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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Poll Question: How are gas prices affecting your daily life? Cars are our freedom. They’re how we get to work, go on vacation, make it to the parents’ house for Sunday dinner, travel to and from play practice and baseball and soccer games after school. Our freedom is…
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Photos by Chris Graham [email protected] The second annual Miss Vector Womanless Beauty Pageant was held Saturday night at Kate Collins Middle School. Nineteen contestants took part in the pageant, which raised money for the Waynesboro-based Vector Industries, a nonprofit that provides employment opportunities for area residents with mental and physical disabilities and others.
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Photos by Chris Graham [email protected] A record number of entrants took part in this year’s Main Street Muscle show in Downtown Waynesboro. All told, 122 vehicles of all makes and models and eras were on display – and turnout in the area of 3,000 people were on hand to take a gander at the assemblage….
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Photos by Chris Graham [email protected] The Waynesboro Department of Public Works held its ninth annual Public Works Day on Saturday as part of the Wild Weekend in Waynesboro. Displays and hands-on activities gave city residents the ability to learn more about how public works works. An infrastructure treasure hunt, rides in the bucket truck and the…
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Photos by Chris Graham [email protected] XtremeFest ’08 was a popular destination on Saturday. Hundreds of residents from Waynesboro and across the Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia took part in events at Ridgeview Park ranging from kayaking the South River to rock climbing to extreme biking and skateboarding to a rollicking pull-up competition and more. XtremeFest…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Moving Waynesboro Forward. Three simple words. An interesting concept. We wanted to let Waynesboro voters know the stakes that were at play in the recent city-council elections. I’ve personally been hearing for years from residents frustrated that the city hasn’t been willing or otherwise able…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A musical produced and starring “American Idol” contestant Colton Berry is coming to the stage at Kate Collins Middle School in Waynesboro Friday, May 23, through Monday, May 26. Company opens Friday night. Showtime for each night of the production is 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased…
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Item by Jim Bishop By popular demand, Eastern Mennonite University will repeat its online course on “Basics of Parish Nursing,” June 23-July 28, 2008. EMU’s Adult Degree Completion Program sponsors the course, which is open to any registered nurse or upper-level nursing student in an RN nursing education program. Parish nursing in the United States…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro leaders are discussing what to do about the real-estate tax rate. One option is to raise it four cents, as the city manager has proposed. The second option is to keep it where it is, and make some drastic cuts to services. We wouldn’t…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The River City Radio Hour is back with a new serial. Night Hawk and Murder at the Lake by Bob Crawford will captivate audiences at the Third Fridays event in Willow Oak Plaza on West Broad Street sponsored by the Waynesboro Cultural Commission, Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. and the Wayne…
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