Tourism group launches in Waynesboro

Local business owners and volunteers involved in the tourism industry in the Greater Waynesboro area have announced the formation of the Tourism Association of Greater Waynesboro to advocate for the multimillion-dollar tourism industry. “Few local residents are aware that over $4 million in contributions to the city’s revenue source comes from sales and lodging taxes,…

Steven Sisson: More study needed on Waynesboro bed and breakfast issue

Chris Graham

As a Waynesboro resident who is a former certified planning commissioner and former chairman of the Rockingham County Planning Commission, I am personally opposed to the proposed Conditional Use Bed and Breakfast in RS-7 district in the city’s new comprehensive plan for a number of reasons. The intent and purpose of the RS-7 District is…

The World According To ChrisGraham.com: Waynesboro, stop trying to be Staunton

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Note to status-quo foes in Waynesboro: We’re wrong, way wrong. We don’t want to be more like Staunton. Look at the numbers. If anything, they should want to be more like us. The numbers don’t lie. Our economy is bigger – much bigger – than Staunton’s. According to taxable-sales figures from the Weldon Cooper Center…

Waynesboro splits with Harrisonburg, earns #5 seed in playoffs

Chris Graham

A seven-run fourth rallied Waynesboro from a 4-1 deficit in game two of a doubleheader at Harrisonburg and earned the Generals a split with the Turks on Monday. The split gives Waynesboro the #5 seed in the Valley League playoffs, which get going Tuesday night with the Generals traveling to Front Royal to take on…

Five-run rally lifts Waynesboro to wild 15-14 win

Chris Graham

A four-run top of the 12th seemed to give Woodstock one of the wildest games in the 87-year history of the Valley League. But we weren’t even close in terms of how wild things were going to get. Five consecutive two-out walks, the last one drawn by nine-hole hitter Jon Clinard, gave Waynesboro an improbable…

New Market holds off Waynesboro, 4-3

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham www.waynesborogenerals.com A two-out eighth-inning throwing error gave New Market the eventual winning run in a 4-3 win at Waynesboro Sunday night. The Generals had rallied twice from deficits on run-scoring hits by Drew Turocy. A two-out fifth-inning Turocy single scored Colin Harrington from second to tie the game at 1-1. Then…

Vanke gives Waynesboro a first impression

Chris Graham

Jeff Vanke was a one-man campaign team at Sunday’s Summer Extravaganza in Waynesboro. It’s called retail politicking – giving people what one voter who Vanke, an independent candidate for the Sixth District congressional seat currently held by Republican Bob Goodlatte, met recently called a “horseback view.” “It’s just a brief impression, but it speaks volumes,”…