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The Waynesboro Players open a four-show production of the local favorite “Nuncrackers” Thursday night at Kate Collins Middle School. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Purchase tickets. The production is directed by Duane Hahn and stars Barbara Spilman Lawson, Sandi Belcher, Janie Ballurio, Dianne Wade Truslow and Bob Wright.
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Waynesboro during the Civil War will be the topic of a program at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Augusta County Library in Fishersville. The Battle of Waynesboro took place in a cold downpour on March 2, 1865. The Union’s 2500 men were led by Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan and Brig. Gen. George Armstrong Custer. Confederate…
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The Augusta Regional Free Clinic and the Augusta Regional Dental Clinic held a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday for the expanded Augusta Regional Dental Clinic. To increase the number of patients served and better meet their needs, the Augusta Regional Dental Clinic will double in both size and capacity. The new 5,000-square-foot facility will include state-of-the-art…
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For the 16th year, DuPont Community Credit Union will award $1,000 scholarships to 20 high school seniors at the DCCU Annual Meeting in late April. A total of $20,000 in scholarships to area students will be awarded at the meeting. The deadline for applications is March 7, 2011. “DuPont Community Credit Union prides itself in…
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Nine members of the undefeated Fishburne Military School postgraduate basketball team signed national letters of intent with Division I schools on Wednesday. “Remember what you did to get here,” coach Ed Huckaby said at a signing ceremony held at the Waynesboro prep school. The student-athletes and their parents were busy signing various bottom lines. “The…
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The Wayne Theatre Alliance welcomes the holiday season with its traditional Christmas Home Tour on Dec. 4. Featuring eight sites, the Christmas Tour showcases the wide variety of architectural types reflected in the Tree Streets, Waynesboro’s oldest residential neighborhood. The one-day tour begins at 10 a.m. and continues to 4 p.m. Included on the tour…
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Staunton City Council will pass a resolution at its meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m. naming Thomas Johnson Jr. honorary mayor pro tempore and making him the official representative of the City of Staunton during the European concert tour of The French-American Gospel Music Workshop Exchange this Dec. 4-12. Tommy Johnson has been an employee of…
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Maybe you’ve seen the artwork of P. Buckley Moss – or maybe not. Either way, a visit to the museum that houses her artistry is worth your time. An entire museum devoted to the work of one artist, you ask? Absolutely. Once you’ve visited this replica of a 19th century home that contains her work,…
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It can be like trying to herd cats to get localities to cooperate in the Shenandoah Valley on a strategy to promote the tourist sector. For one, what is the Shenandoah Valley? “How do you define the Shenandoah Valley?” U.S. Sen. Mark Warner asked the roughly 30 attendees at a Shenandoah Valley Regional Tourism Roundtable…
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Stone Soup Books in Waynesboro presents a History & Wine Evening with James Thompson II, author of “The Birth of Virginia’s Aristocracy.” Event at Stone Soup Books and Cafe, 908 W. Main St., Downtown Waynesboro, 7 p.m. Cost: $20/person includes lecture, one glass of Virginia wine, cheese and crackers, and an autographed copy of “The…
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