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Maybe I’m the only person in Waynesboro who cares, but I still have to point this out. We’re paying two city managers just under a quarter of a million dollars to run the city for us this year. You knew that already, of course. That, and that the assistant city manager was the city planner,…
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Here is an updated list of highway work projects that might affect traffic in the Staunton Transportation District during the coming weeks. Work scheduled is subject to change due to inclement weather and material supplies. Motorists are advised to watch for slow-moving tractors during mowing operations. Also, when traveling through a work zone, be alert…
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Sometime this spring – that’s the time frame for having a new economic-development director on board in Waynesboro. “We’ve developed a recruitment profile, and we’re going ahead with advertising after the holidays,” assistant city manager Jim Shaw told me this week, laying out the plan for filling the position left vacant by the departure of…
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One thing is for sure when you ask Creigh Deeds a question. He’s going to give you an answer, and it’s not going to be one of those politician answers where you think afterward that he really didn’t give too much away. “The things that I talk about aren’t things that people have told me…
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City employees working up to 5 p.m. this busy Christmas Eve might be interested to know that I ran into our hardworking mayor this morning, and that he was hard at it.
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I’ve been yammering endlessly about how Waynesboro needs to get ahead of the green-collar-job curve. The folks at Vector Industries have been doing more than yammering endlessly. “At the beginning of the year, when I was doing my yearly budget, I realized that I was spending more and more on utilities, and I was trying…
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Vector Industries in Waynesboro is marketing Green Kits that can save 34 percent of your water consumption – cutting your water bill and conserving water. Good timing with today’s unveiling of the Green Kits for Waynesboro residents about to see their water-sewer bills on the increase, eh? AFP editor Chris Graham reporting. Length: 2:14.
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Bad news – the United Way of Greater Augusta is looking at a potential 30 percent hit on its fundraising campaign for 2008-2009 due to the slumping macroeconomy. Worse news – that means possible cuts for area agencies that receive United Way funding toward their day-to-day operations.
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Here is an updated list of highway work projects that might affect traffic in the Staunton Transportation District during the coming weeks. Work scheduled is subject to change due to inclement weather and material supplies. Motorists are advised to watch for slow-moving tractors during mowing operations. Also, when traveling through a work zone, be alert…
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Waynesboro was in the Christmas spirit Friday night. Christmas in the River City drew hundreds downtown for live music and theater, fine dining, a ceremonial burning of the yuletide log and of course some last-minute Christmas shopping five days before the big day. AFP editor Chris Graham reporting. Length: 1:58.
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