
Blogcast w/Chris Graham: Two competing visions for Waynesboro’s future
The Wayne Theatre is having the impact on the Waynesboro economy that the people who worked to make it happen had been saying all along would be the case.

The Wayne Theatre is having the impact on the Waynesboro economy that the people who worked to make it happen had been saying all along would be the case.

Tourism revenue for the City of Waynesboro reached $36,282,493, a 2.7% percent change over 2016.

Two popular contenders from last year’s TV talent show “The Voice,” Vanessa Ferguson and Stephanie Rice, will perform at the Historic North Theatre in Danville on Aug, 3.

The City of Waynesboro invests annually in tourism-oriented business endeavors, events, and projects through its BOOST grant program.

The ground work continues for a $10.4 million Virginia Museum of Natural History Waynesboro branch campus, with three possible locations still under consideration.

The new Waynesboro City Council is now seated, formally, with the annual reorganization meeting Monday morning bringing on Sam Hostetter and Bobby Henderson, who were both elected in the May city elections.

Sam Hostetter and Bobby Henderson were the big winners in the 2018 Waynesboro City Council elections on Tuesday. Leading to the question: does who won matter in the long run? Probably not.

Candidates for the Ward C and Ward D seats on Waynesboro City Council took part in a candidate forum sponsored by the Wayne Theatre and The News Virginian, and moderated by Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham, on Thursday.

The Wayne Theatre and The News Virginian are co-sponsoring a Waynesboro City Council candidate forum set for Thursday, April 26, beginning at 7 p.m.

Live@TheWayne features Waynesboro’s own Blues Soup on Friday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. Blues Soup joins Live@TheWayne house band The Boogie Kings and host Tracy Straight at the show.
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