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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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The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the Augusta-Staunton-Waynesboro area for Saturday night into Sunday. The forecast calls for 1-3 inches of snow in the region beginning late Saturday evening. Snow will continue Sunday morning before tapering off to snow showers Sunday afternoon. Temperates will be in the upper teens to…
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Liberty squandered a 13-point halftime lead Tuesday evening at VCU, but later came back from a five-point second-half deficit to win at the Verizon Wireless Arena. The Lady Flames’ 59-57 victory marked their first road triumph of the season. Waynesboro High School graduate Devon Brown scored Liberty’s final four points, including a pair of free…
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Seeing the News Virginian series on the local Latino community reminds me of my early days in journalism. I was the ace cub reporter at the NV in 1996 when the editor assigned me to do some digging on the growth of the local Latino population. For two months I talked with new immigrants, church…
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