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Virginia state gas average of .00 for one gallon of unleaded fuel is down 7 cents from one week ago, 28 cents from last month, and 59 cents from a year ago, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic. The average price statewide is its lowest since Jan. 27. The highest recorded price of a gallon of gas in Virginia this year was .52 on April 20, while the lowest price on record was .92 on Jan. 12. “Gasoline prices have been plunging lately and it is not uncommon to see them take a bit of a breather during hurricane season,” said AAA...Article LinkSupport the show

Now that school is out for most students in the region, officials from AAA are urging caution on the part of teen drivers during a time period it refers to as "The 100 Deadliest Days" of the year. “Traffic crashes remain one of the leading causes of death for U.S. teens between the ages of 16 and 19,” said AAA Mid-Atlantic spokesperson Morgan Dean. “Teens often have a lot of unstructured time in the summer, but don't have the experience and skills of older drivers. Those factors can often lead to deadly consequences on the road.” The 100 days between...Article LinkSupport the Show.

Virginia's annual “Click It or Ticket” enforcement campaign is back. The effort, a partnership of the Virginia State Police, Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, first-responders and local law enforcement officials, is running now through June 4. Its aim is to call awareness to wearing seat belts and to enforce the state's seat belt laws. The campaign coincides with the Memorial Day holiday, which is known for being one of the busiest and most dangerous travel weekends of the year. To kick off the campaign, DMV, the Virginia State Police, the Henrico County Division of Police, and AAA Mid-Atlantic held a...Article LinkSupport the show

Morgan Dean from AAA Mid-Atlantic checks in with Gary Hess on the fluctuating gas prices around the US and RVA.  

Now is the time to start summer travel planning. AAA Mid Atlantic's Ragina Ali and iHeart Radio's Bernie Lucas talk about Memorial Day travel, gas prices, Move Over laws and distracted driving. Info: www.aaa.org

Hear why gas prices and car prices are increasingly expensive lately and get tips on negotiating the price of your next car from AAA Mid Atlantic's Ragina Ali. Info: www.aaa.com

2 suspects attempted a jewelry theft at Walden Jewelers at Francis Scott Key Mall in Frederick on Sunday and 1 got away. AAA Mid Atlantic says more than 109 million Americans will be traveling 50 miles or more from home for the Christmas and New Year's holidays. Food gifts are often very popular during the holidays. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monday is the two-year anniversary of the Virginia Beach mass shooting that killed 12 people and injured four more. There will be tributes throughout the weekend to remember the victims; After over a year of social distancing, masking and avoiding crowds, Virginia lifted its remaining gathering restrictions today; AAA Mid-Atlantic expects more than a million Virginians to travel for Memorial Day; and other local news stories.

Henrico's Board of Supervisors adopts a revised budget; the county's HR department looks outside the county to find its new leader; the RVA Small Business Relief Fund opens; one Henrico business is making plans for its employees to work from home throughout 2020; three Henrico students earn National Merit Scholarship; AAA Mid-Atlantic offers free services to healthcare workers, first-responders.(Today's Henrico News Minute is brought to you by the Lakeside Farmers' Market.)Support the show (http://www.henricocitizen.com/contribute)

Seatbelt laws, open containers, coronavirus travel warnings, worn tires in rain, distracted driving, gas prices, recent senior pedestrian fatalities and more are discussed by AAA Mid-Atlantic’s John Townsend and iHeart’s Bernie Lucas.

Winter driving and car maintenance tips, recent roadside deadly accidents and school bus safety and a related tragedy are among the issues discussed by AAA Mid Atlantic’s John Townsend and iHeart’s Bernie Lucas.

Background on gas prices, increasing car theft in the DMV, thinking ahead to the return of school zones and more, discussed by AAA Mid Atlantic’s John Townsend and iHeart Radio’s Bernie Lucas.

When is the worst time to hit the road for Thanksgiving travel in the D-M-V? Hear about that and school bus safety and winter driving tips, as discussed by AAA Mid Atlantic’s John Townsend and iHeart’s Bernie Lucas.

Guest: Tracy Noble - Manager of Public and Government affairs for AAA Mid-Atlantic Topic: The Summer driving season is here. There are many things that we need to be aware of and check off our “to-do” list when it comes to driving this season. From distracted driving to graduated licenses to how to make sure your car is ready for that summer road trip. Tracy Noble gives us the deets on all things driving. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lon Anderson has been friends with Andy O for over 40 years. Listen in to Andy describe the Lon Anderson he’s come to know. “He's a big voice in our town. He's helped us . . .get around town . . . You've heard his voice on radio. You've seen his face on TV news talking about one of the biggest issue that affects us daily. He's been on the pulse of transportation issues." Andy continues, Lon's "name has appeared in The Washington Post more than 500 times - sometimes favorably I may add. He can speak on any topic related to traffic safety, holiday travel, speed cameras, gas taxes and driving in snow. He's been the spokesman for AAA Mid-Atlantic for most of his career. He sits with me on the Board of Directors of the Washington Area Regional Alcohol Program which grew out of some ideas that we had on WMAL years ago, with Jerry Sachs and others and we started this whole effort with WRAP. And, he's my friend of many many years and a great great citizen of Our Town.” Lon Anderson and WMAL Andy considers Lon Anderson part of WMAL just without being on the payroll because Lon was on the air so much back then. Andy and Lon take a walk down memory lane. The talk about the talent at WMAL back in the day. Harden and Weaver. Trumbull and Core – co-hosts of “Two for the Road. Ken Beatrice. Lon says of Trumbull and Core, that there “it was the generational gap there . . .that really made it . . .it wasn't a natural pairing that you would have expected . . . they were different generations. Boy, talk about making the evening drive a little easier for all those motorists.” Andy agrees that “it was so incredible the way they got on beautifully . . .they were entertainers. . . they were information outlets but really entertaining . . .that was the old WMAL to entertain people and make their drive safer going and coming to the office absolutely.” They go on to reminisce about WMAL’s popularity, at the time, with AM and PM commuters. Education and Career Lon went to Montgomery College and then University of Maryland. On the way to becoming AAA’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Director, he worked in public relations as spokesman for two different Secretary of Education and as a Vice President of Communications for a trade association. He began his career in journalism as a cub reporter with the Frederick Post where he covered Montgomery County council meetings as a part of the Montgomery County Bureau of the Frederick Post. The Frederick Post is alive and well and is published daily. Sometimes on weekends it is fatter than The Washington Post. Andy and Lon continue to discuss how things have changed geographically. Frederick is no longer the end of the world as it once was but very much a part of Our Town. After the Fredrick Post, Lon became editor-in-chief of the News Express – a weekly community paper out of Bowie. After a couple of years at News Express, Lon bought a failing community newspaper, the Damascus Courier. He “decided it was time to go see if all the things I thought would make a good community newspaper work and happen.” He could see growth coming to the Damascus market. If he could just hold out it will come and he would be in clover. Lon renamed it the County Courier and expanded into Olney. Things worked out and Damascus grew as did Olney but then in the early 80s the recession hit. Lon ended up selling the County Courier to a competitor the Gazette Papers which ultimately sold to The Washington Post. The Washington Post ended folding the community papers. Both Andy and Lon talk about how sad it is that community journalism is no longer. They continue the discussion about the general lack of newspaper readership and what that means. They finish up this segment talking Our Town newspaper history, including the demise of the Washington Star. Andy attributes its demise that in part to transportation problems in Our Town. AAA and Transportation Problems Around Our Town

On the August 6, 2013 edition of Boomer Generation Radio, Jenny Robinson of AAA Mid-Atlantic discusses how to have the conversation with aging parents when it's clear they are having issues driving, or simply shouldn't be driving any more. More information about having these conversations is available at a special AAA website. Robinson is public affairs manager for AAA Mid-Atlantic. She previously was a press officer for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), and worked as a radio reporter at several Philadelphia radio stations. Jenny Robinson, AAA Mid-Atlantic Boomer Generation Radio airs on WWDB-AM 860 every Tuesday at 10 a.m., and features news and conversation aimed at Baby Boomers and the issues facing them as members of what Rabbi Address calls “the club sandwich generation.” You can hear the show live on AM 860, or streamed live from the WWDB website. Subscribe to the RSS feed for all Jewish Sacred Aging podcasts. Subscribe to these podcasts in the Apple iTunes Music Store.