Frontier names Sweet new president, CEO

Chris Graham

The Board of Directors at Frontier Community Bank has promoted Alan Sweet to the position of president and CEO. Sweet succeeds Wayne Turner, who has served the Virginia community banking industry successfully for more than 33 years. Sweet joined Frontier while it was organizing in 2007, and was instrumental in guiding Frontier through the variety…

Let’s go to the movies!

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Join the Waynesboro Family Y at the Waynesboro Library – Mondays at 10 a.m. and at 5 p.m. – for screenings of movies highlighting health issues. The schedule of screenings includes:   Monday, Oct. 4: “Food, Inc.” Drawing on Eric Schlosser’s “Fast Food Nation” and Michael Pollan’s “The Omnivore Dilemma,” director Robert Kenner’s Oscar-nominated documentary…

United Way names campaign leaders

Chris Graham

The United Way of Greater Augusta has tapped on three community leaders to head up its 2010 fundraising campaign. Joseph and Lisa Rosenberger will serve as co-chairs of the campaign, and G. Leonard Pittman Jr. will serve as the leadership chair for the campaign. Joseph Rosenberger is the founder of Rosenberger Financial Services located in…

Man wanted on rape, sodomy involving local teen

Chris Graham

The Waynesboro Police Department is asking for the public’s help in tracking down a man wanted in connection with the sexual assault of a 15-year-old Augusta County female. Anthony Duane Martin, 24, is wanted on five felony warrants in relation to the Sept. 18 incident in a northeast Waynesboro residence. Police do not have a…

Advance opens new store in Fishersville

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Advance Auto Parts Inc., a leading automotive aftermarket retailer of parts, batteries, accessories and maintenance items, today announced it will open its first store in Fishersville at 32 Windward Drive, Suite 120 on Thursday. Company officials said they chose this location for the store because it’s convenient to where their customers live and shop as…

Conservation in the spotlight

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The Shenandoah Resource Conservation and Development Council will join fellow RC&D Councils throughout the United States to commemorate RC&D Week, which runs from Sept. 19-25, 2010. RC&D Week is held annually to celebrate the success of the RC&D Program nationwide. During RC&D week, the Shenandoah RC&D Council will be presented with the Southeastern Association’s “Outstanding…

Update on arrest at AFP Publishing office

Chris Graham

Authorities have not been able to get much in terms of information from the woman arrested late Sunday night outside the office of Augusta Free Press Publishing. Nora Ellen Gibson, 44, was charged with tampering with a vehicle and obstruction of justice in connection with the incident, which was reported to police around 10:45 p.m….

Focus on area seniors

Chris Graham

We’re all getting older, but the senior population in the Greater Augusta area is also getting bigger. Sixteen percent of the area’s population is 65 or older, according to a study commissioned by the Augusta Health Foundation, a third more than the state average. Policymakers are putting more attention on the growing senior population. “I’m…