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A humble servant
It’s tempting to fill this space with all of the reasons I liked and respected Mac Coker, my friend who died last week at age ...
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A team worth cheering
If members of the Franklin High School robotics team wore helmets and shoulder pads, they’d have been honored with a parade down Main Street by ...
by Steve Stewart, Saturday, March 23, 2013 12:13 pm
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Quietly doing what she promised
Eight months into the Raystine Johnson-Ashburn administration at Franklin City Hall, say this much for the new mayor: She is among the ever contracting lot ...
by Steve Stewart, Saturday, March 9, 2013 12:48 pm
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Bipartisanship in action
Washington politicians could learn a lot from what’s going on down Interstate 95 in Richmond.
by Steve Stewart, Saturday, February 23, 2013 11:01 am
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A good week in Richmond
Give Speaker of the House William Howell credit for putting statesmanship above partisanship.
by Steve Stewart, Sunday, February 10, 2013 10:35 am
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No more suspense in elections
Gerrymandering is as old as representative democracy, and it isn’t going anywhere as long as sitting lawmakers are the ones drawing the electoral maps.
by Steve Stewart, Saturday, January 26, 2013 7:22 am
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Local volleyball team goes undefeated
Sponsored by Tidewater Volleyball Association in Virginia Beach, the tournament saw Black Water girls beating the Clash 25-20 and 25-16, Coastal B 25-8 and 25-20 ...
by Steve Stewart, Wednesday, January 16, 2013 11:20 am
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Bad way to fund highways
Gov. Bob McDonnell’s surprise proposal to scrap Virginia’s gasoline tax and raise the general sales tax appears to be dead on arrival in the General ...
by Steve Stewart, Saturday, January 12, 2013 12:56 pm
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Into 2013, with momentum
As our nation teeters on the fiscal cliff, the outlook is considerably more stable – and hopeful – here at home as Western Tidewater ushers ...
by Steve Stewart, Saturday, December 29, 2012 12:20 pm
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An undervalued profession
Money, I’m increasingly convinced, is overrated as a guarantor of educational excellence, especially in public schools.