For Waynesboro’s young Hispanic families, with roots here that date back about 25 years, they find their children on the cusp of college and careers for the first time.
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As one of few self-employed Spanish-language interpreters for area hospitals and courts, Mildred Schoenfeld-Hoy forges new relationships every week.
Mormon church leaders have laid plans to expand their Spanish outreach in Virginia and to perpetuate their presence — new just this year — in Waynesboro.
As Waynesboro’s Hispanic community grows, native and immigrant cultures mix in the classroom, the supermarket and the workplace.
In times of need and celebration, Waynesboro’s Spanish-speaking population calls on a small group of leaders.
Casa de Amistad, an after-school program offering homework help to students without resources at home, this week received notice of a grant they won to expand and enhance their services.
We thought we could deliver something meaningful to readers by bringing our curiosity to Waynesboro’s Hispanic community in particular — a community nestled into a small town and one that still remembers the first who came from Mexico, Cuba, Guatemala, and elsewhere.
A Waynesboro grand jury in January will hear the case of David Luna Sanchez, a Mexican illegal immigrant charged in the June killing of a city man from Puerto Rico.
The Romeros embraced just after midnight Friday at Dulles International Airport just outside the Capitol after 18 months apart.
A Waynesboro woman's tireless persistence helps her win bureaucratic battle to return her husband legally from his native Mexico.
Argentine family on edge during World Cup viewing party
Hispanics, who rank the beautiful game as their favorite sport, are throwing parties and canceling work for the World Cup.
Their styles committed to memory, Nico Ibarra snipped, buzzed and stepped back for a moment.
WEYERS CAVE — The words came in two languages, but their encouragement could not be mistaken:
As agencies battle to meet the needs of a surging Hispanic community, immigrants struggle to assimilate while navigating a sluggish economy.
By obeying law, couple mired in 10-month immigration maze
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