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Waynesboro was hit by a brief but furious hailstorm Tuesday afternoon. AFP editor Chris Graham stepped outside the office to get shots of the storm and at one point almost took a direct hit from one of the falling hailstones. He survived, and filed this report. Length: :51.
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Updated: 5:30 p.m. It’s Primary Day in Virginia – with voters flocking, ahem, to the polls to select Democratic Party nominees for governor, lieutenant governor and the House of Delegates. Join the AFP Live Blog today for news updates from the polls in the Valley and Central Virginia and statewide and to share your thoughts, observations, predictions,…
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I have finally made contact with the finalist for the Waynesboro voter registrar’s job, and she is “boiling” after reading the lead article in the June New Dominion Magazine, “‘The secrecy thing’: Did ‘done deal’ appointment skirt law?,” on the behind-the-scenes maneuvering that led to another candidate getting the job.
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They called Denny Walling “Good Wood” because he was, well, “Good Wood” coming off the bench in clutch situations, one of the best pinch-hitters all time, with 108 pinch hits in 18 big-league seasons. But Walling is getting the start on Opening Night this year when the Waynesboro Generals take on the Staunton Braves at…
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Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008, 2:28 p.m. Waynesboro voter registrar Mary Alice Downs hits Send on an e-mail to Nelson County voter registrar Lisa Wooten. “I thought I would just touch base with you and see if you still have an interest in a move to Waynesboro? My Board is trying to plan for the upcoming…
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From: Downs, Mary Alice Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 2:28 PM To: Lisa Wooten Subject: the year Hello….. well how goes the Election of 08 year? I thought I would just touch base with you and see if you still have an interest in a move to Waynesboro? My Board is trying to plan for…
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If I want to know what’s going on with the Artisans Center of Virginia, the easiest way for me to find out is to get up from my computer, walk down the hall toward my old office on the other side of the Augusta Free Press Publishing building and ask Sherri Smith, the ACV’s new…
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Liam McNamara remembered being “a little scared, a little timid” at his first graduation weekend at Fishburne Military School as an eighth-grader. “Seeing the valedictorian, it had a high place in my mind,” said McNamara, a day student at the Waynesboro prep school. “Being up there giving the valedictorian speech to a new class of…
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It’s like the parking lot at Wal-Mart outside the door to the Verona Community Food Pantry, located on the backside of the Department of Social Services building at the Augusta County Government Center complex off U.S. 11. Inside it’s just as crazy as the Wal-Mart on a weekend, long lines at the counter and shopping…
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I had tried a couple of times to look into the matter of why Comcast Cable devotes two channels, 6 and 17, on its top tier of offerings in Waynesboro, Staunton and Harrisonburg to The Inspiration Network, the broadcast home of controversial archconservative religious figures like John Hagee and Benny Hinn, secular conservatives David Cerullo…
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