Business at Breakfast covers social media

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   Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce www.augustachamber.org Host: Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce What: Business At Breakfast When:  Wed., Feb. 17, 8–9 a.m. Location: GOE Plan, 540 Lew DeWitt Blvd., Suite 2, Waynesboro Topic: How to use social media-in any kind of business. Details: Speakers Jeff Goering, GOE Plan, and Chris Graham, Augusta Free…

News Update: Friday, Feb. 12

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– Candidate set to announce for Ward C seat – Bridgewater College prof elected president of the Virginia Psychological Association Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Candidate set to announce for Ward C seat: A press conference has been scheduled for noon today in the Council Chambers at the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building to announce…

Free H1N1 flu shots at the Y

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   Story by Chris Graham www.waynesboroymca.com The Waynesboro Health Department and the Waynesboro YMCA are teaming up to offer free H1N1 flu shots on Saturday, Feb. 13. The flu shots will be done in the Lucy Coyner Gymnasium at the YMCA from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The relative silence on H1N1 in recent weeks…

The man behind the whistle

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Spears recounts 32 years at the Waynesboro YMCA Story by Chris Graham www.waynesboroymca.com You just assume that John Spears was always the John Spears that we all know and love – the basketball coach who knows how to get the most out of his players, the high-school and college referee who can bring a hostile…

Climatologist: Snowy winter ‘just one of those things’

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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Take solace, folks. The meteorologists can’t explain why it’s snowing all the time, either. “To a large extent, it’s just one of those things. But one of those things means we don’t fully understand all the dynamics that go on with this, all the atmospheric physics involved,” said Jerry Stenger,…

Forecast: 5 to 10 inches of snow Tuesday, Wednesday

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  Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro effective 9 a.m. Tuesday to 4 p.m. Wednesday. The Greater Augusta region is in line for a possible 5 to 10 inches of snow accumulation due to the storm. Harrisonburg and Rockingham to…

News Update: Tuesday, Feb. 9

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– School Board meeting moved back – Bridgewater College receives $124K scholarship grant – EMU students win counseling ethics competition – Farm, rural business profitability focus of upcoming forum Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] School Board meeting moved back: The Waynesboro Public Schools will postpone the Tuesday, Feb. 9, Waynesboro School Board Meeting. The meeting…

News Update: Monday, Feb. 8

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– Waynesboro City Council meeting agenda – Staunton City Council meeting agenda – Supreme Court to hear UVa. Law School case Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro City Council meeting agenda: Waynesboro City Council will hold a business meeting Monday at 7 p.m. at the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building, 503 W. Main St., Waynesboro….

Backhoe damages downtown business

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   Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A Downtown Waynesboro building is damaged after an accident involving a city backhoe that was clearing snow on Federal Street late Saturday night. The back of the Augusta Cleaners building at 534 W. Main St. was left with an open gash two to three feet across and perhaps eight…