WPD announces awards, promotions

Chris Graham

The Waynesboro Police Department held its Third Quarter Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 3. Chief Michael Wilhelm awarded five Departmental Commendations and one Lifesaving Medal. In addition, five newly promoted supervisors were pinned during a promotion ceremony. The award recipients were as follows: Receiving the Life Saving Medal was Sgt. Brian Edwards for actions taken…

Holiday Open House at Boys & Girls Club

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The Boys & Girls Clubs of Waynesboro, Staunton and Augusta County are hosting a Holiday Open House on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the 302 E. Main St., Waynesboro Boys & Girls Club location. The Open House will feature arts and crafts, pictures with Santa, cookies and hot chocolate, displays…

Y to host FMS basketball camp

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The nationally-ranked Fishburne Military School postgraduate basketball team will be putting on a skills clinic for the Waynesboro YMCA youth basketball program tomorrow morning – Saturday, Oct. 29, beginning at 9 a.m. The clinic is being provided free of charge. The clinic will include hands-on instruction from players and coaches at FMS on ball handling,…

Crozet Tunnel focus of Historical Society meeting

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More than 150 years ago about 2,000 Irish immigrants changed the face of Augusta County. For eight years they joined with over 100 African-American slaves and, by hand, dug 4,262 feet through the rock of Afton Mountain to built a railroad tunnel. When they were finished in the 1850s, Richmond was connected by railroad to…

Reading series presents Halloween program at Shenandoah Valley Art Center

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SWAG writers and the Waynesboro Cultural Commission will present a reading by two fiction writers from North Carolina on Sunday, Oct. 30, at 7 p.m. at the Shenandoah Valley Art Center in Waynesboro. The featured authors are Val Nieman, author of the novel Blood Clay, and Marjorie Hudson, author of Accidental Birds of the Carolinas…

Gateway’s Top Comic competition back for round two

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Eight of the 16 comics from the first round of Gateway’s Top Comic Competition are ready to take the stage for the second round on Friday, Oct. 28 at 8 p.m. in Downtown Waynesboro. The comics are among the best new comics in Central Virginia. They call Richmond, Lynchburg, Charlottesville and surrounding areas home. Seeking…

Blues at the Gateway

Chris Graham

Mojo Saturday Nite with Bluesman Kevin Chisnell will return to the Gateway at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22. The show is becoming popular for a place to spend the third Saturday of the month. The Gateway provides not only an eclectic range of blues talent, but offers food and beverages that make Mojo Saturday…