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🌱 What Waynesboro’s new drought watch status really means for you now

Waynesboro, Virginia Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Waynesboro! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What Waynesboro’s new drought watch status really means for you now
  • Why a Waynesboro special-needs student was left walking a busy highway
  • Why Waynesboro NAACP is marching for answers after a Staunton shooting

Also on today's calendar: Glam'r Kiti Live at The Foundry and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: If there are 2 flys in the kitchen, how can you tell which one is the cowboy? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 61 and low of 35 degrees.
  • Sunday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 65, low: 33.
  • Monday: Sunny and beautiful, with a high of 69 and low of 38 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Drought update: Over for us, for now, with dry weather in the forecast (augustafreepress.com) — Waynesboro has officially moved out of drought warning status after heavy rain from Hurricane Isaias’ remnants, though the area remains under a drought watch. State officials report no significant rain expected for at least a week, so residents should stay mindful of dry conditions even as restrictions and concerns ease somewhat across the Shenandoah region.
   

• Waynesboro: Family pressing for answers after child dropped off at wrong bus stop (augustafreepress.com) — Waynesboro parents are demanding accountability after an 11-year-old special-needs student from Kate Collins Middle School was dropped more than a mile from home along busy Rosser Avenue during a gas-leak disruption. The family says school officials downplayed the danger and kept the bus driver on the job, raising broader concerns about student safety and communication in Waynesboro Public Schools.
   

• NAACP, community members ask for answers in Montique Gaston shooting (newsleader.com) — Waynesboro residents connected to the local NAACP joined Staunton neighbors this week in a march and news conference calling for transparency after the police shooting of Montique Gaston outside Staunton’s Walmart. Organizers stress they’re not demanding firings but want timely, clear answers from state investigators and city leaders so Gaston’s family and the wider community understand what happened.
   

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    Saturday October 24
  • Glam'r Kiti Live →
    The Foundry, 1010 East Main Street, Ste 112, Waynesboro
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "If there are 2 flys in the kitchen, how can you tell which one is the cowboy?" — It's the one on the range. (Thank you Helen H. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Waynesboro

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