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A Waynesboro citizens group is hosting a forum for the four candidates for the city-treasurer position in Waynesboro this week. The Waynesboro Citizens for Responsible Spending forum is set for Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. in Meeting Room A at the Waynesboro Public Library, 600 S. Wayne Ave. Two of the four candidates are…
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Somebody has to win Friday night. Waynesboro High School football coach Steve Isaacs talks about how important the game between his 0-7 Little Giants and 0-7 Rockbridge County is for both teams on today’s “Chris Graham Show.” (Note to readers: The WHS-RCHS game will be webcast live on AugustaFreePress.com Friday night at 7 p.m. ) Length:…
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I remember it well. We were sitting at the Wright’s Dairy Rite. I was 13, maybe 14. I was spending the summer weekend with my cousin and his parents. Waiting for our food, they were blasting ’50s music. In my head at the moment: I wonder what happens when I get old. Will I sit…
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wayneThe Waynesboro High School Concert Choir will be presenting its fall variety show featuring music from the Broadway musical Wicked this weekend in the Louis Spilman Auditorium. Showtimes are Saturday, Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 25, at 3 p.m. Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for students K-12.
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You don’t need to go as far as gay marriage. A candidate can win the support of the LGBT community by advocating legislation that would allow employees to include gay and lesbian partners in group life-insurance policies. Indeed, it doesn’t take much to break through what Jay Fisette, the Arlington County Board of Supervisors member…
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Representatives from the statewide Democratic Party campaigns and Democratic candidates for local seats in the Virginia House of Delegates will address women’s issues at a forum being sponsored by the Shenandoah Valley Democratic Coalition for Professional Women next week.
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The United Way of Greater Augusta announced today that the Dolly Parton Imagination Library is the recipient of two new grants. Target’s Literacy Foundation and UPS have donated funds to help continue the early-childhood literacy program in the Augusta County community. The Dolly Parton Imagination Library assures that children 0-5 years old in the Augusta…
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Craig Nargi was up on the Skyline Drive overlooking Augusta County taking photos of the Valley below with his kids. The pictures didn’t turn out. “They were all blurry. You couldn’t see anything,” said Nargi, the owner of Hermitage Hill Farm and Stables, a state-of-the-art horse-boarding and -training facility located west of Waynesboro. But Nargi…
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Yep, I’m doing it. I’m sticking up for Rush Limbaugh. (I’ve got a can of Lysol handy. OK, it’s across the hall with the folks at the Artisans Center of Virginia. One of the staff has swine flu.) Ahem. I don’t like the way the NFL treated the Boss when word started getting around that…
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Waynesboro High School football coach Steve Isaacs talks with AFP editor Chris Graham about his team’s upcoming game with Massanutten District foe Broadway set for Friday night. The Little Giants are still looking to get off the schneid from an 0-6 start to the 2009 season following a 34-7 home loss to cross-county rival Wilson…
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