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The Central Shenandoah Health District and local vets throughout our district are urging people to “Protect the Ones You Love. Vaccinate Your Pets.” This important message is the focus of this year’s Rabies Awareness Week, Sept. 28-Oct. 4. “Vaccinating companion animals, such as dogs and cats, against rabies for their protection as well as the…
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An updated list of ongoing local road projects from the Virginia Department of Transportation.
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Waynesboro (0-2) will make the trek up U.S. 340 to Spotswood to take on the Trailblazers (2-0) in nondistrict Valley football action tonight at 7 p.m. You can listen to the game live at AugustaFreePress.com courtesy Stretch Internet. AFP editor Chris Graham will provide the play-by-play description of tonight’s action. Waynesboro Generals owner and veteran…
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The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum today announced that a group from the national Model A Restorers Club will be visiting the Presidential Library on Monday, Sept. 21, from 9 to 10:45 a.m. The members of the club, who will park their 15 Model A cars in the Presidential Library parking lot during the…
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Two men face armed-robbery charges in connection with an incident reported at the 7-Eleven at the intersection of King and Ivy in Waynesboro Tuesday night. Jeremy Lamont Brown, 23, of Lyndhurst, and Daryl Shondell Washington, 34, of Waynesboro, are both charged with armed robbery. Brown is also charged with the use of a firearm in…
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Waynesboro High School football coach Steve Isaacs is the guest on today’s “Chris Graham Show” as Chris previews Friday night’s WHS-Spotswood non-district football clash. The game will be broadcast at AugustaFreePress.com with a 6:30 p.m. pregame show and the 7 p.m. kickoff. Length: 11:42.
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In a continuing effort to provide the best wireless service for local residents in communities up and down the I-81 corridor in Virginia, Verizon Wireless has completed work that increases the number of calls its wireless network can handle. In Spring Hill, Kiser Hill, Waynesboro, Reservoir Hill, South Staunton, Weyers Cave, Tinkling Springs, Sampson, Middle…
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It marks the second time the Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir has sung by invitation for a U.S. president. It is also the second time the choir was invited to provide music before a crowd of more than 6,000 at the presentation of the Global Nonviolence Award by the Mahatma Gandhi Center at James Madison University….
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The Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge announces the recent creation of the John W. Greene Memorial Scholarship Fund. This scholarship fund was created by the Waynesboro First Aid Crew along with an anonymous donor. Mr. Greene was a dedicated member of the Waynesboro First Aid Crew and the Waynesboro Fire Department.
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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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