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Downtown Christmas parade slated for Saturday

The theme for the Downtown Waynesboro Christmas parade isn’t “A COVID Christmas,” but it very well could be as the virus has changed much about the annul event, which is this Saturday. While there won’t be any dancing or float competitions, as the parade was initially canceled due to lack of participation, Downtown Development Authority Director Don Lively says it’ll […]

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