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The facilities and equipment that the football team at Waynesboro High School has to use are an embarrassment. And we’re still waiting for somebody else to do something about the situation … why? I’m in the locker room weekly to talk with coach Steve Isaacs for a weekly podcast that we do at AugustaFreePress.com associated…
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Kevin Blackburn Photography were awarded a contract to provide services to Landmark Aviation at their newly renovated Washington Dulles (IAD) Terminal. The Waynesboro-based studio will be photographing the new architectural features and client areas of the new terminal. It will also be covering the open house event for the evening that is being hosted by…
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The latest from the Virginia Department of Transportation on local roads projects. Rockbridge County Interstate 64 * Mile marker 41 to 57, eastbound and westbound – Litter and debris removal. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. * Various locations – Ditch cleaning, litter and debris removal. Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to…
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All those who have cried, “We miss The Boogie Kings,” will be happy to hear that the popular group will be the featured musicians for the Friday, Sept. 18 “River City Radio Hour.” Led by Richard Adams, The Boogie Kings includes the keyboard wonder William Hayes with J.T. Fauber on percussion. The Boogie Kings’ groupies…
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A Waynesboro nursing home has “taken care of the deficiencies” that had led to sanctions from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services earlier this summer, a Virginia Department of Health official told The Augusta Free Press this week. Chris Durrer, the director of the Office of Licensure and Certification in the VDH, said Avante…
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Renowned artist Sherry Morgan will be honored at a special showing of her works from Sept. 18 to Oct. 11 hosted by Valley Framing Studio and Gallery in Downtown Waynesboro. The kickoff of her showing will be a reception on Friday, Sept. 18, from 5-8 p.m. Morgan will have not only here latest originals, and…
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The Wildlife Center of Virginia, the nation’s leading teaching and research hospital for native wildlife, has scheduled several open houses for Autumn 2009. These are rare opportunities to see the inner workings of the nation’s premier wildlife hospital, as well as meet some of the wildlife that serve as the Center’s education ambassadors.
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Is Steve Landes using your tax dollars to track down wild partisan allegations that the White House is tracking your blogs and comments? He told the News Leader for a story on the “Nazi” remark controversy published Friday morning that he has staff engaged in the pursuit of “information out there that the White House…
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Three men have been arrested in connection with an Aug. 24 robbery that Waynesboro police are calling a botched attempt to purchase crack cocaine. Arrested were Darnell Eugene Reynolds, 24, Calvin M. Smith, 33, and Paul David Foster, 33, all of Waynesboro. All three have been charged with one count of robbery and one count…
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Story by Chris Graham Paul Lavigne is one of these baby boomers on the verge of wreaking havoc on the senior-services system as he ages into senior status, at least theoretically speaking. But at 61, Lavigne isn’t ready for the rocking chair on the front porch of the old-folks’ home just yet. Lavigne, to the…
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