
Changes in Waynesboro elections should promote voter participation
Significant change is coming in Waynesboro with respect to the way the city conducts City Council elections.

Significant change is coming in Waynesboro with respect to the way the city conducts City Council elections.

More students in the 2020-2021 school year who entered the ninth grade during the 2017-2018 school year earned a diploma and graduated from Waynesboro High School within four years compared to previous years.

Due to tremendous response from the community, there are no longer any COVID-19 vaccination appointment slots available for 5- to 11-year-olds during the Fall Community Resource Festival at Kate Collins Middle School on Saturday.

Chris Johnson and Sabrina von Schilling won by nearly identical landslide margins in the races for sheriff and commissioner of the revenue in Waynesboro.

October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Schools traditionally spend this time acknowledging that bullying has devastating effects on children and families such as school avoidance, loss of self-esteem, increased anxiety, and depression.

In the first nine weeks of the Waynesboro Schools’ 2021-2022 academic year, 147 positive cases of COVID-19 were reported. Since the second nine-week period began on Oct. 10, only 18 positive cases have been reported.

Waynesboro City Council has moved to delay consideration of a proposed animal ordinance until early 2022.

A job well done is recognized in many ways. A few kind words, a pat on the back, or the presentation of an award certificate.

Waynesboro has won approval for a $116,000 Business District Resurgence Grant for a downtown recovery project.

When Westwood Hills Elementary school started looking into ways to address the many issues the pandemic caused, they turned to their students for input.
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