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The hook to the youth basketball players at the Waynesboro YMCA to get them out for a group practice Tuesday night was that practice was going to be led by members of the nationally ranked FIshburne Military School postgraduate basketball team. In between the drills emphasizing proper ballhandling, defensive movement and shooting techniques, the players…
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They were at the Waynesboro YMCA today because they’d already achieved – individually. The Y hosted 60 fourth- and fifth-grade students from William Perry Elementary who made the honor roll in the first semester of the 2010-2011 academic year. The school’s first honor-roll party ended with a lesson the kids could take back to school…
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A friend on Facebook wonders aloud (on Facebook) about bands on tape on stop signs in Waynesboro. Some signs, Heather Chandler noticed, had one tape band, others two, others three. “Not every sign at any given corner has the tape,” she Facebooked. There seems to be no rhyme or reason. “Does anyone know the reason…
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The Marvelous Murphy Sisters will return to The River City Radio Hour for tonight’s performances. The Radio Hour audiences were delighted with the Sisters’ first appearance at the November Radio Hour and asked that they do a reprise as soon as possible. Sally and Molly Murphy are members of the popular Judy Chops, known for…
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The River City Radio Hour is looking for five-minute radio plays or two-part plays lasting no more than 12 minutes. The scripts will be performed as part of the May or June Radio Hour. Plays may be comedy, mystery or drama, but should appeal to a general audience. Two-part scripts should have a compelling cliffhanger…
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Rocky Simonetti saw a story on WHSV this week about the difficulties being faced by the Staunton Senior Center getting drivers to volunteer to deliver meals through its Meals on Wheels program due to high gas prices. And then he did something about it. “Gas is getting so high – three dollars and five cents…
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The nationally ranked postgraduate basketball team from Fishburne Military School will be holding a skills clinic for Waynesboro YMCA youth basketball on Tuesday, Feb. 22, beginning at 6 p.m. The clinic was initiated by FMS Superintendent Col. Rick Zinser as a community-outreach effort for the postgrad-hoops program, which has 14 players committed to Division I…
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Life is full of little, ordinary bits of beauty which frequently go unnoticed and unappreciated. Using her cameras and editing software, photographer and artist Deb Booth of Waynesboro gets up-close and personal with blossoms and blooms, tweaking and crafting her images to bring out something hidden from first glance – oft-times completely changing the dominant…
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The February issue of The New Dominion Magazine is on the streets at locations in Waynesboro, Staunton and Harrisonburg – and is also posted online at TheNewDominion.com. This month’s features: Women at work: Two women share their experiences climbing the corporate ladder Profiles of new Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce president…
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The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for Waynesboro, Staunton and Augusta County through 10 p.m. Monday. The strongest winds are expected in the Shenandoah Valley Monday afternoon and into Monday evening. Winds will be sustained in the 20 to 30 mph range, with gustss 45 to 55 mph.
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