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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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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Willow Oak Plaza in Downtown Waynesboro will play host to a Jungle Safari beginning Wednesday. You can get your picture taken holding a real lion cub, watch monkeys at play, pet and feed the llama and other animals, ride camels and ponies and more. The safari runs through Sunday.
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From Staff Reports The Waynesboro Democratic Committee has called a special meeting for Thursday, May 22, at 7 p.m. to elect a new committee chair. Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham is the only announced candidate for the chairmanship. The special meeting will be held at the Waynesboro Public Library, Room A. City residents who…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] You won’t be in Kentucky, but otherwise you’ll feel like you’re at the Derby. “It will be a mix of high times and old town,” said Phyllis Pendergraft, one of the organizers of Horses and Hats, a Kentucky Derby party being sponsored by the Wayne Theatre Alliance in Waynesboro on…
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