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🌱 Waynesboro business honors beloved graduate with new fund for local kids
Also check out Santa in the Stables w/ Pints & Ponies + Hot Chocolate Bar on the Waynesboro Patch calendar

Hey there, Waynesboro! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Waynesboro business honors beloved graduate with new fund for local kids
Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Tuesday: Partly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 43 and low of 33 degrees.
- Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 52, low: 34.
- Thursday: A shower in the p.m.; breezy, with a high of 49 and low of 41 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• New fund created to honor life of Waynesboro graduate Blake Durrett (newsleader.com) — A new charitable fund in memory of Waynesboro High School graduate Blake Durrett will help children staying at Ruth’s WARM House with essentials and school activities. Waynesboro-based Smooth Athletics partnered with the Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge to manage donations, aiming to give local kids facing housing insecurity more normal childhood experiences like camps, lessons, and tutoring.
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📸 Around Waynesboro
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Waynesboro
★ Featured events ★
- Santa in the Stables w/ Pints & Ponies + Hot Chocolate Bar
Stable Craft Brewing & Cidery, 375 Madrid Rd, Waynesboro
12:00 pm
Sunday December 21
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Other local events
- Cancelled - Planning Commission Meeting
Waynesboro, VA Calendar , 503 W Main Street , Waynesboro
7:00 pm
Tuesday December 16
📣 Waynesboro Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- 2025 Lantern Tours
Frontier Culture Museum , 1290 Richmond Ave , Staunton
5:30 pm - Wine Down Wednesdays with Mike McCray! 🎶🍷
Barren Ridge Vineyards , 984 Barrenridge Rd , Fishersville
4:00 pm - Trivia in the Cantina at Baja Bean
Baja Bean Co , 9 W Beverley St , Staunton
7:00 pm - Memory Café
Staunton Public Library , 1 Churchville Ave , Staunton
2:00 pm - Waynesboro Little Giants vs Staunton Storm
Waynesboro High School , 1200 W Main St , Waynesboro
6:00 pm - The Warped Band
The Foundry , 1010 E Main St Suite 112 , Waynesboro
7:00 pm - KrampusFest: Are you Naughty or Nice?
Stable Craft Brewing & Cidery , 375 Madrid Rd , Waynesboro
12:00 pm - Paint-n-Sip
Barren Ridge Vineyards , 984 Barrenridge Rd , Fishersville
2:00 pm - Afternoon Classics
Staunton Public Library , 1 Churchville Ave , Staunton
1:30 pm - Comedy at Hazy Mountain Vineyards
Hazy Mountain Vineyards & Brewery , 240 Hazy Mountain Ln , Afton
5:00 pm
Tuesday December 16
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
Saturday December 20
Wednesday December 24
Wednesday December 31
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- There is a dog out in the road on 340 in Stuarts Draft near the driving range/nursery.
Looks to be a young dog - white and tan in color. Please get it inside as it is going to get hit. Thanks. Just came through 15 minutes ago. (Nextdoor Kenmore) - Driving around Augusta County on a cold, blustery Sunday afternoon, I came across this old house standing alone as the world changes around it.
It made me pause and wonder about the families who might have lived here over a century ago. As new developments rise and the landscape transforms,… (Nextdoor Miller-St James)
- Walmart posted a job opening for Janitorial Associate in Waynesboro. Apply here.
- Home Depot (Retail) posted a job opening for Retail Stock Support in Waynesboro. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Waynesboro here.
🗞 Nearby News
Verona
- Augusta County deputies arrest Verona man after foot pursuit (whsv.com)
Staunton
- In praise of Angela Iannone as Charles Dickens in ‘A Christmas Carol' (dctheaterarts.org)
- Traffic Alert for Page County Dec. 15-19 (pagevalleynews.com)
- No Reserve: 1988 Toyota Pickup 4x4 5-Speed (bringatrailer.com)
Ok Waynesboro! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
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