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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] DuPont Community Credit Union celebrated the grand opening of a new office in Waynesboro and the groundbreaking at a site that will host a new office in Woodstock. The new Waynesboro office is adjacent to the long-time office for the East Side of Waynesboro at 200 E. Broad St. The…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] How many of you are going to be surprised when you hear that I checked into today’s called and then canceled closed meeting to interview prospective candidates for the vacant city-attorney position to see if there was anything funny going on? I hope none, by…
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] LOSER: The Constitution of the United States of America The McCain peeps are making a big deal about how David Petraeus doesn’t agree with Barack Obama on Iraq timetables. OK, I’ll bite. Are they trying to say that the president works for the general now, as opposed to it being…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Augusta County has signed a contract to make prescription-drug discount cards available to residents of the county and the cities of Staunton and Waynesboro that will offer an average savings of 20 percent off the retail price of commonly-prescribed drugs. The cards are available to area residents regardless of age,…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A public-information session on the upcoming review of the Waynesboro zoning ordinance by the city planning and zoning departments is on the calendar for Thursday, July 31, at 7 p.m. at Kate Collins Middle School. The city recently adopted a new land-use plan, and an update to the zoning ordinance…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A meet and greet for Sixth District Democratic Party congressional nominee Sam Rasoul is on the schedule for tonight at 6 p.m. at 250 Central Cafe just west of Waynesboro. The meet and greet is being hosted by the Augusta County Democratic Committee. Rasoul will be on hand from 6-7:30…
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Item by Mary K. Heatwole The Bridgewater College Alumni Choir will present a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, at the Bridgewater Church of the Brethren. The Alumni Choir was co-founded by Dr. Jesse Hopkins, the Edwin L. Turner Distinguished Professor of Music at Bridgewater College, and Jonathan Emmons, a 2005 graduate. Emmons will…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The Shenandoah Valley is among the reddest parts of red-state America. Tim Russert, God rest his soul, needed a brighter shade for us to get across just how red we are. George W. Bush got 74.4 percent of the vote in Augusta County and Rockingham County in 2004,…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Frank Lucente’s city-council campaign has officially retired its debt, though it took a late infusion of cash from some big-money supporters for the self-styled fiscal conservative to be able to do so. Lucente had listed a campaign debt of $2,148 on a campaign-finance report filed…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Lifesong will be performing live in concert at the Ridgeview Park Ampitheater in Waynesboro tomorrow night. The concert is part of the Summer of Praise Concert Series. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. Admission is free.
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