Princeton Street Fair Showcases Local Eats And Classics
Princeton residents enjoyed a community day on the town square featuring food from Bob Evans Hardee’s and Tudor's Biscuit World with a Best Breakfast contest. Spectators admired a display of classic cars including a 1960 Chevrolet Corvette driven by Dennis Vance.
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Mick Caldwell
Mountain Memories Car Club
Richard Scott
Princeton
Stephanie Scott
Mercer Street
Town Square
Bob Evans
Hardee’s
Tudor’s Biscuit World
Kristi Lewis
Lewis
Dennis Vance
West Virginia couple runs cherished bird rescue center
Ron and Wendy Perrone, founders of the Three Rivers Avian Center in Summers County, recount 20 years of rescuing 131 species with 2,965 birds helped and 1,591 educational talks reaching 215,000 people. They unveil a new 52 by 64 foot flight barn and mark their 20th anniversary with an July 3 celebration.
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Brooks
Ron
Wendy Perrone
Three Rivers Avian Center
Wendy
Perrones
Morgantown
West Virginia
Summers County
Brooks Mountain
New River Gorge National
Avian Haven
Maine
Twister
Nick
Virginia plans for highway paint shortage and alternatives
Virginia prepares for a possible nationwide shortage of durable highway striping paint as supplies of two chemicals run low. The shortage could cut paint availability by half through the summer, a critical road construction period. The Department of Transportation has a list of approved alternative materials, with current stock not yet critical. Virginia is among three states with contingency plans per AASHTO.
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Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Department of Transportation
Unoccupied Bluefield House Destroyed By Early Fire
Bluefield fire crews battled an early Saturday blaze at 1225 Sunrise Avenue. The unoccupied house under renovation was destroyed and the cause is under investigation. Fire Chief Kevin Scanlon said crews left the scene at 5 59 a.m.
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Bluefield
Sunrise Avenue
Kevin Scanlon
Scanlon
West Virginia weighs elk restoration feasibility
Officials note elk moves from Kentucky borders may affect Mingo Wayne Wyoming counties and Virginia borders. A 2005 feasibility study aims to evaluate passive elk movements and population establishment, weighing habitat, farming, roads, and resident impact for a potential project.
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Mingo, Wayne
Wyoming
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Foster
Greg Jordan
Gjordan
Bottonline
Delays Hit Baptist Valley Sewer and Bluestone Park Projects
Delays ripple through two major Northern Virginia projects as the Baptist Valley sewer system, funded with 4 million dollars in federal stimulus, targets 711 new connections and late 2011 completion. Bluestone Park near Bluefield, Virginia, pushes phase two start while awaiting future business occupancy plans.
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Baptist Valley
Public Service Authority
Board of Supervisors
Tazewell County
Spencer
Bluestone
Bluefield
Mercer Cup Rivalry Binds Two Appalachian League Teams
Two professional baseball teams in Mercer County share the annual Mercer Cup rivalry. Bowen Field sits across the Virginia line in Tazewell County, Va. Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce says the teams boost local economy as players and families stay in area hotels and dine in local restaurants.
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Jim
Pettus
Bluefield
Blackwell
Bowen Field
Virginia
West Virginia
Tazewell County
Marc Meachum
Greater
Meachum
Tazewell
Mercer Counties
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