
Update on Waynesboro Senior Center construction
Due to the work needed in the main Senior Center area of the building, the Waynesboro Senior Center was asked to vacate the space for two weeks (Nov. 5-16) so crews could focus in that area.

Due to the work needed in the main Senior Center area of the building, the Waynesboro Senior Center was asked to vacate the space for two weeks (Nov. 5-16) so crews could focus in that area.

It’s the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, and Waynesboro Public Library will be hosting a program about art from the front lines thanks to a grant from The National Endowment for the Humanities in cooperation with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the Library of America.

Republican Mitt Romney won the presidential voting in Waynesboro.

Two of Waynesboro’s four voting wards are reporting as of 8:40 p.m.

Events at the Waynesboro Public Library in November.

The Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge is proud to announce the creation of a new fund, the Waynesboro Kiwanis Fund. The committee-advised fund will be used by the Waynesboro Kiwanis Club to award annual grants in the greater Waynesboro area.

Holly Rilinger won a state championship at Waynesboro High School, led James Madison to the NCAA Tournament and played in the WNBA. Not bad for a 5’4″ dynamo who was probably better suited athletically for anything other than success on a basketball court.

Mark Strauss is not only a Holocaust survivor. He is also an artist and author. His presentation at Waynesboro Public Library on Thursday, October 11 will connect these two avocations to his poignant story of survival and hope as a child in Nazi-occupied Poland. The evening’s presentation, in cooperation with the Foundation for Holocaust Education Projects, starts at 6 p.m. with a segment for children and will be followed by one for adults at 7:30 p.m.

WTA’s Gateway and the Waynesboro Heritage Foundation will present it second local history lecture at 7 pm on Thursday, Oct. 18. Brig. General Bill Alexander will trace the final organized resistance in the Shenandoah Valley. The lecture is free but donations are gratefully accepted. Doors open at 6:30 with open seating.

The Shenandoah British Car Club will be holding its annual Car Show in Waynesboro beginning Friday and running through the weekend. The show is held in conjunction with the Blue Ridge Apple Festival and provides support to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank.
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