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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] And I’m thinking that I want to lead Waynesboro into the future … “Um, Benzi … no! We’re not … OK.” This is what happens every day now when I take my beloved miniature poodle for her early-afternoon walk. And actually, I could say that something similar…
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Story By Erin Gutzwiller Have you ever wondered how the ice cream that you eat is made, and more importantly, what it is made of? Most ice-cream connoisseurs do not know that the ingredients used to make ice cream are made from cheap and unhealthy ingredients. Which is interesting, because for me, eating ice cream…
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Story By Erin Gutzwiller iPods, computer games, and cell phones are just some of the gadgets that technology has given us. Along with these things has also come a steady incline in obesity in both adults and children. According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, obesity has increased from 15 percent to 32.9…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The next time we see John Robb, he’ll look … well, we can say a little different, and leave it at that. “I’ll need a belt. I know that much,” said Robb, who is leaving Waynesboro for Georgia this week to begin a seven-month, 2,179-mile journey up the Appalachian Trail….
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A survey conducted by Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. shows strong support among downtown business owners for the continuation of the annual Main Street Muscle car show, with one notable exception. Tim Spears Music City owner Tim Spears has suggested that he will consider taking legal action regarding the conduct of…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Gregg Clemmer had an idea for a book on a forgotten Civil War general with a classic nom de guerre. Clemmer knew he had something special going when other historians told him not to waste him time trying to track down Old Alleghany. “I’m somewhat stubborn like an old bulldog….
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] I wrote a year ago or so about the Stupid Downtown Waynesboro Stoplight. You know the one. Sits there at the intersection of Main and Wayne. Takes forever and a daggone day to cycle folks through. Everybody I know who has to drive through downtown to get…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Thurston Wheelis and Arles Struvie want to welcome you to Tuna, Texas, the third smallest town in the Lone Star State. What the fictional Tuna lacks in size, it needs to be said, it more than makes up for in its characters. You learn that from Thurston and Arles, disc…
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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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