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A Waynesboro businesswoman said her Liberty Street property will remain vacant indefinitely after the Board of Adjustments backed building inspector Ronnie Baxley More ... Will Gay of Millen was named the 2005 CSRA Star Search winner during the Waynesboro Exchange Club Fair on Friday, Oct. 14. Gay competed against five other contestants during preliminary competition held earlier in the week, and faced five more in Friday More ... The Burke County Board of Education unanimously agreed not to require students or teachers to make up the two school days canceled to conserve fuel Sept. 26 and 27. More ... The City of Waynesboro is on the verge of leasing a stretch of land along the railroad tracks in hopes of creating a community green space. More ... Pilots from across the region flew in for the 13th Annual Boshears Skyfest at Daniel Field Airport in Augusta last Saturday and Sunday. Pictured above are Burke County residents Doug and Cheryl Rhodes and their daughters Kathryn (left) and Hannah. Doug sits on the Executive Board for the event and flew his plane from his Burke County home to display it at the airshow. Hundreds attended the event where they enjoyed sky-high performances ranging from aerobatics to search and rescue demonstrations. More ... After receiving several requests from department heads to figure raises in salary into the 2006 budget, the Burke County Board of Commissioners is considering an organized salary step plan for county employees. More ... A wreck occurred Friday, Oct. 7 on State Highway 24 near Sardis. Driver, Vernon Richard Brown, lost control of his 18wheeler, due to the uneven load packed on the truck. Rain and wet roads also attributed to the accident. Once off the road, the truck traveled 370 feet before stopping. The load of plywood spilled onto the road and slowed oncoming traffic. Brown was treated for minor injuries by Burke County EMA. More ... A Waynesboro woman was arrested last Sunday for allegedly assaulting her young niece and 70-year-old mother. More ... Jurors have been drawn for the October 2005 term of Superior Court criminal/civil session. Judge William M. Fleming Jr. will preside. Jurors are asked to report 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 24. More ... A local poetry group has been organized at the Burke County Library, and local writers and enthusiasts are urged to join. The group gathered for the first time last Tuesday and will continue to meet at 10:00 a.m. on the second Tuesday of each month. Anyone with an interest in poetry, or writing in g More ... The memory of Mrs. Alden Dye will be celebrated each spring when the daffodils bloom at Burkeland Garden. Her son Paul Dye, center, and members of the Edmund Burke Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) recently made donations to the Burkeland Garden Club to create a daffodil garden in her memory. Mrs. Dye was an active member of the Waynesboro Garden Club and enjoyed gardening during her long life. Pictured with Mr. Dye are Sara Carter, regent of Edmund Burke DAR, and Burkeland Garden Club president Nancy Buttermark. More ... The Burkeland Garden has two new benches and a trash receptacle, compliments of its namesake garden club. The additions to the garden at Ninth and Liberty streets in Waynesboro were acquired through fundraising projects during the leadership of former Burkeland Garden Club president, Sara Carter. The garden is a project of the club and the City of Waynesboro, both of which contribute to its continued improvements. Club members share the responsibility of caring for the garden each month and are documenting their work through journaling and photographs. Current president Nancy Buttermark, left, and club member Nancy Palmer are pictured with one of the new benches. More ... Friends and family will remember the death of a young local girl at 3:48 p.m., the exact time of the accident that took her life, Sunday, Oct. 23. More ... |
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