One more round on bike race

Chris Graham

The April 26 Waynesboro Omnium bike race will go on as scheduled, but the resolution to the issues raised by Vice Mayor Frank Lucente regarding the downtown event did not come without more in the way of procedural drama. “I think all the problems have been resolved, and I’m prepared to vote for this bike…

Leitao Post Mortem

Chris Graham

Wanna know why the administration at the University of Virginia pulled the trigger on Dave Leitao so fast? The number one reason has to be economics. The average attendance in the 3-year-old John Paul Jones Arena this season was 10,219. Which, sure, is better than what UVa. used to get in the 8,400-seat University Hall,…

Who’s in charge downtown?

Chris Graham

A discount-store owner who has told the local print newspaper that he would “probably move” if Downtown Waynesboro were to ever get back on its feet is, for all intents and purposes, the point man on downtown redevelopment until that day comes. “I think the compromise, as long as the two restaurants survive through it…

Scott German | Diane, ‘Hoos surprise Terps in finale, 68-63

Scott German

It’s been a long trying season for Virginia on the hardwood, but Saturday afternoon the Cavaliers may have seen the light at the end of the tunnel. Overcoming another horrendous start, Virginia dealt Maryland a crippling 68-63 defeat in Jon Paul Jones Arena. And fitting enough it was Maryland native Mamadi Diane delivering the lethal blow…

Moving forward

Chris Graham

No one seems willing to step forward to do something. That, Waynesboro Economic Development Authority chairman Carl Rosberg told the River City 2020 Forum Thursday, is a big thing holding Waynesboro back economically. Local developer Bill Hausrath called a group of property owners in and around Downtown Waynesboro together last year to try to get…