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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] The so-called fiscal-conservative elected officials in Waynesboro are falling all over themselves to spend the $560,000 in “found money” resulting from last fiscal year’s budget surplus. Vice Mayor Frank Lucente has even suggested recently that he would like to see the city hold onto the money “until we need…
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Staff Report Liberty U. sports: www.libertyflames.com After helping Liberty win a pair of road games and claim a share of the Big South lead, redshirt freshman Devon Brown has been named the Big South Conference Choice Hotels Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the second time this season. Brown (G, Waynesboro, Va.) led…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] With our eyes focused on the possibility of a foot or two of snow this weekend, some attention could be paid to the here and now – with the National Weather Service issuing a Winter Weather Advisory for Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro today with possible snow accumulations of…
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Staff Report Liberty U. sports: www.libertyflames.com Liberty broke open a tight game with an 11-2 run to close the first half of Monday evening’s game at Radford. The Lady Flames maintained a double-digit lead the rest of the way, claiming a share of first place in the Big South standings with a 63-45 triumph…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It was so quick that the newspapers and TV missed it, but Waynesboro City Councilwoman Lorie Smith raised an interesting idea at last week’s City Council meeting as to what the city could decide to do with the $560,000 in found money coming from a year-end budget surplus. “I’ve…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th Anniversary is officially here with the advent of 2010. Construction of the 469-mile All American Scenic Byway began Sept. 11, 1935, at Cumberland Knob, near the North Carolina and Virginia border. A celebration of this special American treasure and its importance as a cultural,…
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Staff Report Liberty U. sports: www.libertyflames.com The weather outside the Millis Center Saturday afternoon was cold and snowy, but Liberty remained hot, extending its winning streak to eight. Devon Brown and Avery Warley both posted career-high point totals during the Lady Flames’ come-from-behind 75-62 win over Big South co-leader High Point. Brown, a 2008…
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Staff Report EMU sports: www.emu.edu Entering Saturday’s game at Hampden-Sydney, the least the Runnin Royals had scored in a game was 79 points. But Eastern Mennonite shot just 38 percent from the floor and 23 percent from long range as the men set a new mark for lowest output this season in an 80-68…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The hard-to-get-a-handle-on winter storm hitting Virginia today is now expected to bring 6 to 12 inches of snow to Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro, according to the latest report from the National Weather Service. The area remains under a Winter Storm Warning through 11 p.m. Saturday. The snow is…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The National Weather Service has pulled back its Winter Storm Watch for the Greater Augusta area in favor of a new Winter Weather Advisory that is now in effect for Saturday. The Advisory runs from 4 a.m. Saturday to 11 p.m. Saturday night. The forecast is now for a…
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