WALT is coming to town

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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…

Hudson, Sandefur, Thompson, Turocy named to All-Star Game

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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…

An in-depth look inside the local economy

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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,…

Good news, bad news about West End traffic

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected]   Lost in the discussion over the merits of the Waynesboro Place rezoning and its potential impact on traffic in the already-congested Lew Dewitt Boulevard-Rosser Avenue-Windigrove Drive area – the part about traffic in that part of town already being congested. “It doesn’t function to Level C that VDOT would…