The World According To ChrisGraham.com: Waynesboro’s loss, Shenandoah County’s gain

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It’s been two years, and the upset feelings still boil up inside me. Tim Williams, on his way to being voted in as mayor by the new cabal in charge on Waynesboro City Council, was dispatched to send the message to then-city manager Doug Walker that his services would no longer be needed, and that…

DASCOM to locate in Downtown Waynesboro

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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   A leading manufacturers of printers announced on Monday that it will set up its U.S. sales headquarters in Downtown Waynesboro. DASCOM Americas will market a full range of serial impact, thermal, mobile, and passbook printers under the “Tally” and “Tally Dascom” brand names. The products, with the complete suite…

Waynesboro PD initiates Click It or Ticket campaign

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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   The Waynesboro Police Department will be taking part in the nationwide Click It or Ticket seatbelt-enforcement campaign that begins today and runs through June 6. In 2009, Virginia, had the highest recorded seat belt use rate in history at 82.27 percent.  Even with that good news, 756 citizens lost…

Center, Mill projects could be ‘catalysts’ for Waynesboro

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Special Report by Chris Graham [email protected]   Three years and more than $3 million of architectural and environmental work in the bag, the developer of the Mill at South River project is waiting to see which of several irons in the fire will heat up first. It could very well be an effort to land a…

Waynesboro: Don’t sweep your homeless problem under the rug

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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Cut the strings and let the homeless advocates do what they need to do. That was how I concluded a special report on homelessness in Staunton and Waynesboro that we published back in March, which found that the resources available at the state- and federal-government levels to deal with homelessness…

Education group announces Waynesboro endorsements

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected]   The Waynesboro Education Association announced today its endorsements in the upcoming May 4 city elections – giving its nod to Lorie Smith and Robert Johnson for City Council and Kathe Maneval and Jeremy Taylor for School Board.   Free read from AFPTheMagazine.com. Includes a story and video interviews.