin G. (Marty) King of Harrisonburg has been fascinated by airplanes as long as he can remember. This admiration may have been sparked by a childhood spent in Mexico, where his parents, Aaron and Betty King, were missionaries. There, the country’s own “Independence Day” featured flyovers by scores of military aircraft at once.
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For hurling same-sex marriage back into the Op/Ed cycle, we owe thanks to gay-marriage supporter Jonathan Rausch and gay marriage opponent David Blankenhorn, the joint authors of a widely circulated New York Times piece which seemed to steer the naturally polarized dialogue toward more civil waters. In it, they claim to have reached a “reconciliation”…
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There was a time, in the not too distant past, when folks hadn’t ventured too far from their old world shores. They didn’t like to lose sight of land when taking a three-day gambling junket or heading out to invade Troy. Even when Columbus was about to “cross the ocean blue” there were still plenty…
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– Local News: Missing juvenile sought in Staunton, Wednesday, 2:45 p.m. – Local News: Grant to aid local Meals on Wheels, Wednesday, 2:45 p.m. – Local Events: AFP editor to participate in Big Read event today at Augusta County Library, Wednesday, 9:50 a.m. – Local News: EMU students spend spring break at home doing service…
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– Local News: Road conditions improve dramatically, Monday, 6 p.m. – State News: Governor declares state of emergency, Monday, 6 p.m. – Local News: Staunton Police on lookout for purse-snatchers (with photo), Monday, 11:30 a.m. – Local News: Road conditions update, Monday, 11:30 a.m. – Local Business: Chamber of Commerce to host free small-biz seminar,…
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What an unexpected but most gladsome sound! About to enter my vehicle to leave for work, I heard and then spotted half a dozen fat robins in our front yard, serenading our Belmont neighborhood. Wasn’t this just mid-February?
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I just returned to Washington after a whirlwind week around the Fifth district. Over the congressional recess period, my staff and I covered a collective 3,000 miles. We had 60 meetings with more than 1,300 people from every locality in the district, talking with folks about the economic recovery plan and what it means for…
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– Virginia Politics: Bowerbank critical of Bolling on roads funding, Tuesday, 3:30 p.m. – Virginia Politics: Perriello staff adds stimulus liaison, Tuesday, 3:30 p.m. – Virginia Politics: Chamber of Commerce praises Perriello for work on stimulus, Tuesday, 3:30 p.m. – Sports: Evans named to Lieberman finalists list, Tuesday, 3:30 p.m. – Virginia Politics: Senate committee…
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