Visulite Cinemas plans to build a 10-screen movie theater along Lew Dewitt Boulevard in Waynesboro a half-mile from the site for a 12-screen theater.

Visulite plans to open the new moviehouse in November 2010 near Lowe’s, Adam Greenbaum, president of the Staunton-based company, said Wednesday.

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Alston Court residents concerned with traffic

Although, as a Staunton resident, I have no dog in the current Waynesboro city officials’ dog fight, I do, however, have an interest in assuring that the press and public have an accurate accounting of Doug Walker’s purchase of a Lofton Lake share (“Retreat connects Walker, Hausrath,” June 5).

Amid the tempest over Doug Walker’s looming departure from City Hall emerge bedfellows and politics strangely familiar and curiosity freshly stirred.

Set against the Blue Ridge Mountains is a 220-acre retreat featuring a lake, rolling hills and a half-dozen cabins owned by some of the region’s most prominent figures, including lame-duck City Manager Doug Walker and real estate agent and political power broker Bill Hausrath.