Awesome Wrestling Entertainment announces first live pay-per-view TV event

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Awesome Wrestling Entertainment, a new professional wrestling entertainment company based in Waynesboro, will debut its first pay-per-view TV event on Saturday, Oct. 15, live from Augusta Expo in Fishersville. AWE Night of the Legends will be broadcast into 120 million households in the United States and Canada via InDemand, Dish TV, DirecTV, AGTV and worldwide…

WVPT fights funding cuts with social-media talent competition

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Got a unique talent? WVPT, the PBS station serving the Shenandoah Valley and Central and Northern Virginia, announced today the launch of TALENT WAR$ @wvpt, a contest allowing viewers across the state to show off their abilities on the web and support public television at the same time. From Sept. 1 to Jan. 3, 2012,…

WTA’s Gateway Comedy Night

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The Wayne Theatre Alliance’s Gateway will host its first comedy night on Friday, Aug. 26.  The performances are at 8 pm and 10 pm at 329 West Main in Downtown Waynesboro.  The August performances will be followed in September by the Gateway’s Top Comic Competition. The Aug. 26 performances will be presented by the Charlottesville…

Pro wrestling comes to Main Street

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Awesome Wrestling Entertainment has opened its East Coast corporate headquarters in a location in Downtown Waynesboro. The company, which stages live-event pro-wrestling shows across the United States, has set up its East Coast office at 421 W. Main St., Waynesboro. “This is a big step for us as a company,” said CEO Marvin Ward, who…

Ride With Pride Open Horse Show

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Ride With Pride, Augusta County’s therapeutic horsemanship program will be holding an Open Horse Show on Saturday, July 23, 2011 at Cedar Creek Stables in Staunton. Equitation, hunter, jumper, trail, and game classes will be judged by Judy Bonin. $8 per class, $5 per game/trail class. Concession stand will be available. Rain or shine show…

Vote for WDDI!

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The Waynesboro McAlister’s has chosen Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. as its nonprofit of choice for this year’s Tea Town USA Challenge. That puts WDDI in the running for grants worth up to $7,500. Click here to vote. You can vote once a day and also earn points for Waynesboro by checking in with your smart…

McDonnell announces ‘Orange and Blue Days’ to aid tornado-relief efforts

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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today a new initiative to help raise funds for Virginians recovering from April’s devastating tornadoes while supporting the University of Virginia baseball team as it competes for a national title in the College World Series in Omaha. Starting tomorrow, and continuing every weekday in which the UVa team plays in the…

Friendly City Food Co-Op joins national association

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Friendly City Food Co-op, slated to open this month in Harrisonburg, has become the newest member of the National Cooperative Grocers Association, a business services cooperative serving 120 consumer-owned food co-ops nationwide. NCGA helps unify food co-ops in order to optimize operational and marketing resources, strengthen purchasing power, and ultimately offer more value to natural…