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Letter from Lorie Smith Submit letters: [email protected] As my tenure on Waynesboro City Council comes to an end, I would like to express my sincere thanks to the citizens of Waynesboro for allowing me to serve on Council, as well as the School Board. There is truly no higher honor than to serve as…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The River City Radio Hour performances on Friday will be an eclectic mix of musical and comedy talents. The Boogie Kings, led by Richard Adams with William Hayes on keyboard and J.T. Fauber on percussion, will head the musical entertainment. Joining the popular Radio Hour band will be Bill…
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Special Report by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro didn’t go poof! into the night. There aren’t tumbleweeds running through downtown. (Not yet.) The sun did in fact come up this morning. That’s in spite of another electoral defeat for progressives at the polls in the City Council elections on May 4. Lorie Smith fell short…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Tighter-than-expected elections in Waynesboro, and results as expected in Staunton. That was Election Day in the Valley on Tuesday.
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Written by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro is going to head in a new direction after Tuesday’s city elections. Staunton is going to continue on a familiar and proven course. We can say that with certainty as different as the two election cycles have been in the sister cities. Free read from AFPTheMagazine.com.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Mike Harris has tried to seize the momentum in the marquee race in the upcoming May 4 local elections with a proposal that revolutionized government budgeting 40 years ago. It’s called the zero-based budget, and the idea is that budget writers start their work on fiscal plans with the…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Talk about ambitious. Charlottesville-based Octagon Partners gave itself 10 months to rehab the old R.E. Lee High School on Churchville Avenue into senior housing and new spaces for ShenanArts and the Staunton Senior Center. And Octagon and general contractor Mathers Construction of Waynesboro are coming in a little ahead…
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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected] Does anyone out there in paradise care about anybody besides themselves? If not, then we have lost a community. We have lost paradise. Over 700 area residents attended the SRO public hearing held last week at the Rockbridge County High School to hear comments on the…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] A Devon Brown jumper with 4.2 seconds left sent Liberty to the NCAA Tournament with a 68-66 win over Gardner-Webb in the championship game of the Big South Tournament on Sunday. Brown, a 2008 Waynesboro High School grad, led all players with 24 points and was named the Big…
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Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected] Can anything good come from Nazareth? A rhetorical question? Not really. In John 1:46, Nathaniel made that inquiry, and Jesus’ disciple Philip answered, “Come and see . . .” Since the year 2000, people have come to the heart of Nazareth, Israel, traveling back in time…
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