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The Waynesboro Cultural Commission will host its first film competition in 2011. The competition called the 2011 Waynesboro Short Film Competition is open to all Virginia residents or students studying in Virginia. There is no entry fee. The finalists in the competition will be screened by Jody Kielbasa, director of the Virginia Film Festival. Cash…
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The Waynesboro First Aid Crew Auxiliary provided a Christmas dinner for the employees of Vector Industries in Waynesboro. The meal marked the 27th year that the crew has provided the Vector Christmas dinner. After the meal, Vector Industries recognized all employees who had made valuable contributions towards Vector’s success in 2010. Pictured from left to…
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An agreement between the city and the state awaiting approval by Waynesboro City Council is all that stands in the way of the long-awaited continuation of the downtown streetscape project. City Council will consider the proposed agreement at its meeting tonight at the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building in Downtown Waynesboro. The meeting begins at…
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No charges will be placed in the Dec. 8 accident involving a Waynesboro First Aid Crew rescue vehicle that struck an SUV as it was proceeding to an emergency call. A joint investigation of the accident by the Waynesboro Police Department and the Virginia State Police concluded that Karen Green, 56, drove her Nissan Sentra…
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The warm weather of the past few days is leaving us. The National Weather Service forecast for the Augusta-Staunton-Waynesboro area has highs in the upper 30s Wednesday and around 40 on Thursday. Snow showers are in the forecast for Thursday night into Friday with lows in the lower 20s. The chance of snow is 40…
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So what’s it like living in Downtown Waynesboro? Same as how it is where you live, just less going on. But I have hope. It will all turn around. Some day. Probably after I’m gone, unfortunately. I’d been wanting to live in a downtown since going to a dinner party in Downtown Staunton several years…
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The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Waynesboro is presenting a study series on Progressive Christianity: Reclaiming Christianity for All. The series begins on Tuesday, Jan. 11th at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Waynesboro, 565 Pine Ave., Waynesboro. This nine-session series will explore an interpretation of Christianity that is inclusive, innovative and informed and…
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Waynesboro Police are investigating a series of thefts from unlocked vehicles reported at different locations in the northeast part of the city on New Year’s Eve. In all, 15 vehicles were entered, and property was stolen from nine vehicles between the evening of Dec. 30 and the morning of Dec. 31. The vehicles that were…
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The Shenandoah Marlins Aquatic Club Waynesboro Y Swim Team traveled to Pittsburgh for the Dec. 17-19 for the annual Christmas Meet held at the University of Pittsburgh and came back 10th overall among the 70-plus teams that participated – with the girls team finishing seventh overall. SMAC had the following 22 swimmers qualify for and…
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What I’ll remember about longtime Waynesboro High School athletics director Mel Morris, who passed away Friday night from an apparent heart attack, was seeing him in the stands at WHS football games every Friday night in the 2009 season. AugustaFreePress.com did live Internet broadcasts of WHS football in ’09, and Jerry Carter and I traveled…
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