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Waynesboro City Council famously didn’t see fit to give city employees a half-day for Christmas Eve, evoking images of Scrooge and the Grinch Who Stole Christmas. So what do we make of Staunton City Council now that it has voted to give not a half-day to city employees, but a full-day?
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City Hall is a busy place on Christmas Eve, which is why Chris Graham understands where the conservatives on Waynesboro City Council are coming from in not giving city employees the day off. Stop the Presses commentary by Chris Graham. Length: 1:59.
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“I don’t want to be the Grinch That Stole Christmas,” City Councilman Bruce Allen said Monday night, as he proceeded to Grinchily steal Christmas Eve from city employees. On the table was a proposal from Councilwoman Nancy Dowdy to give city employees a half-day off on Christmas Eve, which this year falls midweek on a…
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Another 335 employees at the Invista plant in Waynesboro are being laid off as part of a company plan to idle part of the local facility’s fibers plant in a move that would seem at first glance to be a sign of the times of the ongoing global economic downturn. But is it the global…
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The Target store in the Waynesboro Town Center teamed up with the United Way of Greater Augusta Tuesday night to spread the Christmas cheer to 26 needy children. The kids each received $50 gift cards and had a few minutes with Santa and left the store with wrapped presents to put under the tree. AFP…
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AFP editor Chris Graham will be a guest on WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan” this morning at 11 a.m. as he is every Tuesday to talk Virginia sports. Later today, we’ll be at the Target in Waynesboro for a Christmas shopping trip with 25 needy kids. And there might be a surprise or two to…
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Waynesboro City Council is moving forward with its consideration of proposed fee increases related to the provision of city water, sewer and refuse-collection services following a brief Monday-night public hearing in City Hall. AFP editor Chris Graham reporting. Length: 2:35.
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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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In case you missed it, the news regarding the UVa. football coaching situation is now out there. Click here for the latest. We’re also getting ready for the JMU-Montana playoff game Friday night in Harrisonburg. The AFP will be there and will be spending some time this week getting you ready. On the news side,…
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The News Virginian is reporting this afternoon that a Houston-based industrial-services contractor is laying off 132 of its contract employees working at the Invista plant in Waynesboro, representing about 13 percent of the overall workforce at the former DuPont plant.
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