‘So You Think You Can Dance’ star to teach benefit workshop in Waynesboro

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   Staff Report News tips: [email protected] “So You Think You Can Dance” and “High School Musical 3” dancer Jaimie Goodwin will be in Waynesboro Saturday, Feb. 6, and Sunday, Feb. 7, to teach a benefit workshop in association with Old Dominion Performance Arts Studio. Goodwin was a finalist on “So You Think You Can Dance”…

A new day for the Waynesboro Generals

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Critzer, Gauldin step forward to save Valley League team Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The uncertain future of the Waynesboro Generals was a hot topic of conversation for a lot of baseball fans in and around Waynesboro the past several weeks. Among those talking around the proverbial hot stove were a pair of Waynesboro-based businessmen…

Waynesboro Players hold auditions for Willy Wonka

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   Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Do you love singing, candy, and getting wrapped up in a great story? Then Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka” musical auditions are for you! The Waynesboro Players in partnership with Imagine That! Theatre is producing this much-loved tale of the world-famous candy man on a quest to find a young…

The Rant | Get on the stick, Waynesboro

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   Video Essay by Chris Graham [email protected] Jilted at the altar, again. The top candidate for the open economic-development director job has turned Waynesboro down, meaning city leaders are back at the drawing board. It’s imperative that the city get on the stick on this, AFP editor Chris Graham offers in today’s installment of The…

Waynesboro citizens, leaders envision downtown’s future

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   Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Plenty of enthusiasm, with a couple of doses of reality. That was the downtown visioning session held in a packed City Council chambers in Waynesboro Thursday night. The packed chambers were a sign of the enthusiasm. Sixty-seven people took part in the two-hour-plus session, which had participants breaking up…

Reminder – Downtown Waynesboro visioning session tonight

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   Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Another study in Waynesboro – like we need one of those. But maybe we do. We haven’t followed the advice of any of the other studies, but eventually we have to get one right, right? We can hope as much as we head into tonight’s downtown visioning session –…

Waynesboro Parade: Call due to weather tomorrow at 3

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  Staff Report News Tips: [email protected] Waynesboro officials will make a call on the scheduled Saturday Christmas parade by 3 p.m. tomorrow, City Manager Mike Hamp told AFP.com. The National Weather Service has issued a winter-weather advisory for the Shenandoah Valley for Saturday with a forecast of two to four inches of snow being possible…

Waynesboro photographer launches local Help-Portrait

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   Staff Report Business news tips: [email protected] Waynesboro photographer Kevin Blackburn is launching a local Help-Portrait effort aimed at helping low-income families get holiday portraits taken free of charge. “Help-Portrait is a collection of photographers around the world using their time, equipment, and expertise to give back to those who are less fortunate. What does…