Let’s get ready to … Pickleball!

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In this corner, we have Jeff Fife, Waynesboro YMCA executive director. And in this corner, we have John Spears, YMCA youth sports director. It’s Pickleball, gentlemen, so we expect a clean fight. Fife and Spears will play an exhibition pickleball match on Tuesday, April 26th at 6 p.m. to showcase the new sport for Y members. The…

Exchange Club members unite for child-abuse prevention

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Members of the Exchange Club of Waynesboro will join thousands of fellow Exchangites across the country for the single biggest child abuse prevention service event in Exchange’s 100-year history during April. They will be participating in the national project, the Prevention of Child Abuse, through a series of programs in Waynesboro, Staunton and Augusta County….

All-star hoops game features top Virginia post-grads

Fishburne Military School post-graduate basketball coach Ed Huckaby noticed a gap in the market for basketball recruiters. “Most all-star games are for high-school players,” said Huckaby, who is filling the void with the inaugural Virginia Post-Grad All-Star Basketball Game set for Saturday on campus at FMS in Waynesboro. The all-star weekend, which begins Friday with…

All-star hoops game features top Virginia post-grads

Fishburne Military School post-graduate basketball coach Ed Huckaby noticed a gap in the market for basketball recruiters. “Most all-star games are for high-school players,” said Huckaby, who is filling the void with the inaugural Virginia Post-Grad All-Star Basketball Game set for Saturday on campus at FMS in Waynesboro. The all-star weekend, which begins Friday with…

Y swimmers excel at Eastern Zones

Brazil Rule and C.J. Higdon of SMAC swimming represented the Virginia State Swim Team recently in Rochester, N.Y. They competed against the best swimmers from all the Northeastern states. Virginia Swimming selected Rule and Higdon to represent Virginia against 11 other states and regions in the 2011 Eastern Zones All-Star Championships. The Eastern Zones All-Star…

Registration for annual soap-box derby ending soon

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Blue Ridge Soap Box Derby Classic registrations will be ending soon for the annual derby to be run this year on Saturday, June 11 in Downtown Waynesboro. Registrations will be taken on the mandatory clinic night this Wednesday, April 13 at Kate Collins Middle School in Waynesboro at 6 p.m. Registration fees are $60 for…

Wilson Ready Mix announces staff addition

Wilson Ready Mix LLC is pleased to announce that Todd Fretwell has joined the company effective immediately. Fretwell, a graduate of Virginia Tech with a degree in civil engineering, brings more than 20 years of construction experience to the Wilson Ready Mix team located in Fishersville. Fretwell’s engineering background and experience will be utilized in…

Augusta Free Press LLC Business Notebook

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AFP Web: AFP debuts new website for Commonwealth Engineering Inc. Augusta Free Press LLC has launched a new website for Waynesboro-based Commonwealth Engineering Inc. Commonwealth Engineering is a full-service engineering firm with a licensed professional engineer, Class A contractor and experienced project manager on staff. The Commonwealth Engineering website – at www.CommonwealthEngineering.net – showcases the…