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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Jane Austen wrote only six novels, but nearly 40 major TV and film versions have been based on them. For a lady born in the 1700s, she’s always been a hot item in Hollywood, and the latest bodice-ripper, “Becoming Jane,” is currently playing at the Visualite in…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham I never, ever, drive Interstate 81. I go out of my way to avoid it. And of course, this costs me to no end.
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Item by Chris Graham A Weyers Cave equestrian center is now the permanent home of the Bridgewater College equestrian program. The college announced yesterday that it had completed the purchase of Oak Manor Farms, a 75-acre equestrian center in Northern Augusta County, which will be renamed the Bridgewater College Equestrian Center. The location has served…
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Column by Chris Graham Just when you think the Waynesboro political scene couldn’t get any weirder … A group comes forward and says that Lorie Smith needs to recuse herself from further votes on the stormwater improvements that are in line to begin later this year because her husband is now in charge of overseeing…
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Column by David Cox First a $20 billion problem. Then the travesty of a bill that doesn’t solve the problem, but does include fees which judges, one by one, are voiding as unconstitutional. Now a bridge collapses in Minnesota, drawing all eyes to how well – or not – our bridges are maintained.
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Bishop’s Mantle column by Jim Bishop I’m an inveterate list-maker. Preparing a weekly “to do” list first thing Monday morning increases the odds of my remembering and actually completing important tasks – at work, home and elsewhere.
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Story by Chris Graham A dozen Virginia bridges with the same general type of design as the deck-truss bridge in Minnesota that collapsed last week are going to get a gander from state transportation inspectors – but there’s no reason for alarm.
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Column by Chris Graham I’ve got a suggestion for Waynesboro City Council that could get them out of the corner they’ve put themselves in regarding stormwater-system improvements. The next time there’s a big storm in the River City, dispatch somebody from public works to the end of the rainbow and seize whatever the leprechaun has…
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Story by Chris Graham Brent Finnegan waited for a while to see if anybody was going to step up to offer the kind of local-news website that he’d seen in other locales in Virginia and across the United States. And then one day he realized something – nobody was volunteering.
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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham WINNER: Staunton Police Department News item: Police motorcycle used in the filming of “Evan Almighty” fetches $13,000 in online auction.
