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The Waynesboro Senior Center will play host on Saturday to “Did You Say Murder> Who Would Kill the New Guy,” a murder mystery starring News Virginian Editor Jonathan Hunley and Augusta Free Press LLC Vice President Crystal Graham. The event begins at 6 p.m. Saturday with dinner. Kathy Johnson of Murder Is a Game will…
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Mayor Frank Lucente, Vice Mayor Bruce Allen and City Councilman Tim Williams swept to victory in contested races for seats on Waynesboro City Council Tuesday. Lucente’s win over former City Council member Lorie Smith in the At-Large race was something of a surprise. Smith, also a former School Board chair, had the backing of several…
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Dr. Ngoc Le, a family practice physician, has joined Augusta Health Family Practice in Verona. Dr. Le will see patients Tuesday through Friday from 8 am until 4:30 pm. Augusta Health Family Practice-Verona is located at 1 Green Hills Drive, just off Route 11 in Verona. The clinic phone number is 540.245.7425.
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Ann Arden Home Furnishings was invited to meet Martha Stewart and attend her debut of her new furniture line. With the upholstery made by Miles Talbott and case goods imported from Colombia by Lefa, the new collection includes 25 upholstery and 55 bedroom, dining and occasional pieces. Martha Stewart said she loves designing furniture and…
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Today the Kaine for Virginia campaign continued to highlight George Allen’s support for privatizing Social Security with a video entitled “Retirement (in)Security.” The video spotlights comments made by George Allen over the weekend at a GOP primary debate where he doubled down on his support for President Bush’s plan to privatize Social Security.
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“The Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce 2011 Annual Awards” will air on WVPT-Virginia’s Public Television on Sunday, May 6, at 11:30 a.m. The television show was produced for WVPT by Augusta Free Press, which produced a series of videos highlighting the winners at the March 20 Annual Awards Dinner that served as the basis…
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The No. 22 Virginia baseball team finished off a three-game series sweep of No. 21 Miami with a 7-4 victory Monday evening Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field in Coral Gables, Fla. The Cavaliers (31-14-1, 14-10 ACC) secured their first series sweep against the Hurricanes (27-17, 12-12). Virginia has won a season-high seven-consecutive games…
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Money from a tax increase that was supposed to provide additional monies for tourism marketing in Waynesboro is being used by the city for other purposes. That’s the concern of the Tourism Association of Greater Waynesboro expressed in a letter sent to Waynesboro City Council on Monday.
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Henry’s Farm Inc. is expanding the recall of its Soybean Sprouts to include Natto Soybean Sprouts because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections to individuals with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache,…
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Attorneys for the ACLU of Virginia on Friday filed nine separate lawsuits seeking damages for nine female contract workers who were forced to strip naked and subjected to visual body cavity searches by officials at the Portsmouth City Jail. Each plaintiff is seeking monetary damages and a court order preventing the searches from ever occurring…
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