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We may have seen the last community Fourth of July celebration in Staunton. At least that’s what I’m hearing. “Our committee is going to meet at the end of the month to make decisions about whether this festival goes on next year or not,” America’s Birthday Celebration organizer Terri Corey told me before Saturday’s big…
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Ask me what Waynesboro’s biggest problem is, and I’ll tell you this – people here love telling you how nobody here seems to have a clue of what we need to do to move Waynesboro forward, but when push comes to shove on that, folks don’t seem to want to do anything about it other…
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A two-out RBI single in the bottom of the ninth off the bat of Alex McClure tied the game at 4, and an Evan Stobbs RBI sac fly five long innings later plated Rob Kral with the game-winning run as Waynesboro rallied past Fauquier 5-4 at The Fish Thursday night. Chris Graham called the final nine innings…
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I give the News Virginian hell often enough that it is only fair of me to give kudos to the paper when deserved, and it’s deserved in the matter of the call in a Wednesday editorial for somebody on Waynesboro City Council to step forward and take the lead on downtown. I’ll take their call…
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I could feel the sting. “We’re not off to quite the start we wanted to be. It’s not a disastrous start or anything,” Andy Chalot told me as we talked for a puff piece for the upcoming Generals Magazine. “We’re still 11-9 and over .500. But we had a couple of games that we should…
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Unemployment ticked up a bit across the Valley in May, though the slight increases were called seasonal by a Virginia Employment Commission economist today. Waynesboro still has the highest unemployment rate locally, at 9.1 percent, up from the 8.8 percent mark in April, according to VEC data released today. Staunton was up from 6.9 percent…
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Waynesboro Generals fans are invited to stay after the home game with Fauquier on Thursday night for a meet-and-greet with Generals players. Fans are invited to take photos and get autographs for 30 minutes after the game at Fishburne Military School Park at Kate Collins Field. Tables and chairs will be set up around the…
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Waynesboro used a solid pitching performance from Ricky Marshall to break a three-game losing streak with a 4-0 win over Rockbridge Sunday night at The Fish. AFP editor and Waynesboro Generals general manager Chris Graham talked with Marshall and assistant coach Kurt Davidson after the game about the win. He also takes us behind the…
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An AFP reader might have a point regarding a possible violation of laws in a discussion between the former voter registrar in Waynesboro and a candidate for the appointment to the post. “Providing information about the manner in which a specific vote is cast, or any information regarding an individual’s votes, is ABSOLUTELY illegal –…
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OK, so the Waynesboro Generals lost 8-2 to the Staunton Braves on the field Thursday night. Even so, the game night was a fun one, with several Generals fans making the trek over ftom the River City to the Queen City for the game at John Moxie Memorial Stadium to encourage the kids in blue…
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