
Congratulations to Billiard Tournament Winners
Congratulations to Bernie R and Kay S on winning the Waynesboro Senior Center Summer 2013 8-Ball Double Elimination Billiard Tournament.

Congratulations to Bernie R and Kay S on winning the Waynesboro Senior Center Summer 2013 8-Ball Double Elimination Billiard Tournament.

The Shenandoah Valley Art Center, during the month of August, is exhibiting works of art by the Beverley Street Studio School artists. Located in historic Downtown Staunton, the school of art has adopted as its mission “providing the community and region with a variety of opportunities to explore the world of the visual arts through practice, professional instruction, and contact with practicing artists.”

The litmus test for voters for the All-Valley League teams selected by a panel of team representatives and members of the news media covering the VBL to have their ballots counted this year was simple: the number of Harrisonburg Turks included on your ballot. In my case, it was zero. And because of that, my ballot wasn’t counted.

Shortstop Tyler Bocock (sophomore, Stetson) was named to the All-Valley League second team Tuesday, making Bocock the only member of the Waynesboro Generals to be selected to either the All-VBL first or second team.

Chris Dillow of Waynesboro, Va., weighed a five-bass limit totaling 15 pounds, 5 ounces Saturday to win the Walmart Bass Fishing League Shenandoah Division event on the James River. For his victory, Dillow earned $6,046.

We had the same Facebook dilemma that you do. Posts from our Augusta Free Press news site to our AFP Facebook page were getting little if any traction. Most had literally less than 30 views per post. This for a Facebook page with more than 1,500 likes, and a website with traffic of more than 3,500 unique visitors a day. We made a tweak to the way we post items to the page mid-week last week, and the views on our Facebook posts have increased tenfold.

VPAS is searching for a new case manager in Bath County.

VPAS is searching for a new case manager in Highland.

The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks. The Staunton district is comprised of 11 counties, Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, Augusta, Highland, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Frederick, Page, Warren and Clarke.

The Fall Foliage Art Show is right around the corner, and your business may be a part of the canvas on Oct. 12-13, 2013, but only if you act now, as major print ads are being placed next week.
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