Lemonade Days kicks off in Bluefield with music and food
The ninth annual Lemonade Days begins this evening in south Bluefield with free lemonade, food vendors, and an outdoor concert by The Collegians in the Goodykoontz Drug Store area. Saturday features a 5K run, crafts, lemonade stand contest, music, and regional demonstrations, with sponsors including The Foundation of the Virginias and the Mercer County groups.
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Bluefield
South Bluefield
South
Collegians
Goodykoontz Drug Store
Ball-Snider
Glen Parks Banjo
BRMC
King & Queen
The
Foundation of the Virginias
Katharine B. Tierney
McDowell Schools Get Free Meals Pilot for All Students
A new Universal Feeding Pilot will provide free breakfast and lunch to all McDowell County pupils this fall. Eight counties statewide participate, including McDowell, with about 3,700 area children expected to qualify. Parents must sign forms to enable federal subsidies and schools will offer more choices and healthier meals.
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WELCH
McDowell County
McDowell
West Virginia
State Board of Education
Liza Cordeiro
State Board
Clay
Fayette
Gilmer
Lincoln
Mason
Mingo Counties
West Side Elementary
Kanawha County
Cordeiro
Joren Marple
Marple
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline.com
NS to receive Brunel Award for Heartland Corridor project
Norfolk Southern has won the 2011 Brunel Award for the Heartland Corridor opened in 2010. The project raised tunnel clearances to allow double stacked freight through Ohio Kentucky West Virginia and Virginia, moving coal and mixed freight 24 hours daily. The jury praised its environmental impact eliminating 300 miles of travel between Virginia port and the Midwest.
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Luefield
Norfolk R Southern
Corporation
Watford Group of
International Railway Designers
Brunel
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Midwest
PR Newswire
Washington, D.C
James N
Jim” Carter Jr
Carter
Bridges & Structures
Pocahontas
Kingdom Brunel
Great Western Railway
West Virginia Firefighters To Aid Dismal Swamp Blaze
West Virginia forest firefighters depart Princeton to join a regional effort against a 4700 acre wildfire in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. The fire, started by lightning Aug 4, burns deep underground and stretches into Virginia and possibly North Carolina. crews, led by Mercer County ranger Chris White, expect a two week deployment with teams from the Division of Forestry and volunteers from East River and Athens departments assisting.
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Princeton
West Virginia
Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
Chris White
White
Mercer County
Primari
State Division of Forestry
Nelson Short
East River Volunteer Fire Department
John Casey
Athens Volunteer Fire Department
Virginia
North Carolina
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline.com
United Way urges residents to Stuff the Bus with school supplies
Mercer McDowell and Tazewell counties join Princeton Bluefield and Tazewell locations in a drive to collect backpacks pencils notebooks and other essentials from 9 am to 2 pm. Monetary gifts accepted. Partners include Associated Catholic Charities Labor of Love Mission Clinch Valley Community Action and McDowell County Board of Education.
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Princeton
United Way of
Virginias
Mercer
McDowell
Tazewell
United Way
Michelle Williams
Williams
National Retail Federation
Dollar General Market
Bluefield
Walmart
Kimball
Associated Catholic Charities
Tazewell County
Dollar General Store
Magic Mart
Food Lion
Labor of Love Mission
Clinch Valley Community Action
Labor of Love
Mercer County
Wade
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By Greg Jordan
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Ball- Snider
Jack Sparrow
Angie Nash
Beth Jackson
Bluefield Police Department
East River Hot Rod Association
New River Valley
Bluefeld
Daly Telegrape
By Bill Archer
Suffolk
Associated Press
Dragon Palace
J104
Mercer Mall
Bareston I
Eo Men
Paula Deen
Iuefield, VA
Tower Street
Ield, VA
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