Augusta Health Teen Volunteer Program applications available

Applications for Augusta Health’s Teen Volunteer Program are now available in the Volunteer Services Office at Augusta Health and at all county, city and private high schools in the Staunton-Augusta County-Waynesboro area. Teen Volunteers at Augusta Health must have finished ninth grade, be at least 14½ years old, and demonstrate serious interest in working in [...]


WMHS Senior Night: It takes two

Bruised knees, sore muscles, strawberries (a form of floor burn that occurs when your body slides across a gymnasium floor), a sprained ankle for Mariah Taylor last year, and a broken nose for MaryKate Sullivan just last week. The two senior players on the Wilson Memorial High School girls’ basketball team have experienced all the [...]


Advance opens new store in Fishersville

Advance Auto Parts Inc., a leading automotive aftermarket retailer of parts, batteries, accessories and maintenance items, today announced it will open its first store in Fishersville at 32 Windward Drive, Suite 120 on Thursday. Company officials said they chose this location for the store because it’s convenient to where their customers live and shop as [...]


A new look for the Augusta County Library

The building now home to the main branch of the Augusta County Library opened in the 1930s as the Fishersville Elementary School. It was last renovated in 1983. It’s perhaps not surprising that the work being done at the site of late has come up with some interesting finds. “We found out that it was [...]


Fishersville Library opens new doors on June 19

Edited by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net   On Saturday, June 19, the Augusta County Library in Fishersville will welcome patrons through its new entrance. Facing Route 250, the main entrance will bring patrons into new and renovated space, including the former stage and reading garden. In the eight months since the groundbreaking ceremony for Phase 2 [...]


Deeds to speak in Fishersville on Saturday

Edited by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net   Bath County State Sen. Creigh Deeds will be the featured speaker at a legislative breakfast being sponsored by the Augusta County Democratic Committee on Saturday. The event will be held at Mossy Creek Cafe, 1761 Jefferson Highway, Fishersville, and will begin at 8 a.m. The cost to attend is [...]


Derby Dames back in action at Expo this weekend

Edited by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net   The Charlottesville Derby Dames will take on the rival Rocktown Rollers of Harrisonburg on Saturday at Augusta Expoland in Fishersville. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the shoving starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 in advance at brownpapertickets.com, $8 at the door, and kids under 5 are free. [...]