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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] DuPont Community Credit Union saw steady growth at the end of the second quarter of 2010 for total lending compared to the second quarter of 2009, it was announced today. The Waynesboro-headquartered credit union, which operates nine branches in the Central Shenandoah Valley region, reported a 0.6 percent increase in total…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Tuesday night’s game between the Waynesboro Generals and the Covington Lumberjacks has been postponed due to rain and forecasts of possibly heavy rain in the area ongoing through the evening. No makeup date has yet been set for the game.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro boater Chris Dillow took top honors in the FLW BFL Shenandoah Division tournament held on the James River on Saturday. Dillow caught a five-bass limit weighing 16 pounds, 6 ounces Saturday to win $3,756 plus a $2,000 Ranger Cup bonus. Under cloudy skies, Dillow was junk-fishing around sticks…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A four-run fifth gave Waynesboro the lead, and a four-run ninth provided the final cushion in a 9-3 win at first-place Haymarket Saturday night. WaynesboroGenerals.com has the story.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The Waynesboro YMCA will play host to a Health Fair being put on by the Y and Augusta Health on Thursday, July 22, from 4-8 p.m. WaynesboroYMCA.com has the story.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A T.J. Kuban eighth-inning single broke a 4-4 tie and lifted Waynesboro to a 5-4 win over Woodstock Wednesday night. WaynesboroGenerals.com has the story.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] A new nonprofit is bringing technology to local learners. The Waynesboro Area Learning Tree was founded in 2009 as an outreach initiative providing technology training and development to the City of Waynesboro and surrounding rural counties. Founder Janet Awkard-Harvey is reestablishing her Nelson County roots by giving back to…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Four Generals will represent Waynesboro in the 2010 Valley League All-Star Game set for Sunday night in Harrisonburg. Austin Peay freshman Cody Hudson, Western Carolina freshman Taylor Sandefur, Patrick Henry Community College sophomore Terrell Thompson and Akron junior Andrew Turocy were selected for the game, the league announced on…
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The good news: Viewed from a long-term perspective, the local economy grew significantly in the first decade of the 21st century, just shy of 30 percent regionwide as a measure of total taxable sales by locality from 2000-2009. The not-so-good news: The growth seems to have passed Staunton by, also significantly. The really-not-so-good news: Yep,…
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I have to admit to being a bit surprised to learn in the course of my research on our Top Story on local economic trends (“An in-depth look inside the local economy,” July 7) that Waynesboro has the region’s biggest economy. It’s quite the reversal of fortune for the River City, which in 2000 had…
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