
REO Distribution donates office space in Waynesboro to Alzheimer’s Association
The Central and Western Virginia Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association has announced the addition of an office in Waynesboro.

The Central and Western Virginia Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association has announced the addition of an office in Waynesboro.

This statement by the Mayor of Roanoke, Virginia, surely takes the prize for government-sanctioned ignorance and bigotry in 2015. Is he aware that comparing World War II participating armies to a group like ISIS is ridiculous, that World War II killed upwards of 50 million people, primarily through the activities of the largest, wealthiest militaries on earth?

Changes to the Route 250 Connector Bus Service, identified as the number one priority in the Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission’s Transit Development Plan (TDP), took effect in early November, and riders couldn’t be happier about the new schedule.

The Virginia men’s basketball program has signed four players to National Letters of Intent, head coach Tony Bennett announced Thursday (Nov. 12).

The Virginia women’s basketball team will open the 2015-16 season on Friday, Nov. 13 at 6:30 p.m. Central Time (7:30 p.m. ET), playing at Middle Tennessee in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Staunton River High School in Bedford County and Drew Middle School in Stafford County are the statewide winners of the 2015 “Save Your TAIL-Gate, Buckle Up” campaign sponsored by Youth of Virginia Speak Out About Traffic Safety (YOVASO), the Virginia State Police and the Allstate Foundation.

Bridgewater College has announced that James H. Walsh of Richmond, Va., has been elected chair of the college’s board of trustees, replacing outgoing chair Nathan H. Miller, of Bridgewater, whose term concluded with the 2015 annual meeting on November 6.

The Charlottesville Area Transit Free Trolley will soon end a long term detour. On Monday, the Free Trolley will resume service to 2nd Street on the Downtown Mall.

Project GROWS, a non-profit educational farm located in Augusta County, will host its first-ever Celebration to benefit Project GROWS on Friday, Nov. 20 at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel in Downtown Staunton.

Afrikaner Christo Brand – one of the men who guarded Nelson Mandela for 12 years in a South African prison and who became the future South African president’s confidant and accomplice – will speak at Bridgewater College on Sunday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m., in Cole Hall. The event is free and open to the public.