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“Can I see your license and registration?” Words that no one likes to hear. Words that I hadn’t had to hear with consequences to myself until Wednesday morning. Yes, I’ve heard it in movies and TV shows and when once my dad was pulled over and I happened to be in the car. I’ve even…
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The first two shows out of the gate have the wrestling world abuzz about AWE. Drawing 1,200 to the first show at Waynesboro High School was one thing. Putting 1,100 butts in seats 50 miles from a TNA show in Richmond that drew 350 is yet another. “I know it’s going to take time, but…
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You might have heard the bad part to this story – that somebody broke into the office of YMCA Youth Sports Director John Spears a few Sundays back and stole $550 in money that had been raised through concession sales at Y basketball games. Now to the part of the story that will make you…
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Well, we didn’t win the championship, but … the Augusta Free Press-sponsored team in the Waynesboro YMCA Junior Division did OK for itself. Augusta Free Press LLC stepped up twice to get the Blue team on the court in 2011. The business paid for the shirts and also provided the coach, AFP owner and AugustaFreePress.com…
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A website highlighting options for tourists and hometown tourists is being launched this week by Augusta Free Press LLC. NewDominionTourist.com will be the online complement to the New Dominion Tourist magazine that will hit the streets in Waynesboro, Staunton and Harrisonburg in April. The print and web editions will work together to highlight what’s going…
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The Virginia Department of Transportation will host a citizen information meeting regarding the Interstate 81 In-Place Pavement Recycling Project that will take place on the I-81 southbound lanes between exit 217 at Mint Spring and Exit 213 at Greenville in Augusta County. The project valued at $7.6 million was awarded to Lanford Brothers Co. Inc….
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Alan Cohen, MD, PhD, a board-certified internal medicine physician, has opened his practice at Augusta Health Internal Medicine in Waynesboro. He joins Kimberly Cheek, MD. Dr. Cohen will see patients on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 8:30 am until 3:45 pm. “My focus is on adult health,” says Dr. Cohen. “I view every individual as…
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Four state tournaments in five years. And that’s just the Waynesboro High School boys’ basketball team. The girls have had their runs in recent years, too, including an appearance in the 2008 Group AA state-title game led by the sublime Devon Brown. I’ve had the fortune to be able to coach in the rec league…
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Think about your mailbox. When was the last time you received a letter? Magazines, bills, business promotions, and newsletters do not count, just a genuine personal letter from a friend, sister, brother, cousin, old classmate, or neighbor. Been a while? How about the last time you sent one yourself? We live in an age of…
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After World War II ended, thousands of GIs were guaranteed a college education by the newly passed GI Bill of Rights; however, many had been blinded in combat and were unable to read the textbooks that they had been given. Anne T. Macdonald, Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic’s founder, had been working at the…
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