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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. has laid off its events coordinator after the board of directors of the business-improvement organization voted this week to eliminate the position due to funding issues.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Mike Harris has tried to seize the momentum in the marquee race in the upcoming May 4 local elections with a proposal that revolutionized government budgeting 40 years ago. It’s called the zero-based budget, and the idea is that budget writers start their work on fiscal plans with the…
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Edited by Chris Graham WaynesboroYMCA.com The Waynesboro YMCA is hosting its annual Spring Gala on Saturday, April 23, at the Best Western in Waynesboro. WaynesboroYMCA.com has the story.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The Wildlife Center of Virginia announced on Tuesday that Buddy, the bald eagle from Norfolk admitted to the Waynesboro-based Center as a patient in May 2008, will become a permanent resident at the Center.
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Edited by Chris Graham WaynesboroYMCA.com The Waynesboro YMCA Stray Cats summer swim team is getting organized for 2010. WaynesboroYMCA.com has the story.
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Moderated by Chris Graham [email protected] I should’ve used this space to tell the world how I was going to be speaking today at the Waynesboro Kiwanis Club on the topic of Waynesboro Generals baseball. But then … maybe some of the Kiwanians who showed up would’ve found themselves busy.
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Edited by Chris Graham WaynesboroYMCA.com 13-year-old Remedy Rule took home a nice honor from the 2010 YMCA Short Course National Championships held earlier this month in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. WaynesboroYMCA.com has the story/video.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Talk about ambitious. Charlottesville-based Octagon Partners gave itself 10 months to rehab the old R.E. Lee High School on Churchville Avenue into senior housing and new spaces for ShenanArts and the Staunton Senior Center. And Octagon and general contractor Mathers Construction of Waynesboro are coming in a little ahead…
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Letter from Phil Winter Submit letters, guest columns: [email protected] The News Virginian’s April 24 article about “zero-based” budgeting brought back memories of the federal government’s use of this approach more than 15 years ago. It proved then to be a quickly passing, inefficient, and ineffective, fad. Current City Council member, and candidate for reelection,…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The United Way of Greater Augusta is hosting its first Global Youth Service Day Saturday, April 24 from 9:30 a.m. until 1 p.m.
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