
New Staunton Rotary Club president
The Staunton Rotary Club is pleased to announce the election of a new president. Carl Lind of Mount Sidney will serve as the 2014-2015 president of the Staunton Rotary Club.

The Staunton Rotary Club is pleased to announce the election of a new president. Carl Lind of Mount Sidney will serve as the 2014-2015 president of the Staunton Rotary Club.

The big news in Waynesboro this week is that the city and the Virginia Museum of Natural History have come up with the $50,000 needed to proceed with the development of a master plan for a proposed museum interpretive facility in Waynesboro. But what about the rest of the projected $7.4 million cost to build and open the interpretive center? Where will that money come from?

The Virginia Department of Transportation will close part of Route 256 (Third Street) in Rockingham County from July 28-30, 2014. This is for repairs to the railroad crossing just west of Route 340 (Eastside Highway) in the town of Grottoes.

The UVA men’s tennis program announced Thursday that associate head coach Andres Pedroso will be leaving the program at the end of the month.

Washington Redskins players Robert Griffin III and DeAngelo Hall talk with reporters at Redskins training camp on July 24, 2014.

Augusta County Republicans have called a mass meeting to determine a nominee for the open South River seat on the Board of Supervisors.

Vector Industries in Waynesboro has named Brian Davis its employee of the month for the month of June 2014.

A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 12,877,369 visitors to the Blue Ridge Parkway in 2013 spent $782,926,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 11,283 jobs in adjacent communities.

William and Mary senior All-American defensive end Mike Reilly highlighted the Tribe’s list of preseason all-conference honorees announced at the annual Colonial Athletic Association Media Day event held at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Wednesday.

The Meadow Descendants Gathering at the new Thoroughbred Heritage Horse Show will bring together 51 horses that are related to Secretariat or other Meadow Stable champions.
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