Waynesboro Senior Center schedule changes for field trip

Chris Graham

This coming week, the Waynesboro Senior Center is closed for on-site activities on both Monday and Friday. On Friday, we are taking a field trip to go ride on the Cass Railroad. The members and guests that have signed up are really looking forward to a wonderful trip. However, this trip is a bit longer…

Augusta Health to open clinics in Staunton, Waynesboro Walmarts

Chris Graham

Walmart and Augusta Health announced on Monday that Augusta Health will open “The Clinic at Walmart” in its Staunton store on Sunday, July 3, with plans to open a similar clinic in its Waynesboro store in September. The clinics will provide convenient, affordable access to basic health care services, seven days a week, with no…

Y, Waynesboro Public Schools team up to offer Pre-K afterschool

Chris Graham

The Waynesboro YMCA and Waynesboro Public Schools will partner in the fall to offer pre-kindergarten afterschool care at Wayne Hills, meeting a long-identified need in the Waynesboro community. “The Waynesboro Y will be providing a valuable service that many working parents have requested for several years,” said Robin Crowder, the superintendent of Waynesboro Public Schools,…

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School bus accident in Waynesboro: No injuries reported

Chris Graham

An Augusta County school bus was involved in an accident on Rosser Avenue in Waynesboro Tuesday morning. There were no injuries reported in the 8:47 a.m. accident involving the bus and a Toyota pickup. The driver of the Toyota, Kathryn A. Baxter, 55, of Mount Solon, has been charged with failure to obey a traffic…

Downtown couture: Shop adds to local flavor in Waynesboro

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Couture fashion – not exactly what you’d expect to find in Waynesboro, but that is one of the latest additions to Downtown Waynesboro with the addition Mariah Amine Couture. Don’t be too intimidated by the word couture, though; the shop still has the local feel that local shoppers are comfortable in. It’s within a few…

Waynesboro Senior Center Weekly Update

Chris Graham

The week of April 10-16, 2011 is Volunteer Appreciation Week. The Center wants to take this opportunity to express our heartfelt thanks to all of our volunteers. We have volunteers working in almost all areas of our services. They truly make a difference in the lives of our clients and members. We have volunteers that…

City manager: Fiscal picture puts Waynesboro’s future as city in question

Chris Graham

Waynesboro City Manager Mike Hamp is telling City Council that it needs to raise the city property-tax rate eight cents to balance the budget, and that even in doing so the city won’t be out of the woods in future budget years given the decline in the city’s industrial sector. “The organization’s current, near term,…