The AFP Show: Monday, March 22

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Hosted by Chris Graham [email protected]    This week’s AFP Show features: – An interview with Staunton City Council candidate Carl Tate (6:51) [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/thenewdominion01/3-22_AFP_SHOW_carl_tate.mp3] – An interview with Staunton Music Guild president Karen Lawrence (9:55) [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/thenewdominion01/3-22_AFP_SHOW_stn_music_guild.mp3] – A discussion of homelessness in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County with Tom Benevento of the New Community Project. [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/thenewdominion01/3-22_AFP_SHOW_tom_benevento.mp3]

UVa. gets win in O’Connor homecoming

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected]   Before the game, Brian O’Connor caught up with Bob Wease, who had recruited him to pitch for the Valley League’s Harrisonburg Turks back in 1990. The game itself worked out well for O’Connor’s top-ranked Virginia baseball team, which broke up a close game with a pair of unearned runs…

AFPBusiness.com: Busy season for AFP Publishing

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Edited by Chris Graham AFPBusiness.com    AFP Publishing News: AFP completes redesign of YMCA website Augusta Free Press Publishing has completed the redesign of the website of the Waynesboro Family YMCA. The new website went live in January. The site features up-to-date information on program offerings in adult and senior fitness, youth sports and childcare. Story…

Building a new industrial sector in Waynesboro

Chris Graham

Special Report by Chris Graham [email protected]   Waynesboro was once the envy of Western Virginia for its manufacturing economy. As recently as 1990, almost half of the city’s workforce was employed in manufacturing, whose rate of pay has traditionally been at least 40 percent and some years approaching 50 percent higher than the median income…

AFP Business.com Editors’ Blog

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– Networking – Chamber stuff – Radio/TV interviews    Blog by Chris Graham AFPBusiness.com    AFPBusiness.com editor Chris Graham blogs on a recent guest visit to a BNI networking group in Harrisonburg, the latest news on the issue involving former Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Ben Carter and what Augusta Free…

News Update: Friday, Feb. 12

Chris Graham

– Candidate set to announce for Ward C seat – Bridgewater College prof elected president of the Virginia Psychological Association Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Candidate set to announce for Ward C seat: A press conference has been scheduled for noon today in the Council Chambers at the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building to announce…

Bloodmobile at the Waynesboro YMCA

Chris Graham

   Story by Chris Graham www.waynesboroymca.com The weather is affecting all of our schedules. It’s also affecting the ability of local hospitals to keep up with blood-donation needs. “We are not ready to claim a crisis or emergency situation, but we are feeling the effects of the weather,” said Brian Chandler with Virginia Blood Services,…

Forecast: 5 to 10 inches of snow Tuesday, Wednesday

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  Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro effective 9 a.m. Tuesday to 4 p.m. Wednesday. The Greater Augusta region is in line for a possible 5 to 10 inches of snow accumulation due to the storm. Harrisonburg and Rockingham to…

News Update: Tuesday, Feb. 9

Chris Graham

– School Board meeting moved back – Bridgewater College receives $124K scholarship grant – EMU students win counseling ethics competition – Farm, rural business profitability focus of upcoming forum Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] School Board meeting moved back: The Waynesboro Public Schools will postpone the Tuesday, Feb. 9, Waynesboro School Board Meeting. The meeting…