Happy 40th, Vector!

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Vector Industries in Waynesboro marked its 40th anniversary on Thursday. The nonprofit employs more than 100 individuals with diverse disabilities from Waynesboro, Staunton and Augusta County. AFP editor Chris Graham talked with employees, staff and community leaders about what Vector Industries means to the Valley and filed this special report. AFP Video. Length: 5:21.

Schola to serve breakfast for Fall Foliage attendees

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Schola Cantorum of Waynesboro is hosting its annual Pancake Breakfast at Main Street United Methodist Church in Downtown Waynesboro in conjunction with the opening day of the Virginia Fall Foliage Festival Art Show on Saturday morning. The cost is $5, and tickets are available at the door. The breakfast runs from 7:30-10:30 a.m.

The Pulse | Silly season going on largely outside public view

Chris Graham

That’s what I call the part to an election cycle where we have the debates and the candidate endorsement interviews. I refer to it as the silly season because, well, to be honest, I just don’t see the value to the hand-wringing that goes on with debates and endorsements, on all sides. Which isn’t to…

Y opens Nautilus Center

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The Waynesboro Family YMCA marked the formal opening of its new Nautilus Center on Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Waynesboro Mayor Tim Williams and YMCA executive director Jeff Fife are among the featured speakers at the event, which drew more than 50 people to the 648 S. Wayne Ave. facility. AFP Video. Length: 4:15.

Vector marks 40th year on Thursday

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Vector Industries is hosting an Open House on Thursday to mark its 40th year of operations in Waynesboro. Vector is a nonprofit providing people with diverse disabilities in Waynesboro, Staunton and Augusta County with opportunities to earn a living and contribute to the community well-being.

Stone Soup Books and Cafe schedule – Oct. 9-17

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The schedule of events at Stone Soup Books and Cafe, 908 W. Main St., Downtown Waynesboro for the Oct. 9-17 period. Online at www.stonesoupbooks.net. Friday, Oct. 9 – Barbara Martin’s Earthy Blues and Sassy Swing served up with an order of “Frim-Fram Sauce atop the Ausen Fay and Shifafa on the side”…a Fall Foliage Festival…

Morgan to appear at Valley Framing

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Renowned artist Sherry Morgan, who for the past 30 years has appeared on Main Street during the Virginia Fall Foliage Festival Art Show, will this year appear inside of Valley Framing Studio and Gallery in Downtown Waynesboro. Morgan will be exhibiting over 60 pieces of work. These include many new framed originals plus framed limited-edition…

VDOT roads report

Chris Graham

The latest on ongoing roads projects in the Shenandoah Valley from the Virginia Department of Transportation. 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, mowing Monday to Saturday, 7 a.m….

Serba announces write-in candidacy for treasurer job

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Jim Serba is done complaining about the issues in the Waynesboro treasurer’s office. The retired retail-store troubleshooter wants to do something about it. “I’m not going to blast anybody. Everybody is trying to do the best that they can. But from what I’ve read, things are basically out of control in that office, and somebody…

Book dives into local WWII history

Chris Graham

A forgotten chapter in Valley history and a prominent local military school play central roles in a new book by novelist Elizabeth Tidwell. Device and Deceit is a historical-fiction thriller set in the Waynesboro area during World War II and involves a German scientist being held at a prisoner of war camp near Sherando Lake…