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Op-Ed by Shirley Rothman Opinions Wanted! Click here to learn more Is there anyone out there who can help us in Mecklenburg County? The Planning Commission and the County Board of Supervisors are ignoring the citizens. Osage Bio Energy LLC from Glen Allen is forcing an ethanol plant down our throats. This is the same…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Shenandoah National Park is temporarily closing the Marys Rock-Appalachian Trail trailhead to accommodate the removal of buildings in the Panorama area of the park at the intersection of U.S. 211 and Skyline Drive.
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Earth Talk From the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: The 2008 Summer Olympics in China are drawing a lot of attention right now for political reasons. I’ve heard, though, that one ray of light is China’s effort to make the event as green as possible. What’s going on in that regard? – Josh…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] I’ve done crazy things before. Quitting my job to start a local-news website, that was crazy. Running for city council, knowing full well that I was making myself a target for all manner of unfair personal and political attacks, which then came just as I…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Memorial Day weekend is a great time for a pic-a-nic. And Shenandoah National Park would be a great place.
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] “The budget will allow services to remain substantively intact while shielding already strapped taxpayers from increased cost.” That’s definitely one way to look at the city budget. Another view that I’ve been advancing is that we’re actually losing on both ends. Because services aren’t going…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A hiking event sponsored by the Virginia chapter of the Sierra Club and Virginia Forest Watch will give you a glimpse of a proposed 185-acre logging site that threatens the heart of the Root Run watershed. The June 28 Tour de Cut will focus on the proposed Forest Service Marshall…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A new poll conducted by Virginia Commonwealth University has likely Republican presidential nominee John McCain leading his two potential Democratic rivals in Virginia. McCain leads Barack Obama by a 44 percent-to-36 percent margin, and he leads Hillary Clinton by a 47 percent-to-38 percent margin, according to the Commonwealth Poll. The…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] I’d like to get all worked up about how great it is that Waynesboro City Council figured out a way to save stormwater despite the pressure from the ultraconservatives to delay things another year, but … I have to say that I’m disappointed. I’m sure…
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Op-Ed by Sanford D. Horn Opinions Wanted! Click here to learn more Enough already! Every word, every thought, every nuanced phrase uttered, has been placed under a microscope to the point that if a candidate doesn’t answer quickly enough he or she isn’t smart enough, but if the same candidate answers too quickly, he or…
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