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Crews had just finished putting up the sign on the front of the theater. It was time for the big opening that Brett Hayes had been planning for months. “I just wanted to see a movie,” said Hayes, a day before the Oct. 8 opening at Zeus Digital Theaters, the eight-screen, $8 million, 1,100-seat, digital…
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The City of Waynesboro and Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. are jointly sponsoring a Downtown Design Workshop on Oct. 25-26. The workshop is being conducted by Frazier Associates, Architects and Community Planners. In an effort to directly engage the downtown business community, the workshop is being held in the heart of the business district at 329…
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An organization calling itself the Police Protection Fund conducting phone solicitations in the Waynesboro area has no ties to the Waynesboro Police Department and does not have permission to use the department’s name in its solicitations. A press release from the department issued Thursday warned local residents of the calls and advised that the city…
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The Waynesboro First Aid Crew took home five top honors at the Virginia Association of Volunteer Rescue Squads annual convention held recently in Virginia Beach. The Junior EMT competition team – consisting of Sarah Merriken, Tara Morrison, Whitney McCormick and J.T. Harry – took first place in the Junior EMT Contest. The Senior EMT Competition Team…
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Slight differences in demographics translate to solid state and federal funding for senior services in Staunton and an uncomfortable funding deficit in the senior-service arena in Waynesboro. “We’re looking at being close to $75,000 to $80,000 in the hole this year,” said Jennifer Chestnut, the director of senior services for the Staunton-Augusta-Waynesboro region at the…
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Berkeley Glenn Elementary, Westwood Elementary, Wenonah Elementary, William Perry Elementary and Kate Collins Middle School in Waynesboro will be joining schools from around the world to celebrate International Walk to School Week Oct. 4-8. Approximately 1,800 students from Waynesboro Public Schools will be walking to school next week along with parents, teachers, and community leaders….
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Waynesboro Police are looking for two white men in connection with a 6:30 a.m. Tuesday robbery at the Sheetz on 2156 W. Main St. A 51-year-old woman was injured after being attacked by one of the men as she left the store. The suspect grabbed her purse strap from behind, pulling her to the ground…
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My two cents on the musing that we’re seeing done in Waynesboro on downtown: All due respect to our former mayor, but the Artisans Center of Virginia isn’t something that we can speak of in the past tense, as if it is no longer, and we have to reminisce. The city didn’t lift a finger…
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The recent New Yorker story on the Koch brothers has folks in Waynesboro musing aloud about the influence of the libertarian scions on the political scene in the River City, where the biggest employer, Invista, is a subsidiary of the privately-held Koch Industries. At first glance, it’s … interesting … to note a couple of…
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Coyner Springs Park in Waynesboro will be home to Kite Day on Saturday, Oct. 2. The 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. event is sponsored by the Waynesboro Department of Parks and Recreation and 2 Guys Flying. The event features kite decorating, parachute races, stunt kite demos, basic kite repair, face painting, hay rides and assorted…
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