Bowerbank in Waynesboro for campaign stop on Wednesday

AFP

Democratic Party lieutenant-governor nomination candidate Jon Bowerbank will be in Waynesboro Wednesday night to talk with local voters about his campaign. Bowerbank will be at the Waynesboro Public Library at 7 p.m. The visit will coincide with the regular January meeting of the Waynesboro Democratic Committee. The meeting is held in Room A at the…

Inauguration Day events in Waynesboro, Staunton

AFP

The Augusta Free Press and the Waynesboro Democratic Committee are teaming up to bring Inauguration Day to the Valley. Inauguration ’09 will be held at the new Residence Inn by Marriott in Waynesboro on Inauguration Day, Tuesday, Jan. 20, beginning at 11 a.m. The swearing-in ceremony is set to begin at 12 noon, with remarks…

Waynesboro at a crossroads

Chris Graham

We all knew that we were on the verge of an economic downturn. I was selling one approach to dealing with what was to come – redoubling efforts in the economic-development sphere with an eye toward working to attract new industry in recognition of the apparent fact that the plant on the South River overlooking…

What does the Invista news mean to Waynesboro?

Chris Graham

In short, everything. Invista, and its predecessor, DuPont, is the last significant vestige of the city’s once-glittering manufacturing economy. According to figures from the Virginia Employment Commission, Waynesboro began 2008 with around 2,100 manufacturing jobs, with roughly 1,100 of those being at the Invista plant, either directly employed by Invista or by a contractor providing…

McAuliffe to meet voters in Waynesboro tonight

Chris Graham

The road to the Governor’s Mansion begins … here. The Augusta Free Press and the Waynesboro Democratic Committee are teaming up to bring the candidates for the 2009 Democratic Party gubernatorial nomination to Waynesboro, and the first event on the road to the ’09 party primary is tonight at 7 p.m. at Lynn’s Pancake and…