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David Wingfield and Friends will appear at the WTA’s Gateway on Saturday, February 23. Since their January show as canceled because of weather, the February cover charge will be $5 instead of the usual $10.
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Terra Nova Nurseries’ resident plant guru and past guest on “The Martha Stewart Show,” Dan Heims, will be speaking at the Shenandoah Valley Plant Symposium, March 27, 2013 at the Best Western Inn & Conference Center in Waynesboro, Va. The event will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT, including morning and afternoon sessions with a catered lunch in between. Heims is one among four guest speakers scheduled for the event.
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RideShare will host a vanpool formation meeting at the Waynesboro Public Library at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 9th. The meeting is for commuters that live in Waynesboro, Staunton, Harrisonburg, Augusta County, or Rockingham County and work in Charlottesville. During the meeting, we will discuss what is involved in forming and participating in a vanpool. The meeting is for informational purposes and does not obligate you to join a vanpool.
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The last week has found Staunton Senior Center members busy with a variety of Valentine’s Day activities.
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Due to bad weather, the Staunton Senior Center local council had to postpone its monthly meeting until Jan. 31.
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Agritourism in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia will be able to roll out a whole new range of activities in the coming years thanks to a recent $60,000 grant from the Building Collaborative Communities program. The Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission will administer the grant on behalf of the Fields of Gold region. Funds will be allocated to develop partnerships, create business support services for farmers and agritourism operators, market the Valley’s rich agricultural offerings and build a sustainable organizational structure for long-term viability.
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LEARN (Learn English and Reading Now), the nonprofit organization that provides free, confidential, one-on-one tutoring for adults in basic reading and writing – and in English for Speakers of Other Languages – in Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta County, is seeking volunteer tutors to participate in its next training session on Saturday, March 16, from 9:00 am-4:00 pm at the Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship located at 565 Pine Avenue in Waynesboro.
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The storefront at 16 West Beverley Street in Staunton has seen many retail incarnations over the last few decades, but its newest tenants are a contingent of entrepreneurs set on redefining what business and community development in small main streets looks like.
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SWAG Writers (The Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta Group of the Virginia Writers Club) presents a Playwriting Workshop for beginning and intermediate writers interested in writing for the theater. The instructor is prize-winning playwright Chris Gavaler.
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