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Augusta Free Press LLC has moved a block down Waynesboro’s Main Street. AFP has opened a new office at 421 W. Main St., Suite D, in The Edmunds Building in Downtown Waynesboro. AFP will be sharing offices with one of its corporate clients, Awesome Wrestling Entertainment, which stages live-event professional wrestling shows at venues across…
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The Wayne Theatre Alliance announced the ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new entertainment center, The Gateway, at 329 West Main in Downtown Waynesboro on Friday, Aug. 5 at 10 a.m. The public is invited for a first look at the new venue. The ribbon-cutting will include the members of the Wayne Theatre Alliance, Waynesboro Downtown Development…
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The Augusta Democratic committee hereby announces that it will hold an assembled caucus at 8:00 PM on August 17, 2011 on the steps in the front of the Augusta County Government Center in Verona, Virginia for the purpose of nominating candidates for Sheriff, Treasurer, Commonwealth Attorney, and Commissioner of Revenue for Augusta County. Any person…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today nearly $800,000 in tourism marketing grant funds for more than 40 local tourism initiatives across the state, including five in Waynesboro. The Virginia Tourism Corporation awards the grants. Each grant is matched by funds from a minimum of three local organizations and used to support marketing initiatives including advertising, Web…
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We were always claimed to have been a “Christian nation” despite our faults, but when you look back over the last 50 years, the chiseling away has taken place, and as the chiseling of the foundations were chipped away, the church was silent! First, prayer was taken out of schools, and the “separation of church/state”…
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The Ward B School Board vacancy does not require a special election since the term ends June 30, 2012. Local School Board elections for Ward B are currently scheduled for May 8, 2012. The Waynesboro School Board will fill the vacancy from Ward B on an interim basis until the next election. The vacancy must…
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The Wayne Theatre Alliance announced the ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new entertainment center, The Gateway, at 329 West Main in downtown Waynesboro on Friday, August 5 at 10 a.m. The public is invited for a first look at the new venue. The ribbon-cutting will include the members of the Wayne Theatre Alliance, Waynesboro Downtown Development,…
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Small class sizes, loads more one-on-one instruction, discipline to set a course for a lifetime. That’s what Fishburne Military School offers, and what the Waynesboro-based private school will be showcasing in a series of upcoming open houses. Fishburne will be hosting Open House events on Saturdays beginning this weekend and running through Aug. 20. Parents…
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The City of Waynesboro will receive over $10,000 in federal grant funds to help upgrade its 10-member bicycle patrol team. The patrol team’s current bicycles are approximately 16 years old and showing extreme wear. Currently, the police department has three operational bicycles for 10 team members. Funding received will allow for the purchase of four…
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DuPont Community Credit Union saw growth at the end of the second quarter of 2011 for total lending. The credit union also showed growth in real estate loans for the second quarter. The Waynesboro-headquartered credit union, which operates nine branches in the Central Shenandoah Valley region, reported a 0.6 percent increase in total loans outstanding over the…
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