Waynesboro: Photography studio donates equipment to WHS

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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Kevin Blackburn Photography has donated two Nikon Professional Digital SLR systems to the photography department at Waynesboro High School. The studio made the donation after making upgrades to its own equipment. “I am hoping we can do the same each year as we update and upgrade our tools and equipment…

Fear and Loathing: Moving Waynesboro Forward

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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] When the editorial page at The News Virginian is compelled to complain about the new conservative city council, then you know that something worthy of a closer look is taking place. “(W)hat Waynesboro needs is a quickening of the pulse,” the NV opined today, and…

Local Politics: AFP, New Dominion, Waynesboro Dems cohost Obama convention watch party

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Staff Report Join the Waynesboro Democratic Committee and AugustaFreePress.com/The New Dominion Magazine for an Obama Watch Party on Thursday night! The Waynesboro Democratic Committee will open its headquarters complete with a big-screen TV to enjoy Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama’s speech. The headquarters will be open from 8-11 p.m. for speeches from Obama and former…

Augusta, Staunton, Waynesboro Dems Paint the Valley Blue

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Creigh Deeds remembered being asked to save the date on his schedule. “David Bottenfield said we needed to mark off this date, the 16th of August, for Paint the Valley Blue, that we were going to have a little picnic at the Frontier Culture Museum,” Deeds said at last night’s…

Warner in Waynesboro, Staunton on Saturday

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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] U.S. Senate candidate Mark Warner will be on hand for a pair of events in Downtown Waynesboro on Saturday. Warner will be the featured speaker at the opening of the Waynesboro Democratic Committee 2008 campaign headquarters in Willow Oak Plaza at 801 W. Broad St. at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Waynesboro leaders plan to plan

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Frank Lucente doesn’t like the word vision. Tim Williams, significantly, does. “We certainly need an action plan. What’s the Scripture – without a vision, my people will perish?” Mayor Williams said at Monday’s Waynesboro City Council work session, interjecting into what had been a lengthy discussion involving Vice Mayor Frank…

A new approach to economic development in Waynesboro?

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro Vice Mayor Frank Lucente is proposing an overhaul of the city’s approach to economic development, and what he has in mind seems to have at least the initial support of the entire Waynesboro City Council. “The Economic Development Authority consists of seven good people who are pretty aware of…