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What do you need first on your business Facebook page to draw business to your business – likes, or posts? Answer: yes. Which is to say, you need likes and content, and you’re hurting yourself business-wise if you wait for one or the other to come around.
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The area at the foot of the western slope of the Blue Ridge was ripe for development in 1889. First, mining speculator Richard N. Pool chartered the area as Ingalls City. He was quickly outmaneuvered by Jacob Resse a Pittsburg industrial who saw the area as the next steel capital. He bought up the land and the famous Lithia Spring and laid out the plan for Basic City. With great hopes and vision the newly incorporated town set out to create the future.
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Cancer Prevention Study 3 (CPS3), a national study by the American Cancer Society to better understand the lifestyle, environmental and genetic factors that cause or prevent cancer—and so eliminate it as a major health concern—will be hosted locally in September by Augusta Health and the Waynesboro YMCA.
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Richard P. Bell, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Staunton, this morning addressed select high school students attending the 71st session of American Legion Boys State of Virginia being held this week at Radford University.
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The United Way of Greater Augusta has approved funding of $20,000 for Meals on Wheels services in the Staunton, Augusta, Waynesboro region.
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Ben Krusen took to Twitter to express his frustration at trimesters. “I wish I was in Virginia with @wborogenerals for our exhibition game tonight instead of still in school.. #12moredays,” mused Krusen, a pitcher in his second season with the Waynesboro Generals, the night of the Generals’ exhibition game with the Stuarts Draft Diamondbacks on May 29.
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On Friday June 14, four young men – Alden Hough, Andrew Lynch, Andrew Schmidt, and Anderson Vollmer – were honored by the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 86, for attaining the rank of Eagle Scout.
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The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks.
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Buy your ticket to the Shawn Michaels Experience before June 30, and you will be entered into a drawing for the Ultimate Shawn Michaels Experience. The Ultimate Shawn Michaels Experience features exclusive backstage access with Shawn at the big event on Saturday, Aug. 31, at the Louis Spilman Auditorium, Waynesboro, Va.
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NBC 29 covered preparations for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day at Staunton Senior Center June 11.
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