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A public-input meeting to discuss a draft water-quality improvement plan for segments of South River and Christians Creek on the state “dirty waters” list will be held in the City Council Chambers at the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building in Downtown Waynesboro on Wednesday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. The draft plan will be presented…
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A woman reported missing in Delaware on Sept. 24 has been located in Waynesboro with the help of a story on AugustaFreePress.com. Nora Ellen Gibson, 44, of Smyrna, Del., was reported missing by her family on Sept. 24. The missing person’s report, according to news reports in Delaware, said Gibson had not been seen or…
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The last time before today that there was a significant rain event in Waynesboro, 200 gallons of diesel fuel ended up in the South River in the vicinity of the Invista plant on DuPont Boulevard. How the diesel fuel made its way into the river on July 29 is still a mystery. “At this time,…
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Expected heavy rain could push the South River to crest at or just above flood stage in Waynesboro late Thursday. The forecast for the next two days has the Greater Augusta area in line for 3-5 inches of rain as the remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole work their way up the Eastern Seaboard. Locally heavier…
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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…
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Waynesboro Y executive director Jeff Fife hoped to get 35-40 kids out to the Y on Friday nights at the start of Friday Night Basketball in 2008. “It’s taken on a life of its own,” said Fife, getting ready for the relaunch of Friday Night Basketball this coming Friday night, Oct. 1, from 9 p.m….
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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…
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The future is technology and its applications, and you could say that technology and its applications define the present. “We would like to think the old brick-and-mortar will be here forever, but everybody out here is trying to save money. Why would a bank employ 10 people to handle transactions that they can process better…
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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…
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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…
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