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Item by Chris Graham The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities has extended the accreditation of employment-services programs at the Waynesboro-based Vector Industries for three years. The accreditation represents the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to an organization. Vector Industries provides employment and training for people with physical and mental challenges. Employment…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham The torch is being passed in the Beverley Manor District in Augusta County – where the man who has represented the district on the county board of supervisors for the past five-plus years, Jim Bailey, a Republican, is retiring from local politics at the end of the current year….
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Column by Jim Bishop It was some years ago, but I still remember the first time a visit from my parents coincided with the semi-annual Belmont Estates yard sale. Mom and Dad watched in awe as both sides of the streets of our sprawling subdivision filled with vehicles, and people, some on foot, some on…
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Story by Chris Graham We know that fish kills in the Shenandoah, Cowpasture and James river systems have once again abated. What’s so disturbing is that we have no idea why they have abated – and what causes the fish kills in the first place. “These fish kills are very unusual and mysterious – and…
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Story by Jim Bishop Two undergraduate students are getting intensive, practical experience in molecular biological research this summer at Eastern Mennonite University with the help of a National Science Foundation grant.
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Column by Nancy Dowdy What do you think? Comment below Here is the list of the projects to be funded by the Capital Improvement Bond Issuance. I will attempt to explain each project included in the $10,495,249 and its importance as well as what I have heard from my constituents.
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Column by Chris Graham What do you think? Comment below The latest twist in Waynesboro city government regarding the $26.5 million in capital-improvements projects on the table in the River City came as a surprise to me, among others.
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Story by Chris Graham (Editor’s Note: This story was originally published May 1, 2006.) Months of anticipation were culminating in this one moment. “We’re rolling!” a member of the production crew shouted to the heavens. People gathered on the sidewalks of downtown Waynesboro buzzed at the beck and call. Something was about to go on…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham One problem that Waynesboro has with regard to its plans for revitalizing its downtown-business district is “the fact that we don’t have buildings,” downtown businessman Len Poulin said.
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Story by Chris Graham David Cox had thought that he would be running for what would essentially be an open seat in the 24th Senate District. Things didn’t work out the way Cox and many in the punditry had thought – but the Democratic Party nominee still sees an opening.
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