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The warm weather of the past few days is leaving us. The National Weather Service forecast for the Augusta-Staunton-Waynesboro area has highs in the upper 30s Wednesday and around 40 on Thursday. Snow showers are in the forecast for Thursday night into Friday with lows in the lower 20s. The chance of snow is 40…
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So what’s it like living in Downtown Waynesboro? Same as how it is where you live, just less going on. But I have hope. It will all turn around. Some day. Probably after I’m gone, unfortunately. I’d been wanting to live in a downtown since going to a dinner party in Downtown Staunton several years…
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The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Waynesboro is presenting a study series on Progressive Christianity: Reclaiming Christianity for All. The series begins on Tuesday, Jan. 11th at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Waynesboro, 565 Pine Ave., Waynesboro. This nine-session series will explore an interpretation of Christianity that is inclusive, innovative and informed and…
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Waynesboro Police are investigating a series of thefts from unlocked vehicles reported at different locations in the northeast part of the city on New Year’s Eve. In all, 15 vehicles were entered, and property was stolen from nine vehicles between the evening of Dec. 30 and the morning of Dec. 31. The vehicles that were…
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The Shenandoah Marlins Aquatic Club Waynesboro Y Swim Team traveled to Pittsburgh for the Dec. 17-19 for the annual Christmas Meet held at the University of Pittsburgh and came back 10th overall among the 70-plus teams that participated – with the girls team finishing seventh overall. SMAC had the following 22 swimmers qualify for and…
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What I’ll remember about longtime Waynesboro High School athletics director Mel Morris, who passed away Friday night from an apparent heart attack, was seeing him in the stands at WHS football games every Friday night in the 2009 season. AugustaFreePress.com did live Internet broadcasts of WHS football in ’09, and Jerry Carter and I traveled…
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The investigation into a Dec. 28 conveniece-store burglary in Waynesboro has resulted in two arrests for that crime and several others. Matthew McKinley Painter, 26, of Dooms, has been charged with breaking and entering and grand larceny in connection with the burglary at Speedy’s on North Delphine Avenue. Painter also faces charges related to the…
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I spent several Tuesdays with a man named Karl Baumann back in 1998 learning about the World War II prisoner of war camp out near Sherando Lake. I’d considered myself a student of history, but I’d never known about Stateside POW camps until visiting the Waynesboro Heritage Museum one summer day and asking an innocent…
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The Waynesboro Y is hosting the annual Elks Hoop Shoot on Sunday, Jan. 2. The Hoop Shoot is a free-throw shooting contest for boys and girls ages 8-13. There is no entry fee. Signups start the day of the event at 1:30 p.m. Contestants must be 8 years old as of April 1, 2011. Those…
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The Augusta-Staunton-Waynesboro area is under a WInd Advisory through 9 p.m. Monday. The National Weather Service is forecasting sustained winds of 20-30 mph with gusts of 45 mph or more expected at times today. Winds this strong can make driving difficult. Drivers are advised to use extra caution.
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