Council presents annual regional EMS awards

Chris Graham

Seven individuals, one regional emergency medical services agency and the local-government administration in Rockbridge County received awards from the Central Shenandoah Regional EMS Council at an awards ceremony held on Wednesday at the Grand Caverns Park in Augusta County. “The award winners and all of the nominees for each category are outstanding representatives of our…

Summers, Lamm hold off Cardinals in 4-3 win

Chris Graham

Jarryd Summers struck out 10 in seven innings, and Mark Lamm made his effort stand up with two scoreless innings of relief, as Waynesboro posted an important 4-3 win over Front Royal at Mathers Park Wednesday night. The win pushed Waynesboro ever closer to clinching a playoff berth. With Woodstock’s 8-6 loss at Rockbridge, the…

Lunch with the Generals

Chris Graham

Wednesday was Lunch with the Generals Day at the newest, busiest restaurant in town, Chick-fil-A. Fans showed up to get their baseballs signed and to take pictures with the Waynesboro Generals.  First-year player Jon Clinard of Austin Peay was among the Generals out for the event. “This is our first time coming out to meet…

Senators hold off Generals, 10-9

Chris Graham

League-leading Haymarket finally solved Waynesboro, but it wasn’t easy. The Generals jumped out to an early 5-1 lead and then rallied for three runs in the ninth before falling to the first-place Senators 10-9 Tuesday night. The win was the first in four tries for Haymarket, which extended its lead over second-place Winchester to four…

Y, Augusta Health team up to fight obesity epidemic

Chris Graham

Sixty percent of adult Americans are overweight, and thirty percent are obese. And our bad habits are affecting our kids, whose life expectancy, shockingly, sadly, will be less than our generation, a major step back in quality of life that is entirely preventable. “It’s not just about the elderly and people who have had heart…

Theater still on schedule

Chris Graham

There’s a roof on top of the new Zeus Digital Theater, and workers were in the theater on Friday installing drywall in Theater 1. “It’s going to come down to the wire. But we’re on schedule for Oct., 1. I know some people have questions about that, but we’re on schedule for Oct. 1,” said…

City looks for help in collecting unpaid taxes

Chris Graham

Governments are running on ever-tight budgets. Keep that in mind when you consider this number: $1.8 million. Delinquent motor-vehicle taxes in Waynesboro in a four-year period prior to fiscal-year 2011 totaled more than $1.8 million. The roughly $450,000 a year that has gone uncollected is equivalent to about 1 percent of what the city spends…

Lunch with the Generals Day

Chris Graham

The new Waynesboro Chick-fil-A is hosting the Waynesboro Generals on Wednesday, July 28, at Lunch with the Generals Day. Waynesboro Generals players will be at the restaurant in the Waynesboro Town Center from 11:30 a.m. to 1;30 p.m. to meet with fans, sign autographs, pose for pictures and more. Come out and have lunch with…