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Hundreds of locals will put on their flip flops to celebrate summer with 40 tons of sand and four hours of fun. The annual 'Boro Beach Blast will kick off at 5 p.m. Friday in downtown Waynesboro. More ... A local mother has thought of a way for kids to have fun without getting into trouble, but there's a good chance they'll get shot by their buddies … with paint, that is. Rhonda Clemens, along with her husband, David, is setting up a paintball field on their land just north of town on Highway 56. The new attraction will be located beside their business, Burke Seed and Farm Supply. More ... JC Burnett doesn't know it yet, but his weight lifting buddies are collecting a lost bet in the most public way possible. Though JC doesn't live here, the last time he visited he entered a beginner's weight lifting contest with the understanding More ... A 12-month delay could cost Waynesboro taxpayers nearly $111,000. More than a year ago, city council budgeted a $632,000 project that was to include new paving and storm drains on West Eighth Street, as well as improvements in the West Gate Subdivision and on Washington Drive, Jones Avenue, Fuller Street and Cedar Lane. More ... The Burke County Library, located at 130 Highway 24 South, Waynesboro, has received the following new books: Fiction The Lost Diary of Don Juan I by Douglas Carlton Abrams; A Treasury of Regrets, Susanne Alleyn; Strike Force, Dale Brown; The Sea Lady, Margaret Drabble; American Detective, Loren D. More ... Judge Mildred Ann Palmer was honored for 14 years of service to the Burke County Magistrate Court at a luncheon Thursday, May 17, at Mobley's Cafeteria. She retired on Valentine's Day of this year and had surgery soon after, delaying a luncheon in her honor. More ... It's movie time at the city park. This Saturday night, the first flick in the Movies Under the Stars series will start rolling at dark. While the title of the box-office smash can't be released due to copyright laws, organizers say moviegoers should get revved up for a "hi-octane adventure" about a little red racecar. More ... Several Burke County High School students are learning history from some men who made it. Karen Reeves' U.S. history students will interview local World War II veterans this summer as part of a much larger oral history project that will end up in the Library of Congress. More ... The Burke County Development Authority has been working overtime to quickly fill the soon-to-be vacant Cummins Filtration facility. The company announced two weeks ago that it will close its doors in Waynesboro next month. The community will lose more than 300 jobs when it goes. More ... While the runway at the Burke County Airport may not be long enough for some jets, all that could change if the commissioners see their plans come to fruition. Last week during the commission's monthly meeting, commissioners gave Jack Mayfield of Campbell Paris Engineers the go ahead to proceed with a grant application through the OneGeorgia Authority. More ... A group of Edmund Burke Academy first-graders got to see their teacher sitting in cold water after they sold the most cases of Coca- Cola products in the school's annual PTO (Parent Teacher Organization) Coke Drive. More ... |
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