Girl Scouts learn about the weather

Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   Members of Girl Scout Troop 553 from Waynesboro recently visited NBC29’s Charlottesville studio to talk with meteorologist Eric Pritchett about weather and meteorology. The visit helped the Scouts complete work toward Weather and Journey badges. Members of the Troop who took part in the visit were Emmie Reger, Raven…

Arts of the Blue Ridge Festival set for June 5

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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Two of Waynesboro’s major arts organizations – the Wayne Theatre Alliance and the Shenandoah Valley Art Center – have joined forces to create a new regional tradition. On Saturday, June 5, the first Arts of the Blue Ridge Festival will be held in Constitution Park in Downtown Waynesboro.

Environmental group praises delay on offshore drilling

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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   The U.S. Minerals Management Service announced today that it is postponing indefinitely the public-comment period and the public hearings that were scheduled in Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina in the coming weeks on the proposed sale for oil and gas drilling off Virginia’s shore.

Read my lips? Candidates debate taxes

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected]   Carl Tate looks at it as reinforcement. “It reinforces my promise to the citizens of Staunton not to vote to raise their taxes,” said Tate, a candidate for Staunton City Council, who made news in his upstart campaign with his April 8 announcement that he had signed the Taxpayer…

Gypsy Hill Place: On pace

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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…

#20 Virginia Tech rallies in ninth, knocks off #1 UVa.

Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   #20 Virginia Tech avoided a three-game series sweep with an 8-5 win over second-ranked Virginia Sunday afternoon in front of a sellout crowd of 4,219 at Davenport Field. The Hokies used a five-run ninth inning, capped by Buddy Sosnoskie’s two-out, two-strike, bases-clearing double, to rally for its first win…