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A murder mystery starring Waynesboro City Councilwoman Lorie Smith, News Leader community conversations editor Cindy Corell and Staunton school superintendent Steve Nichols will help kick off the 2009 Big Read Thursday. The mystery, The Revenge of the Maltese Falcon, also starring Augusta County Board of Supervisors member Nancy Sorrells and Community Foundation of the Central…
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Nancy Dowdy was surprised, to say the least, to hear that the not-anywhere-close-to-being-shovel-ready Shenandoah Village Drive extension had made its way into the package of proposals for federal stimulus money up approved by Waynesboro City Council last week. She has an idea as to why it ended up in the submission to the state for…
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Waynesboro Downtown Development, Inc., has donated eight tickets to its 10th annual Taste of the Town fundraiser on Tues., March 17, from 5-9 p.m., at Fairfax Hall in Waynesboro, to readers of AFP. Tickets are on sale now for $35 per couple; $20 per adult; or $10 for teens age 13-18. Children under age 12 are…
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– Economy: Joint statement on the economy, Monday, 10:50 a.m. – Local News: Waynesboro City Council business meeting agenda, Monday, 10:50 a.m. – Local News: Augusta County Board of Supervisors staff briefing agenda, Monday, 10:50 a.m. – Local News: VDOT road work update, Monday, 10:50 a.m. – Virginia Politics: Moran picks up Henrico endorsement, Monday,…
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– Economy: Gas prices trending back downward, Sunday, 12:40 p.m. – Sports: Nevada knocks off VCU in BracketBusters, Sunday, 12:40 p.m. – Sports: JMU baseball drops pair in Myrtle Beach, Sunday, 12:40 p.m. – Sports: JMU softball improves to 9-1, Sunday, 12:40 p.m. – Sports: W&L falls to EMU in men’s basketball, Sunday, 12:40 p.m….
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The tough times being faced in the news-media industry are now hitting home to Waynesboro. The News Virginian announced in today’s edition that it will be implementing a series of unpaid furloughs for employees in line with a fulough program being implemented by its corporate parent, the Richmond-based Media General.
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– Local News: Community Foundation announces creation of scholarship fund, Thursday, 6:45 p.m. – Local News: Wine tasting Friday in Waynesboro, Thursday, 6:45 p.m. – Sports: W&L baseball opens ’09 with win, Thursday, 6:45 p.m. – Local News: EMU history prof traces life of 19th century explorer, author, Thursday, 2:50 p.m. – Virginia Politics: Moran…
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The Artisans Center of Virginia will announce Thursday morning that it will temporarily be closing its doors at the end of the month, but its future in Waynesboro is apparently at question, The Augusta Free Press has learned. The board of directors of the Artisans Center, the designated statewide artisans center for the Commonwealth, voted…
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The Waynesboro YMCA is giving local kids something to do on Friday nights that doesn’t involve walking the streets. AFP editor Chris Graham took part in last week’s Friday Night Basketball and talked with Y executive director Jeff Fife, the Waynesboro Police Department and some area teens to get a sense of how it all…
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The spin is in, which is evident as we’re being told that recent sales figures in Augusta County indicate that the much-maligned reassessments are right on, if not a tad low given the market activity. I call this spin, because we really know nothing about the parcels that we’re being told have been selling above…
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