Boys & Girls Clubs receives 21st Century Grant from Department of Education

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The Boys & Girls Clubs is pleased to announce it has received a $195,000 grant from the Virginia Department of Education. The Boys & Girls Clubs will use these funds to support the afterschool program for Kate Collins Middle School students at the Waynesboro Boys & Girls Club. The 21st Century Community Learning Centers program…

WTA’s Gateway Comedy Night

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The Wayne Theatre Alliance’s Gateway will host its first comedy night on Friday, Aug. 26.  The performances are at 8 pm and 10 pm at 329 West Main in Downtown Waynesboro.  The August performances will be followed in September by the Gateway’s Top Comic Competition. The Aug. 26 performances will be presented by the Charlottesville…

WALT wins grant for worker training Aug. 18

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The Waynesboro Area Learning Tree announced today that it has won a $25,000 grant from USDA Rural Development to go toward funding its ongoing job-training efforts. “Our goal at WALT is to provide the finest selection of computer-training courses to help educate and motivate local citizens to be able to compete in today’s job market,”…

United Way receives Rotary grant for library

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United Way of Greater Augusta announces collaboration between United Way and the Rotary Club of Staunton for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library from the District Rotary #7570 in the amount of $3,000, which will be matched by the Staunton Rotary Foundation with an additional $3,000. The funding will cover an addition of 200 children to…

AFP Business Notebook

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VirtualWaynesboro.com relaunched Augusta Free Press LLC is partnering with Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. on the relaunch of www.VirtualWaynesboro.com. The website provides news, blogs and videos highlighting goings on in Downtown Waynesboro. The site was originally launched in March 2011 as a video-only site. Content from Augusta Free Press and from blogger Kathy Johnson will be…

United Way Stuff the Bus effort is success

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The United Way of Greater Augusta $27,099.31 in school supplies from shoppers at the Staunton and Waynesboro Wal-Marts last weekend. This is double from the year before and exceeded the goal of collecting $25,000 in school supplies this year. United Way volunteers will be at the Augusta County Fair this week to try to add…

Augusta County Democratic Caucus – Board of Supervisors

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The Augusta County Democratic Committee hereby announces that it will hold an assembled caucus at 6:30 PM on August 22, 2011 in the Smith Transfer West Room at the Augusta County Government Center in Verona, Virginia for the purpose of nominating candidates for the County Board of Supervisor for each Magisterial Districts of Augusta County….