
Waynesboro: Bookerdale Road Bridge closing next week for repairs
The Bookerdale Road Bridge in Waynesboro will be closed for repairs starting Wednesday, Sept. 15.

The Bookerdale Road Bridge in Waynesboro will be closed for repairs starting Wednesday, Sept. 15.

The Waynesboro Family YMCA is opening its doors to 3- and 4-year-olds in the community – and it may be free to families who qualify.

The AWARE Foundation is raising attention to a missing person case involving a Waynesboro woman who was the subject of a protective order.

Leigh Arbaugh is often the first one at the office and the last to leave as she manages the COVID-19 cases within Waynesboro Public Schools.

Leah Cave’s Waynesboro home – she has two dogs, three cats, eight chickens, two roosters, two house pigs – would make for a fun field trip for a K-3 class.

The Virginia DMV is partnering with the City of Waynesboro to open a DMV Select office, located at 501 W. Main St., Room 105, on Sept. 7.

It’s been a week since Waynesboro City Council set the date for a September vote on a controversial proposed pet ordinance, and though it looks like City Council members aren’t on board with the limits on pet ownership in the city, those limits are still on the table at this writing.

Waynesboro City Manager Mike Hamp isn’t “suggesting or encouraging animal owners to evade the law.” Made that clear this past Monday as he presented to Waynesboro City Council the proposed ordinance that would put limits on the number of pets that city residents could own and house. Of course there’s a but coming.

It was a tough year for students and teachers, certainly, but even in a tough year, Waynesboro Public Schools underperformed.

Waynesboro City Manager Mike Hamp seemed to suggest that residents could just quietly ignore the restrictions on the number of pets they can own that he proposed as part of an update to the animal control ordinance that he presented to City Council this week.