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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The following is a schedule of events at the Waynesboro Public Library, 600 S. Wayne Ave., Waynesboro. Note: The library will be closed at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 24 through Saturday, December 26.
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Friday, Oct. 2, 9:30 – 11 a.m. – Chat-N-Play. Active play and discovery for your infant or toddler – conversation for YOU! Open to children ages 0-3 and their caregivers. Saturday, Oct. 3, 1 p.m. – The Art of Ray Yoder. Yoder’s son, Judge Yoder, gives this presentation about the art of a Waynesboro artist…
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The Augusta County Board of Supervisors will meet Monday, June 22, at 1:30 p.m., for its monthly staff briefing, and Wednesday, June 24, at 7 p.m. for a regular business meeting. The meetings will be held at the Augusta County Government Center, U.S. 11, Verona. The agendas for the meetings:
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City employees are doing more than their share. The Waynesboro school system could take a significant hit. Two City Council members are foregoing their salaries for 2009-2010. City Hall is buckling down in the face of declining revenues due to the ongoing economic downturn.
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Democratic Party lieutenant-governor nomination candidate Pat Edmonson will make a campaign stop in Waynesboro Wednesday night. Edmonson will speak at the Waynesboro Democratic Committee meeting being held at the Waynesboro Public Library, Meeting Room A, at 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
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In short, everything. Invista, and its predecessor, DuPont, is the last significant vestige of the city’s once-glittering manufacturing economy. According to figures from the Virginia Employment Commission, Waynesboro began 2008 with around 2,100 manufacturing jobs, with roughly 1,100 of those being at the Invista plant, either directly employed by Invista or by a contractor providing…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Sonja Hoge was very much looking forward to voting in her first presidential election. A Waynesboro High School graduate and Virginia Commonwealth University sophomore, Hoge submitted an absentee-ballot request in August before she went back to school and got it in the mail back to Waynesboro last week….
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Story by Erin Gutzwiller If asked three months ago if running for Waynesboro City Council was an option, Jeremy Taylor would have answered a simple “no.” But since then, the current Waynesboro School Board Ward C representative decided that his “talents can help continue our reputation as a great small city and, at the same…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Yes or no – whatever Waynesboro residents end up saying about five bond issues in a nonbinding referendum on the ballot tomorrow will go a long way to determining what happens in next year’s city-council elections. “This is a good gauge for me, really, to see what the people want….
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Story by Chris Graham You had to pay close attention – but if you did, it was clear that the candidates for the two open seats on Waynesboro City Council weren’t interested in playing nice. “How many people here up at this table live by a budget every single day? I guarantee you that I…
