Elkton considers 1.7 percent rise in water and sewer fees
Town Manager Kevin Whitfield unveiled a proposed FY2016 budget totaling 5.3 million dollars, about 65 thousand less than 2015. The plan eyes capital projects along C and F streets, a new police vehicle, US 340 widening, 36 manhole refurbishments, sidewalk work, and potential debt adjustment with the Virginia Clean Water Revolving Loan Fund while flagging a missing 2.5 million for a sewer plant upgrade.
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Kevin Whitfield
Virginia Clean Water Revolving Loan Fund
Whitfield
Six-Vehicle Crash on U S 33 In Elkton Injures Ten
Ten people required hospital care after a six vehicle crash on U S 33 near Canoe Lane in Elkton. A tractor trailer driven by Dallas R. Rudd of Hollister NC lost control and dumped lumber into eastbound lanes, triggering a chain of collisions involving five eastbound vehicles. Rudd was flown to UVA Medical Center and released by Monday. The incident remains under investigation by Virginia State Police with multiple rescue crews on scene.
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U.S
Dallas R. Rudd
Hollister
N.C
Uva Medical Center
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Virginia
Canoe Lane
Beldher Road
U.S. 33
Tyler
Linda Watson
Country View Motel
Gordon Meriwether
United Methodist
Greene County
Meriwether
Timothy P. Smith
New Market
Leroy W. Gordon
Mary E. Gordon
Burlington, Vt
William E. Shifflett
Stanardsville
Kristina Blouse Moffitt
Penn Laird
April Dawn Williams
Jennifer Lynn Gregory
Watson
Elkton Rescue
Grottoes Rescue
Rockingham Fire and Rescue
UVA Pegasus
Trans Tech
Broadway
Kenworth
Belder Road
Caleb M. Soptelean
Elkton Council Approves Mt Paran Church Rd Land Sale
Elkton Town Council unanimously approved selling 0.4 acres on Mount Paran Church Road for $15,000. Owner Sherry Ross, an Elkton resident, purchased the vacant land beside her property. The meeting also noted a donation from Elkton Elementary School's Student Council Association.
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Elkton
Mount Paran Church Road
Kevin Whitfield
Sherry Ross
Aaron Hammer
Wheelchair Station Dedicated at Grand Caverns Park
Grand Caverns Signature Race organizers dedicated an outdoor four-section wheelchair accessible fitness station at Grand Caverns Park in Grottoes on Saturday. The nearly $3,800 unit, funded by the 2014 race series, marks the first of its kind in Rockingham County, with Race Director Mike Betts noting the focus of the fundraising effort.
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Grand Caverns Park
Grottoes
Rocking
Ham County
Mike Betts
Mark Keeler
Lacey Monger Breaks Path in Engineering Mentorship
East Rockingham High School senior Lacey Monger aims to be a civil engineer in a field with few women. Marketing teacher Mike Davis notes under 10 percent of engineers are female and says he has never seen a female student in an engineering mentorship. Monger will earn credit for a program at Blackwell Engineering in Harrisonburg, meeting two to three afternoons weekly, after a late start in engineering.
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Lacey Monger
East Rockingham High School
Monger
Mike
Davis
Spotswood
East Rockingham
Lacey
Blackwell Engineering
Harrisonburg
Dick Johnson
Walmart
Stone Port
Port Republic Road
Caleb M. Soptelean
Shenandoah Pentecostal Church to celebrate 50th year
Shenandoah Pentecostal Holiness Church marks its 50th year in the building at 300 Shenandoah Ave just south of U S 340 this weekend. Longtime members Phyllis Robertson and Elenore Purdham recall exuberant Spirit filled services with healings and late Sunday gatherings. former crutch-bound parishioner Charles Hilliard reportedly walked away healed.
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Memory Lane
Shenandoah Pentecostal Holiness Church
Shenandoah Ave
U.S. 340
Phyllis Robertson
Elenore Purdham
Purdham
Charles Hilliard
William
Gary Saler
Larry Sullivan
Caleb M. Soptelean
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