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Waynesboro is playing host to a film festival on Saturday with the first-ever Waynesboro Short Film Festival screening 12 films. The Festival opens with a reception at the Shenandoah Valley Art Center on South Wayne Avenue from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The screenings begin at 1 p.m. in Lawton Chapel at Fishburne Military School….
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DuPont Community Credit Union recently announced the 20 scholarship winners at the 52nd Annual Membership Meeting. Since beginning the scholarship program over $172,000 has been awarded to high school seniors, and 180 seniors applied this year. “We are very pleased to provide scholarships to this year’s 20 recipients,” said Everett J. Campbell, chairman of the…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell signed legislation passed by the Virginia General Assembly amending the 2010-2012 state budget – using his line-item veto power to cut state funding for public broadcasting by $424,001 in fiscal year 2012. “When I took office, I pledged to refocus state government on its core functions by finding ways to make government…
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Waynesboro Police Sgt. Michael Wilhelm was promoted to police chief, City Manager Mike Hamp announced on Monday. Wilhelm has served in the Waynesboro Police Department since 1995. He was promoted to corporal in 2000 and to sergeant in 2004. “I have confidence in Chief Wilhelm’s leadership abilities, critical thinking skills and expressed desire to maximize…
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The Waynesboro Police Department is investigating the theft of an ornamental bell from Serenity Garden in Ridgeview Park that occurred over the weekend. The bell was removed from its mount on two 6×6 posts at the end of a brick walkway in the gardens sometime between 5 p.m. Friday and 1:30 p.m. Sunday. The bronze…
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The pomp and circumstance will soon be under way. President Loren Swartzendruber will acknowledge the 451 members of the Eastern Mennonite University graduating class of 2011 and invite them to begin coming forward to receive their hard-earned degrees. Hopefully, the weather tomorrow, May 1, will allow the pageantry to take place outdoors, on center campus,…
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A 1 percent hike in the city lodging tax could raise $200,000 a year for marketing efforts that could help Waynesboro build what is already a $28 million a year industry. The tax increase is in City Manager Mike Hamp’s proposed 2011-2012 budget – but the money from it is earmarked toward the general fund….
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and its community partners will hold the second nationwide prescription drug take back day from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. April 30, operating collection sites throughout the nation where unused, unneeded or expired prescription medications can be turned in. Unused or expired prescription medications are a public safety issue because they lead…
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DuPont Community Credit Union saw continued loan growth for the first quarter of 2011 compared to the first quarter of 2010. The Waynesboro-headquartered credit union, which operates nine branches in the Central Shenandoah Valley region reported a 11.4 percent increase in the amount of loans funded during the first quarter compared to the first quarter of…
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Waynesboro-based nTelos Wireless, known for providing high-speed, dependable, nationwide service, has partnered with Asurion to offer its handset protection program. In the event of cell phone loss, theft, malfunction or out-of-warranty damage – including liquid damage – nTelos enhancements customers now enjoy include: Receiving a replacement handset as soon as the next day at no…
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