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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham LOSER: Everybody Did you hear about the case involving a woman in Charlottesville who was charged with obtaining money under false pretenses, was taken before a grand jury, was not indicted, and then was not released until her attorneys found out about the snafu a month later? Yeah…

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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham PUSH: Charlottesville looks at stormwater-system improvements This probably sounds familiar to Waynesboro residents. The city has an aging stormwater-system infrastructure, and is looking at ways it can come up with dollars to pay for improvements. And among those ways – assessing fees on residents and on businesses. Count…

Traffic flows near new Town Center benefit from quick VDOT fix

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Story by Chris Graham The Interstate 64 interchange near the new Waynesboro Town Center has benefited from a series of inexpensive operational enhancements that should improve traffic flows at what was already a busy intersection. “We evaluated the shoulders and pavement width and determined by restriping the Route 340 end of the exit ramp, VDOT…

Art show names judges

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Item by Chris Graham The Virginia Fall Foliage Festival Art Show has announced the judges for the 2007 show. Homer L. Springer Jr. and Trudi Van Dyke will serve as judges for the 36th annual show – set for Oct. 13 and Oct. 14 in Downtown Waynesboro. Springer has taught art for 40 years, the…

Local preacher, author, recounts post-9/11 experiences

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Story by Chris Graham Bob Johnson will never forget what he saw when he returned to his native New York for the first time following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. “It was overwhelming,” said Johnson, who made the trek to NYC after answering a call from the International Conference of Police Chaplains, of which…

Mohawk, Commonwealth Transportation Board, Floyd Landis

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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham LOSER: Mohawk Industries Nice PR department they must have there. The Georgia company first tells The News Virginian that it was not going to be laying off employees at its Waynesboro plant as part of a companywide restructuring, then goes ahead and lays off employees at its Waynesboro…

Auditions for play based on ‘Father Knows Best’ set for this weekend

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Item by Chris Graham Auditions for an upcoming Waynesboro Players production of a play based on the 1950s television series “Father Knows Best” are scheduled for Friday and Saturday. Auditions for adult roles will be held Friday night at 7 p.m. at the Waynesboro Players Warehouse on East Main Street. Auditions for the child roles…

Local GOP chairs endorse Hanger

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Item by Chris Graham It’s official – Emmett Hanger has received the formal endorsement of local Republican Party leaders in Staunton, Waynesboro and Augusta County in his bid for re-election in the 24th Senate District this November. “We would like to congratulate you on your victory in the primary this past June. As the Republican…