
A helping hand: Navy recruiter a positive influence on all who use Waynesboro Y
Walt McCallop is a 23-year US Navy veteran now serving as a Navy recruiter. He’s still working on the aspiring law-enforcement officer he met at the Waynesboro YMCA.

Walt McCallop is a 23-year US Navy veteran now serving as a Navy recruiter. He’s still working on the aspiring law-enforcement officer he met at the Waynesboro YMCA.

Bridgewater College will celebrate 138 years of its founding on Tuesday, April 3, and will present three awards during the 11:15 a.m. convocation in Nininger Hall.

The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Health Department continues to investigate an ongoing mumps outbreak at James Madison University. To date, mumps infections have been confirmed by lab testing in five staff members and 14 students. Lab results are currently pending for three additional students.

Arts Council of the Valley’s Court Square Theater will host show-stopping bluegrass band Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out on Thursday, March 22nd in anther spectacular Court Square Theater Music Series concert.

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In the final concert of its 28th season, the Shenandoah Valley Youth Symphony will perform The Lord of the Rings “Symphonic Suite” and other works. The featured soloist is violinist Eve Miller, a senior at Eastern Mennonite High School (EMHS).

Kline’s Ice Cream is marking its 75th year with a 75-Cent Cone Day event on Tuesday, March 20, at Kline’s locations in Harrisonburg, Staunton and Waynesboro.

Climate Action Alliance of the Valley, a local grassroots non-profit organization working to educate citizens and legislators about the risks resulting from our warming climate, is urging its members to speak up about proposed regulations to reduce carbon pollution from Virginia’s power plants.

Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality will be holding six public hearings on Virginia’s Carbon Reduction Plan, or Executive Directive 11 (ED 11).

Eastern Mennonite University has named Leda Werner as the project coordinator of a new grant funded by the U.S. Department of Justice that focuses on connecting with community partners to combat sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking on campus.
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