Retired General

Chris Graham

He didn’t have to say much more. “My priority is my wife,” Jim Critzer told me when I asked him about his decision to sell the Waynesboro Generals, which he had almost singlehandedly saved from oblivion a decade ago, back when it looked like the Valley League original might be moved out of town.

No left turn?

Chris Graham

A possible solution is in the works for the woefully inefficient stoplight at the corner of Main Street and Wayne Avenue in Downtown Waynesboro. You’re going to like it. Because it was supposed to have been implemented three years ago. City manager Mike Hamp is recommending that left turns be eliminated at the intersection. He…

Children’s Hour to feature Swami

Chris Graham

The Origami Swami Megan Hicks will be the featured attraction at the Wayne Theatre Alliance Children’s Hour on Friday. Hicks, a former National Storyteller of the Year, presents a program melding paper folding and storytelling through the art of origami. The show is set for 6 p.m. at the Blue Ridge Christian Fellowship building at…

Live Blog | Today is the day!

Contributors

Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th president of the United States at noon today. Chris Graham will report live from the Inauguration Day watch party that the AFP is cosponsoring in Waynesboro. Feel free to join in during the event and throughout the day with your thoughts and observations about the historic…

Today’s Agenda

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Today is the day – the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States is today at noon. The Augusta Free Press is here in the Valley to bring you the reactions of locals to the historic swearing-in of Barack Obama. We’ll be reporting throughout the day from Waynesboro, Staunton, Harrisonburg and places in…