
Too many Waynesboro city government employees don’t make a living wage
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.

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.

Transportation between the Shenandoah Valley and the other side of Afton Mountain is about to get more accessible.

The triceratops on display at the Waynesboro Public Library, courtesy the Virginia Museum of Natural History, might just inspire the next generation of scientists.

For her 80th birthday on May 6, Kathy Johnson raised $400 on her Facebook page for the Waynesboro YMCA.

The Rotary Club of Waynesboro will hold a live-stream presentation featuring acclaimed historian Christopher Kolakowski on Thursday, April 8.
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