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Another example of how rhetoric about taxes, fees and “failed government programs” stalls progress. That’s the focus of AFP editor Chris Graham’s Daily Rant. Key Point: The Greater Augusta Chamber of Commerce seems to want to shift the burden for paying for stormwater-system improvements in Staunton from big business to small business and residential taxpayers….
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Word from a Virginia political blog has Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte hosting a town-hall meeting in Bridgewater on Saturday, Sept. 5. The blog Tertium Quids is reporting the news. According to the blog, the Goodlatte town hall is scheduled for Sept. 5 at 10 a.m. at Turner Ashby High School. The blog report noted…
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Bridgewater College welcomes seven new faculty members, a visiting professor and promotes one adjunct to instructor for the 2009-2010 academic year. The faculty members, who will arrive on campus in late-August for faculty meetings prior to the start of classes on Sept. 1, will join the departments of communication studies, computer science, education, health and…
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Dear EarthTalk: I’ve heard that cars can be modified to run on water. How is this possible? – Diane McMorris, Rockport, Maine There are a number of online marketing offers of kits that will convert your car to “run on water,” but these should be viewed skeptically. These kits, which attach to the car’s engine,…
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Proposed changes to the state’s regulations regarding stormwater runoff flowing from developed properties are available for public review and comment. Five public hearings will be held statewide to receive comments on these changes, which have been more than three years in the making. Comments will be accepted through Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, by the Virginia…
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Dear EarthTalk: Is there any truth to the rumor about high levels of birth-control chemicals being found in some cities’ drinking water? If so can these be filtered out? – Elizabeth Yerkes, via e-mail It is true that trace amounts of birth control and other medications—as well as household and industrial chemicals of every stripe—are…
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Staff Report Computer-science students from Bridgewater College will demonstrate their information technology skills this weekend at a prestigious computer-programming competition at Radford University. The IBM-sponsored Association of Computer Machinery International Programming Contest will feature teams from 83 countries competing for spots in the World Finals to be held in April 2009 in Stockholm, Sweden. Ray…
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Staff Report Bridgewater College is nearly 80 percent of the way toward its $40 million academic and capital-improvements campaign goal. The school has raised $31.7 million in its Every Student, One Commitment campaign, it announced this week. The campaign is raising monies to support endowed scholarships, academic enhancement, facilities improvements, laboratories, equipment and information technology…
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Op-ed by Karen Waters I am a community organizer. I make change. I am my brother’s and my sister’s keeper. This is one heck of a big responsibility; one I believe is no laughing matter. Thousands of others like me understand we are in this together, and shoulder the heavy burden to create healthy, just…
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Column by Erica Gies We turn on the tap, and clean water flows. Most of us take this service for granted because we consider water, necessary for life, a basic right. In fact, this notion stems back to an ancient Roman legal precedent called the public trust doctrine. This fundamental tenet says that crucial natural…
