‘E-C-W! E-C-W! E-C-W!’

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham ECW at its height was the antithesis of what professional wrestling has become – corporate, antiseptic, formulaic. The question of the summer is – how can the people who pioneered the concept of corporate, antiseptic, formulaic wrestling possibly do justice to the memory of the ECW revolution?

A day at the beach

Chris Graham

Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham   “When can we go back in the river?” my niece Hannah asked me. Or maybe it was her twin sister, Rachel. It was one of them. Anyway, we weren’t anywhere near a river at the time the question was posed. Instead, we were at the beach –…

A toast to my good health

Chris Graham

Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham “The question that I’ve been getting is, Is the best man still married? Or did his wife end up leaving him after that toast that he made?” My best friend from college, Jay, got married last month – and given that he was my best friend, and more…

Chance of showers?

Chris Graham

Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham “This is fun … I’m sitting in a bowl of soup.” This was my feeling this weekend when my shower went on the fritz. Except for the occasional relaxation soak, I hadn’t taken a serious bath in, well, forever. I know why now.

Ward D candidates address West End fire station issue

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham Residents of Waynesboro’s West End have been asking the question for 20 years now. Where is that fire station that you promised us? The answer is not what they have been wanting to hear. “We’re going to eventually need a West End fire station. The biggest problem is budgetary,” Ward C…

Is the Wayne issue driving the city elections?

Chris Graham

The Top Story by Chris Graham   It has been seven months since Waynesboro City Council decided against acting on a proposal from the Wayne Theatre Alliance to have the city participate in a public-private project to renovate the 1926 downtown landmark. You’d think from listening to the rhetoric in this spring’s city-council elections that…