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Column by Steve Landes We have now passed the midway point of the 2008 General Assembly session, commonly referred to as “crossover.” The House passed 616 of the 1,576 bills filed by delegates and the Senate approved 433 of the 795 bills filed by senators. Now, the House will spend the bulk of its time…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Award-winning writer Elizabeth Massie will present the first in a series of writers workshops being sponsored by the Waynesboro Cultural Commission this coming weekend. The workshop will be held at Stone Soup Books in Downtown Waynesboro from 10-11:30 a.m. Massie, a Waynesboro-based historical-fiction and horror author, will lead a discussion…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A 4,200-seat stadium, a $20 million estimated construction cost. A projected $27 million annual economic impact. And you wonder why they want to build a minor-league baseball stadium? They, in this case, being Charles County, Maryland, which on May 2 will open Regency Stadium as the home to the Southern…
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Story by Faryal Zubair There’s nothing to do in this town. I wish we had some form of entertainment. Do these phrases sound familiar? Teen-agers and even adults who are residents of Waynesboro commonly use these sentences. Maybe it’s because they aren’t aware of some of the great events that take place in our small…
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Story by Erin Gutzwiller Waynesboro, Staunton and Augusta County are among the 127 communities that are participating in the Big Read in the month of March. The idea of the Big Read is to commit children, adults and teen-agers to read for pleasure and gain interest in American culture and its literature. According to the…
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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] Sorry, Senator … You’re going to have a hard time in November here in Virginia. No doubt about it. And you know why. What … do I have to spell it out? OK, here goes. I live in the reddest part of Virginia, maybe of the entire…
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Story by Crystal Graham [email protected] Politics is in DuBose Egleston’s blood. “I have lived in Waynesboro since I was 4 years old, and very much want this city to progress and improve,” said Egleston, who announced his candidacy for the at-large seat on Waynesboro City Council at a press conference at city hall this morning.
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Story by Scott German Here we go again. With a ton of talent, experience and motivation the Virginia baseball team find themselves in familiar territory. But when May arrives they must let the past be the past and rise to the occasion when it most matters – the postseason. Despite the loss of several key…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Calling all men in Greater Augusta and Greater Lexington. Wanted: Men to serve as role models for young boys in single-parent homes. Skills: Nothing special required, actually. Just your time. “You can play cards, or if you love to cook, you can teach your little how to cook. Or if…
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My mother-in-law was telling a story about how tough it was for her to deal with the death of her daughter, my wife Crystal’s twin sister, Christina, 15 years ago to suicide. “I went back to work, and I was getting back to normal, and one morning I just lost it there at the office….
