
Staunton Senior Center busy and crowded on Nov. 9
Staunton Senior Center was busting at the seams on Nov. 9 as it hosted Waynesboro Senior Center, Grace Christian School, and Spiritheart Collective.

Staunton Senior Center was busting at the seams on Nov. 9 as it hosted Waynesboro Senior Center, Grace Christian School, and Spiritheart Collective.

Smart Beginnings Shenandoah Valley, a local school-readiness initiative that works to improve the quality of early childhood care and learning in the cities of Harrisonburg, Staunton and Waynesboro, as well as in Augusta, Page, Rockingham and Shenandoah counties, has received a grant of $75,000 from the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation (VECF), a public-private partnership headquartered in Richmond, Va.

A half-million-square-foot Waynesboro facility that had been sitting unused has a new lease on life again.

November is a great month for the blues … as is the rest of the year and the rest of … ahem, um, winter!

Democrat Tim Kaine surged to victory over Republican George Allen in one of the most-watched U.S. Senate races in the 2012 cycle.

Three of the nation’s top 10 top postgrad basketball teams will be in Waynesboro this weekend for the FMS 2012 Holiday Inn Express Waynesboro Tip-Off Challenge.

It’s an uphill battle, to be sure, for Andy Schmookler, the Democratic Party congressional candidate in the bright-red Sixth District. There’s little that Schmookler, a Shenandoah County writer and political commentator, can do on Election Eve to change the state of the race. So he’s thinking ahead to the postgame.

Stone Soup Books and Cafe in Downtown Waynesboro will host Stew Off Hunger, an annual fundraiser for Disciple’s Kitchen, Waynesboro’s soup kitchen.

WTA’s Gateway’s Custin Jazz Series presents inventive jazz singer, arranger, songwriter and educator, L’Tayna Mari in a celebration of the songs that are the hallmarks of the popular American songbook. The L’Tayna Mari trio will perform at 8 pm on Saturday, November 10 at 329 West Main in downtown Waynesboro. The performance is supported by a touring assistance grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

At the start of the day on Saturday, Nov. 3, the seven 10-minute plays set to go on stage live at the WTA’s Gateway will be little more than words on paper.
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