Waynesboro Police investigating armed robbery

Chris Graham

The Waynesboro Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that occurred early Sunday morning, March 27,at the Shell Station located at 301 E. Broad St. An unknown black male wearing a black toboggan pulled over his face entered the store and approached the 26-year-old female clerk demanding money. He was displaying a gray-colored semi-automatic handgun,…

Electronics firm to set up operation in Waynesboro: Project to create 65 new jobs

AFP

PPI/Time Zero Inc., a leading electronic manufacturing services provider of high reliability aerospace, defense, medical and industrial electronics, will invest $1.15 million to establish operations at Solutions Place in Waynesboro. The project will create 65 new jobs within the next year. Headquartered in Paterson, N.J., PPI/Time Zero is an EMS company providing low-to-medium volume highly…

Waynesboro Senior Center report: Week of Feb. 14

Chris Graham

The Waynesboro Senior Center, sponsored by Valley Program for Aging Services, invites people 60 years of age and older to participate in a variety of programs to be offered in the coming week. The center, at 325 Pine Ave., in the Jackson-Wilson building, is open 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Transportation is…

Chris Graham: A blueprint for Waynesboro’s economic future

Chris Graham

A road to somewhere, a “funky” downtown, a primary industry. Good advice from John Rhodes, a consultant hired by the city to assist in developing a new economic-development strategy. The good news is that we’ve already got a helluva base on which to build. The Waynesboro economy has nearly doubled in size in the past…