The crowd listened to the music of seven-time Grammy Award winner, Afro Latin Jazz master Arturo O’Farrill, at the 31st annual Institute jazz festival Aug. 28 at The Wharf on Wharf Road in Waynesboro. In addition to O’Farrill on piano, the festival featured Zack O’Farrill (drums), Liany Mateo (bass), and Carlos Maldonaldo (percussion). The quintet has toured and performed at jazz festivals and clubs around the world. NANCY MACE/FOR LOCAL.NEWS
Laura Bailie believes everyone is in the process of learning something new every day. And the new director of Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library in Waynesboro is committed to guiding patrons when they need help. “No one should ever be ashamed of asking a question, whether they are 5 or 95. I’m happy to help all of them,” Bailie said. “We all have so much on our minds and in our lives, if things don’t sink in the first time, that’s OK.” Bailie worked 14 years with the Franklin County Library System, including serving as director of Lilian S. Besore…
Steve and Pam Barry are embracing the “spirit” of Waynesboro’s history at their two local businesses, Historic Haunts of Waynesboro and The Hoover House Bed and Breakfast. The two paranormal investigators host guests at The Hoover House, 227 W. Main St., which they own along with Jim and Yvonne Wyrick, and a booking secures ghost and history tours of the property. The Barrys also own the Historic Haunts store at the former Toll Gate House at 323 E. Main St., where they sell metaphysical and paranormal investigating equipment and other items from their former store in Gettysburg. The property also…
The most valuable commodity in the world is water. “And over 70 percent of the world’s population has a scarcity of clean water,” explained Jeff Rock in discussing the Run 4 Clean Water Kenya-7-Miler/5K Walk-Run set for Saturday, Aug. 27, in Waynesboro. Rock, director of the race, is president of Clean Water Kenya, which provides 1.8 to 2 million gallons of water daily to rural Maasai and Kampo villages in the Great Rift Valley and northeast Kenya. The non-profit foundation also provides an educational program that focuses on water hygiene and waste management and sanitation. Rock’s “Why?” The Waynesboro native…
ROUZERVILLE— “We want it to be relaxed, laid-back and come-as-you-are. You show up, enjoy it and leave it as it is for the next person to visit,” said Dane Murray, talking about the intended forest atmosphere in the new Michaux Brewing Co. he and his wife, Lauren, will open Thursday, July 7, at 11657 Buchanan Trail East in Rouzerville in the former Rolling Mill (check their social media for hours). “We picked the name Michaux because it was meaningful for us. We spend a lot of time in Michaux Forest – we’ve done a lot of things with family and…
A number of organizations will benefit from proceeds of the Waynesboro Area Gala Cancer Auction’s 40th annual and final event in April. “Thank you to everyone who supported us this year by donating, soliciting or volunteering. It was very much appreciated,” said Jill Kessler, chairman. Kristyn Martin and Ali Huber, members of the WAGCA steering committee, will chair and co-chair, respectively, a 2023 fundraiser. Allocations are as follows: Oncology Bridge Fund (WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital) – $10,000 The Oncology Bridge Fund can provide patients in need with gas cards, groceries, pharmacy vouchers for prescription medications, and other types of emergency assistance.…
WAYNESBORO–Students in the Waynesboro Area School District have an opportunity to get a free book and watch a movie in downtown Waynesboro this summer. Read, Watch – Awesomesauce is a challenge sponsored by the Waynesboro Community Theatre Project and the Waynesboro Theatre and funded by the Nora Roberts Foundation to celebrate reading, movies, and learning a thing or two or three. Doug Tengler, who helped launch the new program, said it is a way to help promote literacy – kids are encouraged to read the book first – and the reward is they get to see a movie at a…
Waynesboro Area Gala Cancer Auction Chairman Jill Kessler “couldn’t have been happier” with the results of the 40th fundraiser April 9 in Green Grove Gardens, Greencastle. “We raised $114,000 – the highest total ever – for local cancer organizations,” which will be added to the $2.5 million raised since 1982, she added. “It will be decided at our wrapup picnic June 5 where the money will go.” A total of 170 bid cards were issued, “the lowest for a long time,” according to Kessler. “But people came ready to bid. It was just a wonderful night. Talking with other committee…
WAYNESBORO—Helping children and youth will be the focus of upcoming efforts by a Waynesboro pastor who recently returned from a humanitarian mission to assist refugees from war-torn Ukraine. “I want to give them a sense of normalcy,” explained Rev. Drahus Oslik in his remarks to those gathered April 3 to hear details and view slides of his trip to his home country of Slovakia, which borders Ukraine. The program was held in Evangelical Lutheran Church of Waynesboro, where Oslik serves as associate pastor. “We will work with children who are there, offer them counseling and things like camps, where they…
