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Woodstock’s 10-8 loss to Winchester Saturday night means idle Waynesboro has clinched a berth in the 2010 Valley League playoffs. The Generals, at 20-20 with four games to play, have a grueling two-day stretch to finish the regular season, with doubleheaders on Sunday and Monday. On Sunday, Waynesboro is scheduled to host Covington (19-22) at…
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David Gibson pitched seven strong innings, and Staunton took advantage of six walks surrendered by Waynesboro starter Michael Reed, as the Braves held off the Generals, 6-3, before a season-high crowd of 1,561 at John Moxie Memorial Stadium Friday night. Waynesboro jumped out to an early 2-0 lead on a two-run first-inning homer by third…
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Conflicting perspectives on the story in today’s local paper about new Waynesboro City Councilman Mike Harris’ walking tour of the troubled 200 block of North Commerce Avenue. – You could view the tour as a shameless photo op. Here’s a guy who’s been on City Council for less than a month, and he shows up…
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The Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge announced on Thursday that it has received a $10,000 matching grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to host The Big Read 2011 in Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta County. This is the fourth year in a row that the Foundation has received this honor. The Community…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Taylor Sandefur was the man again for Waynesboro, going eight and a third innings and giving up a run on five Luray hits to get his seventh win in a 2-1 Generals victory Sunday night. The win didn’t come without some drama in the ninth. Sandefur (7-0) hit Luray catcher David Villasuso with a pitch…
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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…
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