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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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The second annual River City Radio Hour Remembers Christmas will be presented at WTA’s Gateway in Downtown Waynesboro beginning Tuesday. The production features the Boogie Kings, Gwynne Wood, Marsha Howard, and Barbara Lawson. Vocalists Hank Fitzgerald and Samuel Johnson will alternate. A new treat will be The Barnyard Christmas Pageant by Elizabeth Massie. The comedy…
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Waynesboro Police are investigating a felony shoplifting of an Apple iPad that occurred at the Waynesboro Walmart on Monday, Nov. 28 between 7:30-7:40 p.m. Police are requesting the public’s help in identifying a male suspect caught on store surveillance cameras breaking into an electronics case and removing an iPad valued at over $400. Surveillance cameras…
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Begin the holiday season with WTA’s third annual Christmas Home Tour featuring some of Waynesboro’s finest homes and special institutions. Wayne Theatre Alliance’s one-day tour begins at 10 am on Saturday, Dec. 3 and continues to 4 p.m. A special option for this year’s tour is the Home Tour Bus which will take visitors to…
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Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. is working on plans for a riverside observation deck downtown – and is asking for your help to bring the project to reality. The effort to build what will be called the Waynesboro Fish-Deck has already won approval of grants from CSX and Virginia Main Street to the tune of $7,500….
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Augusta Free Press LLC has teamed up with MDH Events to present Holiday Fashion Showcase on Sat., Dec. 3, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Gateway in Downtown Waynesboro. “It’s a time of year where we all want to be as fashionable as possible,” said Crystal Graham of Augusta Free Press. “As part…
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“My husband,” the caller was telling me, or I should say, selling me, “is an expert at finding financing options for people who think they have credit issues.” “OK.” “I think that’s a good news story.” I didn’t. Actually, what this clearly was to me was an attempt by a small-business owner to get a…
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