Waynesboro Voter Guide: Big changes ahead for city voters on Election Day
There’s a whole lot of change in Waynesboro when it comes to voting in November.
There’s a whole lot of change in Waynesboro when it comes to voting in November.
Staunton High School’s Lori Peltonen, a library/media specialist and educator for 30 years, is the 2023 Region V Teacher of the Year.

The Waynesboro City Office of the Voter Registrar’s move to the city library is under way – with the official change of address happening on Wednesday, Aug. 24.

Anne Spencer was born in 1882. A poet and civil rights activist, she was part of what would come to be called the Negro Renaissance in the 1920s in Lynchburg.

Seventy-one Waynesboro city government employees, 30 of them full-time employees, are paid less than $15 per hour, according to data provided by the city to Augusta Free Press.

On Monday, March 14, Waynesboro City Council will honor Kathy Johnson “for her charitable activities and humanitarian efforts to the city of Waynesboro” as she makes plans to move to Texas.

The Staunton Public Library will offer two telescopes for patrons to check out for recreational and educational use beginning this week.

After more than 25 years serving the city of Waynesboro, Deputy City Manager Jim Shaw is finishing up projects and starting a new plan. His new plan is retirement. His last day with the city will be Oct. 15.

Waynesboro Public Schools has partnered with SORA, a reading app that allows students access to the local public library ebook and audiobook collections.

Megan Carroll, media specialist at William Perry Elementary School in Waynesboro, has been awarded a Valley Alliance for Education Creative Classroom Grant to purchase books that reflect the diversity of her students and their families.
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