A $10 million-plus gamble?

Chris Graham

If you build it, they might come. If you don’t, they can’t. That could be one way to sum up the rationale behind the anticipated move by Waynesboro City Council to buy approximately 170 acres of land on the southeast edge of the city for future development as an industrial park. “We’ve not hidden from…

Film on sustainable farming to premiere in Waynesboro

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American Meat, a feature documentary about a grassroots revolution in sustainable farming starring Virginia’s own Joel Salatin and his Polyface Farms, will have its world premiere July 9 at Waynesboro’s Zeus Theater and July 10 at Staunton’s Visulite Theater. Reported and directed by filmmaker Graham Meriwether, the movie explains how America arrived at its current…

Bed bugs are back!

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The resurgence of Cimex lectularius, the common Bed bug, is being reported across the Commonwealth of Virginia. VPMA-member pest control companies who received one or two bedbug calls a year are now reporting one to two each week. That’s 50 times more calls! Experts say the bed bug resurgence started with international travel with bugs…

Tide blasts Knights

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The Norfolk Tides paid homage to the Independence Weekend Sunday night at Harbor Park by lighting up the scoreboard in an 11-7 win over the Charlotte Knights in front of 8,853 fans. John Hester put the Tides ahead with a three-run homer in the second inning. Trailing 3-0 to start the frame, the Tides loaded…

Sox fall in extras

Chris Graham

Andy Wilkins launched a towering, walk-off three-run home run in the bottom of the tenth inning, capping off a wild back-and-forth 12-10 victory for the Dash over the Red Sox on Saturday night at BB&T Ballpark. Salem took leads into the bottom of the ninth and tenth innings, but the Dash fought back with multiple…

Tides rally comes up short

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The Norfolk Tides nearly came all the way back from a 9-0 deficit Friday night at Harbor Park before falling to the Scranton Wilkes-Barre Yankees 9-7 in front of 7,496 fans. Trailing 9-2 in the seventh inning, the Tides put the first three batters on base with two singles and a walk that ran Scranton…