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Friday night light: High school sports mag kicks off
Bart Isley and Ryan Yemen tap into the
interest in high school sports. PHOTO BY LISA
PROVENCEAs the economy has tanked, traditional print media is gasping for air. So why not start a new niche magazine? That was the thinking of two former Daily Progress sports writers. On Thursday, August 27, the high school sports-centric Scrimmage Play hits the stands.
Bart Isley and Ryan Yemen, both 25, know all too well the dire predictions for print publications.
"Print is failing because news can be covered so easily on CNN," says Yemen.
"Our theory," says Isley, "is print media can still work if it's of high quality and focuses on certain things. Our coverage is local and very specific."
With the help of stringers, Isley and Yemen plan to cover four to six high school football games every weekend in a nine-county area. Game summaries and video will go up promptly on their ...
Trash talkin': Waste war could decide the future
Peter Van der Linde's Zion Crossroads recycling
facility, one of the main reasons the RSWA has experienced a 20
percent drop in revenues. FILE PHOTO BY JEN
FARIELLOAs the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority and Peter Van der Linde, the area's two biggest players in the trash collection business, battle it out in court, the future of our trash and recycling services appear to be hanging in the balance.
While Authority director Tom Frederick has stated publicly that its $3.5 million lawsuit against Van der Linde, which is now seeking damages under RICO, is "in no way related" to Van der Linde's competing trash collection facility and that the private sector "ought to be encouraged," seeing Van der Linde's facility disappear may now be the only way for the Authority to survive.
According to the RSWA's own analysis, Van der Linde's Zion Crossroads faci...
Don Van der Linde? Wasteworks whacks recycler with RICO
"It's a legal terrorist
tactic," says Peter Van der Linde of the RSWA's decision to use
RICO. FILE PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLOJust when we thought it couldn'tÃ?Â
"It's a legal terrorist
tactic," says Peter Van der Linde of the RSWA's decision to use
RICO. FILE PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLOJust when we thought it couldn't get any hotter, the Rivanna Solid W...
Gov. Kaine pardons 3 of Norfolk Four
The Hook's April 10, 2008,
cover story on the Norfolk FourGovernor Tim Kaine granted conditional pardons August 6 to three of the four men convicted for the rape and murder of 18-year-old Michelle Moore-Bosko in 1997.
Called the Norfolk Four, Derek Tice, Danial Williams, Joseph Dick Jr. and Eric Wilson are to many the poster children for false confession syndrome.
To Moore-Bosko's parents, however, the four sailors who confessed and were convicted of their daughter's slaying are guilty, and John Grisham's announcement that he's writing about the case is pivotal in Kaine's partial pardon.
"We do not believe it is a coincidence that Governor Kaine granted these p...
After Comer: New leaders, new audits for Glenmore
The
photograph shown to Wintergreen
searchers.PHOTO BY NELSONCOUNTYLIFE.COM
In the wake of the disappearance of Glenmore Country Club president Michael Comer, a review of all financial accounts will commence "immediately." Meanwhile brother-in-law and Real Estate III chair Jeff Gaffney (who served as the public face of the family when Comer disappeared) has joined longtime developer Steve Runkle to manage the associated development businesses.
Already, Comer had been relieved of his duties by the Glenmore homeowner association. The new information comes in a July 7 letter from Gaffney to Glenmore residents and club memb...
