1st half of 2009 sees 4 percent increase from 2008, outpacing surrounding locales

STAUNTON – The groundbreaking ceremony for Gypsy Hill Place was complete, yet four of the Staunton City Council members who used to go to the old Robert E. Lee High School on Churchville Avenue lingered on what used to be the football field to talk about their memories inside the building behind them.

The next two decades of Brian Brubaker’s life will be spent behind bars, and possibly more, as sentences accumulate for a string of robberies last summer.

Bandits have robbed about a dozen vending machines in and around Staunton this week, gathering up coins and cash.

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Staunton police are trying to identify three people caught on camera leaving Wal-Mart after four laptops were torn from secured shelves.

Though Staunton is required by the state to put forth an “irrevocable pledge” of $15 million to sign a development agreement for 266 acres of the current Western State Hospital campus, city Finance Director Jeanne Colvin told the City Council at its Thursday meeting that last-minute talks with attorneys could mean the city would not have to put forth any money up front.

Police arrested a woman Monday on charges of breaking into Quizno’s with a male accomplice and stealing an empty cash drawer.

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Police Wednesday arrested a man on charges of breaking in to Quizno’s and stealing an empty cash drawer.

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Staunton police arrested two people at 119 1/2 Stafford Street Wednesday night, charging each with underage possession of alcohol.

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Being named Staunton’s new fire chief Wednesday is a career achievement for Scott Garber, a 14-year veteran of the fire department.