
State recovering from powerful storms
Virginia is under a state of emergency following dangerous storms that left downed trees and power lines across an eight-state swath of the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic

Virginia is under a state of emergency following dangerous storms that left downed trees and power lines across an eight-state swath of the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic

Other folks might throw a party … but we are the party! “Bigger and better. That’s the only way to describe this year’s event,” said Terry Short Jr., the organizer of the Virginia Chili, Blues n’ Brews Festival, which is back for a sixth year in Lumos Plaza in Downtown Waynesboro with a Saturday, Sept. 22 event

Waynesboro got seven solid innings from starter Adam Curtis, and the bullpen made his effort stand up to give the Generals a 4-3 win at Staunton Wednesday night

Mary McDermott and her husband, Bill Jongeward, have been involved with the Waynesboro Generals since they took in their first Generals player as a host family in the summer of 2005. With the closing of just about every home game, the Generals are fed like family by people like the McDermott-Jongewards

Waynesboro had Front Royal down to its last strike, but a Matt Murakami single tied the game in the ninth, and a sloppy 11th inning by the Generals helped push the Cardinals to a 3-2 Front Royal win at Kate Collins Field

The members of DuPont Community Credit Union recently elected two members to the Board of Directors for three-year terms. Everett J. Campbell of Nelson County was re-elected to the Board and Timothy M. Simmons of Augusta County was elected to his first term on the Board

Schola Cantorum of Waynesboro will be hosting a fundraiser “Murder with a G String” on Sunday, Aug. 19, from 6-9 p.m. at Barren Ridge Vineyards, 984 Barren Ridge Road, Fishersville

Luray rallied from an early 5-0 deficit to send the game into extra innings, and then had to hold off an 11th-inning Waynesboro rally en route to a 9-8 win Saturday. Before a season-high crowd of 583, two of the hotter teams in summer baseball – Luray had come in having won nine of 10, and Waynesboro had won nine of its previous 11 – put on a show

Nearly 200 community members have responded to the CAPSAW needs sssessment launched in May. The assessment was originally scheduled to close at the end of this month, but due to consistent response rates the deadline has been extended to the end of July

Kayley Argenbright was teaching proper shooting technique to youngsters at the Waynesboro Family YMCA Basketball Camp. “It was neat seeing how quickly they seemed to get it,” said Argenbright, a 2012 Wilson Memorial High School graduate who will continue her basketball career next fall at Eastern Mennonite University
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