Halloween Happenings: Your guide for Halloween 2022 local events
Halloween is being celebrated in the region with haunted houses, hayrides, pumpkin picking and lots of events involving spooks, mazes, candy, crafts and fun for all ages.
Halloween is being celebrated in the region with haunted houses, hayrides, pumpkin picking and lots of events involving spooks, mazes, candy, crafts and fun for all ages.

The American Library Association’s Libraries Transforming Communities grant makes it possible now for the Augusta County Library to offer memory kits.
You can’t call Kenny Lee an outsider. Lee, running for the Ward C seat on Waynesboro City Council, was born and raised on Shiloh Avenue in the Port Republic Historic District.
A dozen archival institutions from across the region will exhibit unique collections that showcase Valley history during the Shenandoah Valley Archives Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 12 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Several local organizations, including Waynesboro Schools, are partnering to bring opportunities for physical activity and access to books to the River City’s low-income children.

The Augusta County Historical Society and the Staunton Augusta Art Center announced a combined reopening of their exhibit galleries to the public, on a limited, reservation-based system on Friday and Saturday evenings, starting this Friday.

The Augusta County Library has suspended all programs and meetings n an effort to slow the spread of the novel virus COVID-19.

The Valley Libraries Consortium will be waiving fines those directly affected by the government shutdown.

On the eve of the Civil War, the African-American population of Staunton and Augusta County stood at about 20 percent. In 1865, when Staunton became the headquarters for the Freedmen’s Bureau in the aftermath of the war, those population figures increased.

Join the Valley Libraries’ first in a series of quarterly team trivia nights at local breweries.
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