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…

The Y goes green: $103K solar project largest in state of Virginia

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Sigora Solar and the Waynesboro Family YMCA are teaming up on what will be the largest thermal solar installation in the state of Virginia. The system will consist of 40 panels covering approximately 1,600 square feet of space mounted on custom-engineered and -built aluminum rack on the YMCA’s roof. The $103,000 project is being funded…