More bad news at Media General

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More bad news on the news-media front. Media General announced last week that it is closing its Washington, D.C., news bureau on March 27. “We very much regret having to take this step,” said Graham Woodlief, president of the Publishing Division at Media General, the parent company of The News Virginian in Waynesboro.

Unemployment rate up, but so is the local labor force

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Waynesboro’s unemployment rate shot past the 9 percent barrier in January, and unemployment across the Greater Augusta region was up significantly across the board, according to data released by the Virginia Employment Commission on Friday. But continue reading below the fold here, because I think I might have noticed something unusual, to say the least,…

Literary novelist to sign copies of new book

Chris Graham

Waynesboro author Inman Majors will be signing copies of his new novel, The Millionaires, on Saturday from 2-4 p.m. at Blue Mountain Coffees in Downtown Staunton. Proceeds from the sales of The Millionaires, a story of the rise and fall of two banking brothers who make a run at the Tennessee governor’s office in the…

Who’s in charge downtown?

Chris Graham

A discount-store owner who has told the local print newspaper that he would “probably move” if Downtown Waynesboro were to ever get back on its feet is, for all intents and purposes, the point man on downtown redevelopment until that day comes. “I think the compromise, as long as the two restaurants survive through it…

Dance fever

Chris Graham

Megan Blosser worked four or five nights a week for six months with her dance partner, Kristina Winn, on the dance routine that won the duet recognition at the recent DanceMakers Inc. competition in Richmond. That’s how you have to do it to get every step, every move of the arms, every smile just right.

Generals name field manager

Chris Graham

The Waynesboro Generals announced Thursday the signing of Andy Chalot to coach the team in 2009. Chalot, currently the assistant baseball coach at West Virginia Tech, was the first hire by Lawrence Nesselrodt, Waynesboro’s director of baseball operations. Prior to joining Nesselrodt at West Virginia Tech, Chalot was the pitching coach at Gannon University from…