Today’s Events – Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009

Contributors

Here is a list of events ongoing today in the Central Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia. Note that all events are subject to cancellation due to the weather today. If you have a cancellation to report, please contact us at [email protected]. For a complete rundown of what is on the local events schedule, go to…

VDOT road work schedule for Jan. 26-30

Chris Graham

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…

Love in the air at Wayne

Chris Graham

If you love, have loved or have been loved, the Wayne Theatre Alliiance’s special Valentine’s Day theatrical presentation is for you. Love Letters is the chronicle of letters written between a couple across their lifetimes. Starring in the show will be Wayne Theatre Alliance executive director Clair Myers and Llyn Walker. The play is being…

City making progress on Downtown Wall

Chris Graham

The project to replace a city-owned brick wall that has been connected for nearly 40 years to a private Downtown Waynesboro commercial building might be getting a jumpstart. City manager Mike Hamp told Waynesboro City Council at its monthly work session Wednesday night that he should be prepared to make a recommendation regarding what to…

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…