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It might help us as we try to make sense of the whole Tax Increase in Waynesboro That Wasn’t, At Least for Frank Lucente, to look at how it could be that aggregate assessed property values could be up 5 percent over the past two years even as people like Lucente are seeing their property…
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– Event: Film screening to benefit autism group, posted Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. – Governor’s Race: McAuliffe gets union endorsement, posted Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. – Local News: DCCU selects Blue Ridge Area Food Bank a corporate charity, posted Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. – Capitol Hill: Warner joins in effort to get FTC to investigate scam warranty robocalls,…
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The Liz and Llyn Jazz Duo will be the studio musicians for the “River City Radio Hour” on May 15. Joining them will be musician Terry Short, and an expanded peek into the life and times of Olivia Rae Frock, the choir director at the All Saints Church of Propitious Believers.
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I was thinking of Gene Autry while typing this important article. Remember “Back in the Saddle Again”? I have changed it to” Back in the ER again, out where a doctors your friend……Where the large ol’ needles wield and the nurses all have zeal, I am back in the ER again”….
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“This is definitely no time,” said Stewart Hall of 891 Kent Road at Monday’s public hearing on the city tax rate, “to tighten the financial noose with further increases in taxes and fees.” Hall must have been speaking metaphorically, because his taxes and fees will be heading in opposite direction of an increase. According to…
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– State News: Department of Health unveils new anti-obesity plan, posted Tuesday, 9 a.m.
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Fellow Valley Democrats are crowing about how the local GOP is a house divided, but in so doing are pointing out the splinter in the other guy’s eye while missing the log in their own. I say that because in my view the cause of the Democratic Party here is no more unified than what…
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The Waynesboro Circulator debuted Monday, bringing with it a new era of public transit to the River City. AFP editor Chris Graham met with city officials and representatives of Virginia Regional Transit to learn more about the new bus service. Watch his video report and read more about the Circulator in a written report.
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A public hearing on the city real-estate tax rate and a discussion of green initiatives highlight Monday night’s Waynesboro City Council meeting. The public hearing will give citizens the chance to offer input on the city’s real-estate tax rate for 2009-2010. The rate is currently at 70 cents per $100 assessed value. A coalition including…
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Fought in Virginia’s beautiful Shenandoah Valley, the May 15, 1864, Battle of New Market won lasting fame for 257 Virginia Military Institute cadets, who helped a pick-up group of Confederates turn back a Union offensive.
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