Spring events in Downtown Staunton

Chris Graham

Staunton Augusta Art Center Annual Youth Art Show Friday, March 30 through Sunday, April 1 Gallery located at the Staunton Augusta Art Center galleries in the R. R. Smith Center for History & Art at 20 S. New  Street.  The best art works from all public, private, and independent schools in Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta…

EMU drops pair to Averett

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Saturday was about as frustrating as they come for the EMU baseball team.  Not only did the Royals drop two close games at Averett, but they lost them both in walk-off fashion. Eastern Mennonite now has a few extra days off, as Sunday’s doubleheader at Ferrum was called off due to the impending weather.  The…

Three Guys with Notes to headline fundraising event

Chris Graham

Three Guys with Notes, a musical outreach program based in Staunton, was recently selected to be one of 100 stories featured in a year-long national media project called Bus 52.  The five-person multi-national Bus 52 team is traversing the country in a converted school bus collecting and sharing inspirational tales from “America’s roots of community,…

City gets $100K grant for stormwater detention basin

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The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has awarded the City of Waynesboro $100,000 in grant money from the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund for a project entitled “Retrofitting Our Way to a Healthy South River.” The City will work with several partners during the course of the multifaceted project including the Center for Watershed Protection, Central…

McDonnell pushes immigration enforcement

Chris Graham

On May 12, 2011, after months of delay and inaction by U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security, Gov. Bob McDonnell wrote Secretary Janet Napolitano requesting immediate approval of the Commonwealth’s application for the Virginia Department of State Police to be granted limited immigration enforcement authority under a 287(g) agreement,…

Third annual Mad Hatter’s Easter Festival April 23

Chris Graham

Waynesboro will once again welcome spring to the Valley with the annual Mad Hatter’s Easter Festival on Saturday, April 23. The Mad Hatter and the Moms Club’s White Rabbit will open the gates to the Easter Festival in Waynesboro’s Constitution Park at 10:30 a.m. For the next three hours, the park will be the place…

Tri for the Y 2011

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The second annual Shenandoah Valley Sprint Tri for the Y has been set for Sunday, June 5, beginning at 7 a.m. beginning at Ridgeview Park in Waynesboro. The event includes a 400-meter swim, a 14.9-mile bike ride and a 5-kilometer run. The triathlon, organized by Elevation Athletics, is a fundraiser for the Waynesboro YMCA and…

Children’s Choir releases new CD

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The Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir, in its 19th year, has released its 14th compact disc, “Songs from the Heart,” a general collection of recordings from the last two choir years. Released Oct. 15, the newest recording includes favorites such as “Jubilate Deo” with the Washington Symphonic Brass and John Fast, organist, and “The Garden Song”…

PGI breaks ground on $65 million expansion in Waynesboro

Chris Graham

The $4.55 million package of local and state incentives seems a pretty price to pay, but in the current economic environment, the 41 jobs that will come with the expansion of the PGI facility in Waynesboro might just have extra value. “Manufacturing has taken a big hit nationally. People think of jobs going offshore. But…