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Chamber offering journey to China

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The Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce is partnering with Boscov’s Travel to offer a tour and trade mission to China scheduled for April 20-28. Area businesses are being invited to join Chamber members on this nine-day, seven-night journey featuring comprehensive tours of local attractions in Beijing, Chongqing, Wonzhou, and Shanghai. Highlights of this tour…

Spring Fashion Debut: New name, timeless products

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You may not be familiar with the name Willow House, but they’ve been around for some time (formerly known as Southern Living At Home). “Our name may have changed,” said Somer Gregory, a rep with Willow House for eight years, “ but so do most great women who get married.” Willow House will be one…

Spring Fashion Debut: Vendors set for Saturday

Crystal Graham

It may be a Spring Fashion Debut, but you’ll get a little taste of everything next Saturday in downtown Waynesboro. The entire event will bring 23 businesses to downtown for shopping, samples, giveaways and more. “I am really excited to bring such a wide variety of wares to downtown for this exclusive one-day shopping event,”…

Spring Fashion Debut: Get energized with Advocare

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Advocare could be the missing link you are looking for to get healthy, break a plateau and boost metabolism. At least consultant Janelle Greenmun thinks so. “I know that the products are safe and effective because they’ve helped me and others I know make huge health improvements and lose weight,” she said. Advocare will be…

Spring Fashion Debut: Wildtree for your heart

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Wildtree isn’t a natural choice for a gift for Valentine’s Day but it is an all-natural food with no MSG, preservatives, color dyes, and high fructrose corn syrup. So what could be better for your heart? Or your sweetheart’s heart? Wildtree will be one of more than 20 vendors participating in the Feb. 11 Love…

Clan Mhor on Crozet Tunnel at WTA’s Gateway

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The Clan Mhor Organization of researchers will present its lecture/slide show on the building of the tunnel that connected the east side of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Shenandoah Valley. The presentation is sponsored by the Waynesboro Heritage Foundation Inc. The lecture will be held at WTA’s Gateway, 329 West Main in Downtown Waynesboro…

Community Emergency Response Training classes

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The Cities of Staunton and Waynesboro and Augusta County will be offering Community Emergency Response Training. The course will be held on Thursday evenings, March 1-May 3 from 6:30-9 p.m. at the Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission Office at 112 MacTanly Place in Staunton. This nine-week course uses a standard curriculum designed by the Federal…

Spring Fashion Debut: ‘Get your style groove on’

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Stella & Dot is a media darling and has been featured in many prominent fashion and women’s magazines with 10 pieces from the new Spring collection highlighted in Vogue. An innovative and smart fashion company, according to rep April Keegan, they offer “irresistible boutique style accessories.” Stella & Dot will be one of more than…

Spring Fashion Debut: Couple that knits together, stays together

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Owning your own business usually takes careful planning and execution, but for Robert and Calondra Stickley, Mirembe Hollow happened more by accident. “We started getting requests for some of our craft projects, and it just took off from there,” Calondra Stickley said. Mirembe Hollow will be one of more than 20 vendors participating in the…