
Halloween weekend brings traffic safety concerns
As Halloween approaches, AAA is raising awareness for dangerous traffic safety concerns – increased pedestrian activity and drunk driving – both of which converge this Halloween weekend.

As Halloween approaches, AAA is raising awareness for dangerous traffic safety concerns – increased pedestrian activity and drunk driving – both of which converge this Halloween weekend.

The good news is that the number of COVID-19 positive cases in the Central Shenandoah Health District is down.

In the first nine weeks of the Waynesboro Schools’ 2021-2022 academic year, 147 positive cases of COVID-19 were reported. Since the second nine-week period began on Oct. 10, only 18 positive cases have been reported.

Alan Skees will exhibit American Glitch: Neo-Regionalism from Nov. 8 through Dec. 10 in the Beverly Perdue Art Gallery on the main floor of the John Kenny Forrer Learning Commons on the College’s campus.

With the recent approval of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 booster vaccines, Central Shenandoah Health District is scaling up clinic operations to meet demand for eligible individuals.

Time has insulated us from the violence perpetrated by past regimes in their pursuit of power.

Waynesboro has won approval for a $116,000 Business District Resurgence Grant for a downtown recovery project.

As the country continues to improve its vaccination numbers in the attempt to end this year-plus-long coronavirus pandemic, the time has come for some to receive their booster shots.

The current inpatient COVID-19 census at Augusta Health is 33, down from the recent high of 63 reported back on Sept. 13, and the hospital reported just 16 new positive COVID cases in the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. Tuesday.

Theatre at Bridgewater College will present Today is My Birthday by Susan Soon He Stanton from Oct. 27-30 in Cole Hall on the College’s campus.
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