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The Waynesboro Public Schools will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. at Kate Collins Middle School to receive comments on the proposed redistricting/reconfiguration plans. Those wishing to address the School Board during the public hearing must sign up in the lobby of the auditorium between 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m….
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The Wayne Theatre Alliance welcomes the holiday season with its traditional Christmas Home Tour on Dec. 4. Featuring eight sites, the Christmas Tour showcases the wide variety of architectural types reflected in the Tree Streets, Waynesboro’s oldest residential neighborhood. The one-day tour begins at 10 a.m. and continues to 4 p.m. Included on the tour…
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Exactly one year since its official kick off, the Dream It. Do It. Virginia-Shenandoah Valley campaign announces mini-grant recipients to help connect Valley students with careers in advanced technology and manufacturing. Fifteen mini-grant recipients will receive a total of $95,904 to implement activities that encourage students to explore careers in manufacturing, healthcare, information technology, construction,…
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The Board of Directors at Frontier Community Bank has promoted Alan Sweet to the position of president and CEO. Sweet succeeds Wayne Turner, who has served the Virginia community banking industry successfully for more than 33 years. Sweet joined Frontier while it was organizing in 2007, and was instrumental in guiding Frontier through the variety…
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The United Way of Greater Augusta has tapped on three community leaders to head up its 2010 fundraising campaign. Joseph and Lisa Rosenberger will serve as co-chairs of the campaign, and G. Leonard Pittman Jr. will serve as the leadership chair for the campaign. Joseph Rosenberger is the founder of Rosenberger Financial Services located in…
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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…
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Waynesboro Police Chief Douglas Davis was sworn in as president of the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police on Tuesday during the annual VACP conference held this week in Reston. Davis serves on the association’s Training Committee and Virginia Highway Safety Committee. He is a graduate of the Virginia Police Chiefs Foundation’s Professional Executive Leadership…
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The Valley Alliance for Education 2010 Annual Reception was held last night at Robert Plecker Workforce Center at Blue Ridge Community College in Weyers Cave. The annual reception is held each year to honor grant winners as well as teacher of the year for Staunton, Augusta County and Waynesboro Public Schools. The audience that was…
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Seven individuals, one regional emergency medical services agency and the local-government administration in Rockbridge County received awards from the Central Shenandoah Regional EMS Council at an awards ceremony held on Wednesday at the Grand Caverns Park in Augusta County. “The award winners and all of the nominees for each category are outstanding representatives of our…
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Streamlining effort could raise revenues, but at the cost of jobs Special Report by Chris Graham [email protected] The state of Virginia is losing as much as $400 million a year to uncollected taxes from Internet retailers. Streamlining a process for collecting them isn’t as easy as some would like to make it out to…
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