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Awesome Wrestling Entertainment has opened its East Coast corporate headquarters in a location in Downtown Waynesboro. The company, which stages live-event pro-wrestling shows across the United States, has set up its East Coast office at 421 W. Main St., Waynesboro. “This is a big step for us as a company,” said CEO Marvin Ward, who…
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Shenandoah Marlins Aquatic Club swimmer Remedy Rule finished sixth in the 200-meter butterfly final in the USA Swimming Junior Nationals at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., on Monday. Rule, 14, swimming for the Waynesboro YMCA team, finished with a time of 2:12.92, 1.40 seconds behind national champion Courtney Weaver of Flint, Mich. Rule’s time…
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The Virginia Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing concerning improvements to Route 727 (Airport Road) in Rockingham County. The meeting will take place from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 8, in the Lecture Room at Turner Ashby High School located at 800 N. Main St., Bridgewater. Citizens can come in during the meeting…
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Members of the Stuarts Draft High School SADD Club (Students Against Destructive Decisions) and their sponsor, Martha Mikell, were honored with several traffic safety awards at the 2011 Youth of Virginia Speak Out About Traffic Safety Awards Program on July 28 in Bridgewater. The YOVASO Awards Banquet, held at Bridgewater College, recognized organizations, individuals, and…
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The 25th District House of Delegates Democratic Committee hereby announces that it will hold an assembled caucus at 8:00 PM on August 18, 2011 in the South Board Room at the Augusta County Government Center in Verona, Virginia for the purpose of nominating a candidate for the office of Delegate for the 25th District House…
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Augusta Free Press LLC has moved a block down Waynesboro’s Main Street. AFP has opened a new office at 421 W. Main St., Suite D, in The Edmunds Building in Downtown Waynesboro. AFP will be sharing offices with one of its corporate clients, Awesome Wrestling Entertainment, which stages live-event professional wrestling shows at venues across…
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Over the past several weeks Washington has been seized with the issue regarding the President’s request to raise the nation’s debt ceiling. The dynamics of the potential economic ramifications, my commitment to cutting government spending, and the political realities of a divided government in Washington underlined this debate. After listening to and communicating with many…
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More than 270 high school students from 45 U.S. states and nine Canadian provinces assembled July 24-29 in Sackville, Canada, to participate in North America’s largest high school environmental education competition, the 2011 Canon Envirothon. Having placed first during May’s Virginia State Envirothon competition in Mechanicsville, Fort Defiance High School moved on to the national competition,…
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One person doesn’t take up much space. A person on vacation takes up a bit more space; you have to factor in all of their clothing, toiletries, in some situations bedding, snacks, and any extra things they need. Now picture a teenager on vacation…or even, god forbid, a teenage girl on vacation. The scenario I…
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The Augusta Democratic committee hereby announces that it will hold an assembled caucus at 8:00 PM on August 17, 2011 on the steps in the front of the Augusta County Government Center in Verona, Virginia for the purpose of nominating candidates for Sheriff, Treasurer, Commonwealth Attorney, and Commissioner of Revenue for Augusta County. Any person…
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