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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The streaking Luray Wranglers have moved up to #3 in the Summer 16 rankings of summer college-baseball teams, and the just-as-hot Waynesboro Generals are not far behind. The Wranglers have won six in a row, including a win over last week’s top-ranked team in the country, the Vienna Senators of…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra will kick off its 12th concert season on Oct. 25 with Vivaldi ‘s “Four Seasons” and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, “The Pastorale.” Other concerts on the schedule for the 2008-2009 year include “A Salute to the Presidency” Feb. 7-8 that will include Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait,” and…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Duffy and Matthew Thomas will play the Waynesboro Farmers’ Market today from 5-7 p.m. The Farmers’ Market will be open from 3-7 p.m. today at The Pavilion in Downtown Waynesboro. The market is open every Wednesday through the spring, summer and early fall.
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Waynesboro Generals and the Luray Wranglers both debuted in the PGCrosschecker.com Summer 16 rankings of the top summer baseball teams this week. The Generals (13-6) were ranked 11th in the poll after finishing the 2007 season at #6 after winning the Valley League championship. Luray (14-6) is #15 after…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The development business is slow right now – not surprisingly, considering that the economy is in the midst of a slowdown locally and nationally. But that doesn’t mean that Waynesboro city planner Jim Shaw is any less busy these days. “In general, when the development business is slow, a lot…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Singer-songwriter Elise Myers will be performing live at the Waynesboro Farmers Market on Wednesday and next week at the Summer of Praise Free Concert Series in Ridgeview Park in Waynesboro. Myers will be at the Farmers Market at The Pavilion in Downtown Waynesboro from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday. The Ridgeview Park…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Will Jerry Gwaltney be Waynesboro’s next city manager? That’s what the rumor mill has cooking in Waynesboro this afternoon regarding the soon-to-be-open position. Gwaltney, who served as city manager in Waynesboro for 10 years and most recently was city manager in Danville, resigned his Danville…
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Photos by Chris Graham [email protected] This assignment wasn’t hard. The sound of the “Star-Spangled Banner” to open this year’s Blue Ridge Classic Soap Box Derby in Downtown Waynesboro was what awakened me out of bed this morning. Main Street in front of the Augusta Free Press Publishing headquarters is a racetrack today, with kids in…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Dan Keeton Quartet will be in Waynesboro on Saturday for a concert performance at the Blue Ridge Chapel Church of the Brethren. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. For more information about the Dan Keeton Quartet, go to www.dankeetonquartet.com on the web.
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From Staff Reports Augusta Free Press and New Dominion Magazine editor Chris Graham was elected chair of the Waynesboro Democratic Committee Thursday. Graham was the only candidate running for the chair position. He was elected by a unanimous vote at a special committee meeting held at the Waynesboro Public Library. Graham replaces Marlana Lewis as…
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