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The United Way of Greater Augusta has received $52,842 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the Greater Augusta region. The monies were granted to The Salvation Army of Waynesboro and Staunton, the Valley Mission homeless shelter and the Verona Food Pantry. A local board made up of religious leaders, civic leaders, community leaders…
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Interesting week for me in my often overlapping roles as a business writer and politics writer. On Wednesday, I met with U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, a Democrat, after a roundtable in Staunton with local business owners and business leaders who gave Warner quite the earful about the state of business and the state of the…
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In honor of its September guest, Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra, The Radio Hour will take a classical turn. The Symphony will be represented at the two performances by Charles Salembier, president of the Symphony’s Board of Directors. He will present the door prizes for the Friday, Sept. 17 performances: tickets to the Symphony’s Rhapsoday for America…
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The Shenandoah Valley British Car Club will collect donations of nonperishable food and monies for the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank at its 29th annual British Car Show. The car show is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 2, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Ridgeview Park in Waynesboro. The event coincides with Apple Days weekend…
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Confidence. That’s what America needs to get business moving again. “The challenge we have now is, what can we do to fix the confidence of the business community at large?” U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., told a group of business owners in Staunton on Wednesday. Warner did some talking and a lot of listening as…
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The building now home to the main branch of the Augusta County Library opened in the 1930s as the Fishersville Elementary School. It was last renovated in 1983. It’s perhaps not surprising that the work being done at the site of late has come up with some interesting finds. “We found out that it was…
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Maurices at Waynesboro Town Center and Augusta Regional SPCA are teaming up to raise awareness, help and hope for homeless pets during the month of September. “This campaign is called Rescues & Runways, and maurices stores across the country are involved, in partnership with the ASPCA,” said maurices store manager Jessica Haggerty. “It’s a great…
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It was sometime around 2000 or 2001 when I realized that the way we’ve always done things in Augusta County relative to the provision of fire and rescue service, with the bulk of the work done by volunteers, was no longer sufficient to get the job done. I had invited myself out on a Saturday…
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A strikingly contemporary sculptural screen and fresh new landscaping is the first thing to catch your eye as you pass by Grace Lutheran Church in Waynesboro. New lighting and an inviting bench at the covered entrance at 13th and Wayne further enhance this corner of the property. Visitors who follow the gently sloped path curving…
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The Waynesboro Players will be holding auditions on Oct. 8 and Oct. 9 for a scheduled March 2011 production of Moonlight and Magnolias. Moonlight and Magnolias is a play by Ron Hutchison, but also it was the first title for David O. Selznick “Gone with the Wind” epic. The storyline takes us three weeks into…
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