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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A local and state incentive package that included $1.5 million in state monies and $2 million in land, cash and tax breaks from the City of Waynesboro helped grease the skids for Polymer Group Inc., which chose Waynesboro over other locations including one near its corporate headquarters in the…
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Submitted Item News tips: [email protected] The Waynesboro Seventh-day Adventist Church will host The Passion, a live walk-through mini-drama, on Saturday, April 3, at 11 a.m. The presentation includes full-costumed characters, music, live animals and much more. Some scenes outdoors- rain or shine. Admission is free. The church is located at 1700 Lyndhurst Road. For…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro City Councilwoman Lorie Smith is holding a meet and greet with city voters at the Rosenwald Community Center on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Smith is running for re-election in Ward D in the May 4 city elections. The Rosenwald Community Center is located at 413 Port Republic Road.
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Column by Lorie Smith www.loriesmith.com I’m happy to report that last week’s Tourism Summit was a tremendous success! Approximately 35 business representatives and interested citizens came out to show support for a strategic tourism initiative in Waynesboro. All in attendance agreed that city officials, business owners and residents must partner and collaborate to aggressively market…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro police ran 633 calls in 2009 for what turned out to be false alarms triggered by electronic security systems. That’s a call or two a day every day for the year. At 28 minutes per call on average spent dealing with the calls, that’s a half-hour to an…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A budget crisis nearly closed the doors at Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Blue Ridge, but several months of hard work from its volunteer board of directors and an infusion of staff talent has the nonprofit thinking big. “It’s a pretty ambitious goal. This year we want…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Ward C City Council candidate Robert Johnson Jr. will host a meet and greet coffee social at the Rosenwald Community Center on Port Republic Road in Waynesboro on Thursday. The event will run from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The public is invited.
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Story by Chris Graham WaynesboroYMCA.com WaynesboroYMCA.com has a feature story on a fitness program called Zumba that is designed to add fun to the fitness by incorporating a variety of Latin dances into the workouts. Access the story on WaynesboroYMCA.com.
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Featuring Chris Graham [email protected] AFP editor Chris Graham presents Waynesboro City Councli with a copy of a series of special reports on economic development produced by AugustaFreePress.com. Chris spoke before City Council at its meeting Monday night.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Monica Wright, Dawn Evans and Devon Brown did their parts, but UVa., JMU and Liberty each fell short in their first-round NCAA Tournament games over the weekend. Wright had 34 points and nine rebounds in her final game as a Cavalier, which saw fifth-seeded Virginia fall 69-67 to 12th-seeded…
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