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First stop: Waynesboro. The next stop: public television? That’s the goal of an upstart Waynesboro filmmaking company. “Basically what we want to do is find a way for our films to be seen by people,” said Mark Miller, the director of photography at Alpha Vision Films, which premiered its “Truth on the Table” documentary film…
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Allied Realty Company—with more than 2.5 million square feet of commercial, manufacturing and distribution holdings in downtown Huntington, Kenova, Nitro and Parkersburg, W.Va.; Paris, Ky. and Waynesboro and Harrisonburg, Va.—today announced that its board of directors has elected Rebecca Polan as its new president. “One of my goals is to find ways to boost job…
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Remember when Waynesboro was the economic engine of this part of the Valley? Your first instinct might be to say that it still is. Look at the West End. Every chain retail store and restaurant known to American man has set up shop out there. Which is great – really, it is. It’s just that…
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The Shenandoah Marlins Aquatic Club qualified 11 swimmers for the highly competitive TYR Capital Classic Swim Meet held in Greensboro, N.C., from Dec. 16-18. The 11 SMAC swimmers competing in the event were Jessie Arnold (14), Matt Bihl (16), Bobby Carey (14), Colleen Higgins (13), Norah Hunt (13), Steven Jenny (17), Justin Merritt (14), Alex…
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A local film company will be rolling out the red carpet this week for the premiere of a series of documentary films focusing on life in the Shenandoah Valley. “This is a showcase for us to get our work out in front of the local community,” said James Overton, a local musician and the principal…
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The Shenandoah Valley Art Center, during the month of January, is presenting paintings by Malcolm Hughes. Hughes feels that his painting results from a combination of two interests: that of studying the shape of natural things in all their particularity and the way things are mysteriously connected and interrelated as an ingredient of the phenomenon…
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The Republican nominee will be decided soon, so will you guess who it will be, and will it matter. I write this after listening to all the different voices during the Republicans final caucus, and I want to ask a question. Who do you think the final nominee and will it matter? We’ve got Mitt…
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The Shenandoah Marlins Aquatic Club, which swims at the Waynesboro Y, sent swimmers to the Hoki Christmas Meet in Christiansburg Dec. 9-11. Swimmers participating in the Hoki Christmas Meet were Alexis Brooks (15), Peyton Brooks (11), Chris Carmagnola (11), Lindsey Carter (15), Mackenzie Carter (12), Maya Chatterson (8), Nate Chatterson (6), Hailey Cook (10), Alice…
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The girls on the Fort Defiance High School volleyball team organized and played a “pink game” against the girls from the Waynesboro High School volleyball team in October. The girls wore special pink jerseys that evening, and proceeds from the event were donated to the Augusta Health Cancer Center’s fund for breast cancer education. The…
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John Lasher, vice president and claims manager for Erie Insurance presents Rhonda Howdyshell, executive director of Staunton-Augusta-Waynesboro Habitat, with a contribution of $1,000.00 on behalf of the employees at the Waynesboro office. Erie Insurance employees throughout their service area have designated over $110,000 to help Habitat for Humanity build homes, lives and communities. Waynesboro staff…
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