From ‘Hardcore’ to hard laughs: Mick Foley makes smooth transition from the ring to comedy

Chris Graham

They don’t call you the “Hardcore Legend” for nothing. Mick Foley, 49, who will be appearing at Waynesboro High School on Saturday for a VIP Meet and Greet and a performance of his “Tales from Wrestling Past” comedy show, is a walking testament to the price that wrestlers pay for fame and glory “While I…

Pack your house! Augusta Free Press marketing seminar gives insight into how to bring attention to your business

Chris Graham

What it takes to pack a high-school gym full of wrestling fans is similar to what it takes to get customers and clients to your business. Chris Graham of Augusta Free Press will share the secret of how to bring attention to your business at his next Build the Machine marketing seminar on Tuesday, April 23, beginning at 1 p.m. at the Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce, Fishersville, Va.

SMAC swim team brings in more than $1,600 at Top Rope wrestling event

Chris Graham

The Shenandoah Marlins Aquatic Club (SMAC) swim team at the Waynesboro YMCA turned a tidy $1,655 profit running the concession stand at the Night of the Superstars event put on by Top Rope Pro Wrestling Saturday night at Waynesboro High School. “It was crazy busy, but it was good for the kids to see how…

Downtown Staunton book event to feature more than 20 local writers

Contributors

Downtown is for Booklovers! With four bookstores in Downtown Staunton, the city has become a prime destination for booklovers. The area is also home to dozens of writers, as SWAG Writers has discovered. To help bring local writers to the attention of local readers, SWAG Writers (The Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta Group of the Virginia Writers Club) has put together its inaugural Bookfair in which area writers and publishers will offer their books for sale to the public.