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The New Dominion Magazine won three awards in the 2010 Virginia Press Association News, Editorial and Photo Contest. The awards were presented on April 9 at the VPA’s annual conference in Norfolk. The magazine, published by Augusta Free Press LLC in Waynesboro, has won awards in the Specialty Publications category all three years in which…
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Waynesboro YMCA SMAC swimmer Remedy Rule finished an impressive fourth in the 500-yard freestyle final at the YMCA Nationals Short Course Championships on Tuesday. Rule, 14, broke the 14-and-under Virginia state record in the 500 free with her time of 4:48.23, shaving .86 second off the previous state record time. Rule was the youngest competitor…
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Waynesboro will once again welcome spring to the Valley with the annual Mad Hatter’s Easter Festival on Saturday, April 23. The Mad Hatter and the Moms Club’s White Rabbit will open the gates to the Easter Festival in Waynesboro’s Constitution Park at 10:30 a.m. For the next three hours, the park will be the place…
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The conventional wisdom to the proposed legislative redistricting that would move Waynesboro into the 20th House District along with Staunton is that Republican Del. Dickie Bell gets Waynesboro in his district. I’m usually not big on conventional wisdom, and I’m certainly not in this case. I’ve written columns over the past couple of years about…
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The inaugural print issue of The New Dominion Tourist hit the streets on March 31, 2011. Stories in the Spring/Summer issue included: Home base: Be a tourist in your own hometown Grapes of Ridge: Barren Ridge Vineyards carving out reputation for fine wine Pizza and good tunes: Shenandoah Pizza has become a Staunton music hotspot…
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I have always been a fan of eating. It’s necessary, nourishing, enjoyable, and a social experience. Not to mention, I’m quite good at it. So naturally, I get excited when free food is mentioned. This is exactly what happened the other day when my teacher mentioned that it was All You Can Eat Nugget Night…
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John Spears thought his job at the Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce annual dinner was to help Waynesboro YMCA executive director Jeff Fife sell tickets to this Friday’s Y Spring Gala. He was in for a surprise. “I’m going to get somebody. I can tell you that,” said Spears, the youth-sports director at the…
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Waynesboro YMCA Childcare is now online with its own dedicated website – with the help of Augusta Free Press LLC. “The childcare staff and I are so excited about the childcare website. This is our opportunity to show the community the hands on learning and fun that take place at the Y,” said Waynesboro Y…
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A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for the Augusta-Staunton-Waynesboro area beginning at 4 a.m. Wednesday and running into Wednesday night. The National Weather Service is forecasting the possibility of 1-3 inches of snow – mainly at higher elevations and on grassy surfaces. Wet snow is expected to develop before sunrise early Wednesday morning and…
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The Wayne Theatre will open in a year or two with a fully formed programming schedule that will get going this summer in a familiar venue a block down Main Street. “The opportunity to sublease the facility at 329 West Main could not come at a better time. We are looking towards the reopening of…
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