Waynesboro considers elementary redistricting

Property will not require rezoning

Residents in the Wayne Hills neighborhood of Waynesboro had its first chance during a public meeting Tuesday to weigh in on stormwater improvements as part of the city’s study of the issue.

STAUNTON – Small businesses in Staunton will receive a boost thanks to a $200,000 state grant city officials announced Tuesday.

At the George Bowers Grocery in New Town, Assistant Economic Director Amanda Huffman said the SPARC PLUG loan program would provide training, business planning and funding directly to local entrepreneurs and business owners.

Weather holds, façade debuts

Mohawk Industries in Waynesboro plans to lay off an additional 40 employees, Councilwoman Lorie Smith confirmed Wednesday, due to lower demand for the company’s products.

Allegations include sex, drug use, falsified records, faulty prescriptions, deception

Schools fall short on list of federal benchmarks

I am writing to thank you, The News Virginian, Bob Stuart and the people of Waynesboro and vicinity for the tremendous response we have received in the request for shoes for the ladies in Kenya (“In their shoes,” June 29).

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

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.

I see that tourism is doing quite well in Staunton. I commend them for all of the hard work, creative thinking, good leadership and vision and especially the drive to carry out their vision. I see tourists in Waynesboro also – but mainly to ask directions to Staunton.

Astronomers say that somewhere in the great beyond is a great void the breadth of which measures almost 1 billion light years and the existence of which scientific theory cannot explain. In another realm, in that strange place outside our door, there are voids which logic cannot explain. Politics, through which light seldom travels, perhaps provides answers, all of them cavernous and unsatisfying.

In tears, a Texas woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to transporting cocaine into Virginia, a crime that carries a sentence of at least three years in prison.

The 2009-10 budget is finally in place. The citizens of Waynesboro now know the City Council represents no one, except maybe city employees.