Take me out to the ballgame

Chris Graham

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…

River City Radio Hour set for Friday night

Chris Graham

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…

Read for Fun through the Big Read

Chris Graham

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…

Egleston announces candidacy for council seat

Chris Graham

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.

Learning to grieve

Chris Graham

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….

The return of Winners and Losers …

Chris Graham

Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] LOSER: Waynesboro about to lose its mayor Tom Reynolds announced his retirement effective June 30 from Waynesboro City Council. Reynolds was instrumental in having the city council think long-range – to his own detriment, if you judge the controversy that foes of his forward thinking raised in…