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WHAT: Vietnam Mailbag: Voices from the War 1968-1972 Book-signing and conversation: Saturday, Sept. 3, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bookworks, 101 W. Beverley St., Downtown Staunton This particular story began in 1968, when a young college graduate took a job writing for the Wilmington News Journal. In the newspaper Nancy Lynch invited the men and…
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QUESTION: Can you tell us about the depth chart, mainly the quarterback situation? COACH LONDON: After an extensive amount of time looking at the team and trying to put players in the best position to help us win, we went through this and decided. As you look at the depth chart today, going into our…
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The Wayne Theatre Alliance’s Gateway will host its first comedy night on Friday, Aug. 26. The performances are at 8 pm and 10 pm at 329 West Main in Downtown Waynesboro. The August performances will be followed in September by the Gateway’s Top Comic Competition. The Aug. 26 performances will be presented by the Charlottesville…
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Augusta Health and the Augusta Health Foundation will host a full-day program, Going to War is Easy, Coming Home is Not, on Friday, Sept. 9 at the Augusta Community Care Building. The program—targeted for active military, veterans, family and friends of veterans, professionals who work with veterans and community members—is free. Professionals can earn Continuing…
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Augusta Health and the Augusta Health Foundation will host a full-day program, Going to War is Easy, Coming Home is Not, on Friday, Sept. 9 at the Augusta Community Care Building. The program—targeted for active military, veterans, family and friends of veterans, professionals who work with veterans and community members—is free. Professionals can earn Continuing…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell today named Friday, Aug. 12 as a day of mourning for 30 servicemen who were killed when their helicopter went down in eastern Afghanistan last weekend. Many of the victims were reported to be Navy SEALs with ties to Virginia. As part of the day of mourning, the governor has ordered all…
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The goal for Virginia football in 2011: a bowl game. And it seems in reach. The preseason preview mags seem to have the Cavs in the right place, at a projected six to seven wins, to be in bowl contention. For a program that hasn’t been to the postseason since 2007-2008, no bowl game can…
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Waynesboro’s new entertainment center, the Wayne Theatre Alliance’s Gateway, will open on Saturday, Aug. 6 at 7 pm with a Grand Opening Celebration. “We are really excited to be able to show our audiences the possibilities for entertainment in our new space. We’ve lined up a great group of performers to delight our first Gateway…
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Want to be a pro-wrestling superstar? Awesome Wrestling Entertainment wants to help you get there. “Our goal here is to produce the next crop of AWE superstars,” said AWE Founder Marvin Ward, a former pro wrestler who is directing classes at the new AWE Training Center, which operates out of Augusta Expoland in Fishersville, Va….
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A changing of the guard is in order in Augusta County, where the incumbents on the Board of Supervisors have been dropping like flies of late. At last count, four of the seven-member board have announced that they won’t be running for re-election, with Board Chair Jeremy Shifflett and Pastures Supervisor Tracy Pyles confirmed to…
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