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Schola Cantorum of Waynesboro will be hosting a Messiah Sing – In at the Waynesboro First Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 7:30 p.m. The church is located at the corner of 11th Street and Wayne Avenue. Singers of all ages are invited to bring your music scores and join us as we celebrate…
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The Shenandoah Marlins Aquatic Club, which practices at the Waynesboro Y, hosted the annual SMAC Fall Invitational Nov 19 and 20 at the Waynesboro YMCA. This meet was open to all, but the focus of the meet was for the younger swimmers from Charlottesville to Roanoke. The following SMAC swimmers participated in the meet: Alexis…
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The Waynesboro Heritage Museum has been selected to participate in a statewide project designed to help improve care of collections for museums, libraries and archives. The Waynesboro Heritage Museum is one of 10 institutions in Virginia selected to participate in the project, sponsored by the Virginia Association of Museums, the Library of Virginia, and the…
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The Boys & Girls Club of Waynesboro, Staunton and Augusta County raised more than $15,000 through its annual holiday raffle. The Club marked the raffle on Saturday, Dec. 5, with a new twist – a Holiday Open House that invited members and their families to the Waynesboro Club location for arts and crafts, snacks and…
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More than 100 shoppers were on hand for the 2012 Holiday Fashion Showcase sponsored by Augusta Free Press on Dec. 5. Local vendors for direct-sales companies including Cookie Lee, Mary Kay, Jockey P2P, thirty-one, BeautiControl and Initial Outfitters joined local businesses Radiance Tanning and Hair Salon and Fordell Farm at the Showcase, a feature of…
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Two weeks after the Super Committee failed to come to a decision on deficit reduction, Virginia Organizing and the Augusta Coalition for Peace and Justice are giving an interactive presentation on Tuesday, Dec. 6, to set the record straight on Social Security. During the past year of deficit reduction talks, Social Security has been on…
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On Saturday, Dec. 10, from 2-6 p.m. a Community Health Fair will get underway at the Booker T. Washington Community Center, 1114 W. Johnson St., Staunton to provide an opportunity for neighbors to come and enjoy free holiday music, health screenings, public information booths, and toys for the children. The event is made possible by…
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A boy walking down the street throws a quarter up in the air intending to catch it in his hand. Only the quarter lands in his mouth and ends up lodged in his throat. His father tries unsuccessfully to get him to cough it up. He gets an assist from a female passerby who, trying…
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Waynesboro opens the 2012 Valley League season with a home game with rival Staunton on Friday, June 1, at 7 p.m. The Valley League released the 2012 schedule on Monday. The 12-team league will be broken up into two six-team divisions. In 2011, there were three four-team divisions. The Generals will meet the Staunton Braves…
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“I hate hearing myself talk.” “I don’t like to talk about myself.” “I don’t want people thinking I’m too vain.” Got it. Just because you own your own small business, you don’t want people thinking that you think the world revolves around you. Or maybe you’re just, well, shy. Whatever it is, you need to…
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