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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…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The following is a schedule of events at the Waynesboro Public Library, 600 S. Wayne Ave., Waynesboro. Note: The library will be closed at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 24 through Saturday, December 26.
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Waynesboro City Council appears to be ready to move forward with phase two of the long-delayed downtown-streetscape project. The move is significant, AFP editor Chris Graham tells us in today’s edition of The Rant, because it is a sign that City Council is ready to put some of the building blocks in place to get…
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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…
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AFP editor Chris Graham uses an insightful letter to the editor of the News Virginian on economic development in Waynesboro as a jumping-off point to talk about the city’s present and future economy. AFP Video. Length: 2:22.
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Stephanie Beverage avenged a loss at the polls four years ago to Sandee Dixon to win the city-treasurer job in Waynesboro. The rematch from 2005 had become a heated four-way race with the entree of two write-in candidates toward the end of the campaign. Write-ins Jim Serba and Terry Kent combined to receive 1,383 votes,…
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AFP editor Chris Graham caught up with 25th House District candidate Greg Marrow Election Day afternoon in Waynesboro. Chris and Greg talked about what he has been doing on Election Day at the end of his long campaign. AFP Video. Length: 1:53.
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Even if we decide today to take the steps to rebuild the foundation of our local economy, it’s going to take several years before we see any results from that effort. So what are we waiting around for? The next opportunity is not hanging out around the corner. We need to seize the day, AFP…
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Progress Augusta is planning its first Drinking Liberally monthly mixer in Waynesboro on Tuesday night. The mixer is set for 7-9 p.m. at South River Restaurant and Wine Shop, 23 Windigrove Drive, Waynesboro. Progress Augusta has been holding monthly Drinking Liberally mixers in Staunton since December 2008. Find out more about the Waynesboro mixer on…
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We’re going to have some Division I-quality basketball going on across the street from the AFP office this fall and this winter. “We’ll have 10, 11 guys from this team play D1,” said Ed Huckaby, the coach of the new postgrad basketball program at Fishburne Military School, which is getting its 2009-2010 season started on…
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