Shenandoah VFW Donates to Page One Charity Drive
Shenandoah VFW Post 8613 presented a 584 dollar check to Page One manager Phyllis Robertson on Comer Lane. The funds support social events and turkey-filled food boxes for 110 local families ahead of a Friday distribution, plus a Saturday Christmas party for 150 children.
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Gary Lucas
Shenandoah Avis O. Comer Vfw
Post Ladies Auxiliary
Brenda Lam
Phyllis Robertson
Page One
Comer Lane
Maryland Avenue
Lucas
Robertson
Shenandoah
Ted Hayes
Grottoes Christmas Parade Delayed One Week
Holiday spirit arrives as the Grottoes Christmas Parade is postponed a week due to winter weather. The event began Sunday at 5 30 p m on Dogwood Avenue near the town hall and ended about an hour later at the Volunteer Fire Department lot. Councilmember Emily Holloway led the organizing effort and noted a few floats were lost to the delay while praising the night's turnout amid sunny skies and high forties temperatures.
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Grottoes
Dogwood Avenue
Town Hall
Emily Holloway
Elkton Council backs Ben's Law for harsher punishment
At its monthly meeting Elkton Town Council endorsed a letter to state legislators urging upgrading the offense accessory after the fact from a misdemeanor to a criminal offense. The proposed Ben's Law honors Ben Graessle, a Spotswood High School graduate killed outside a Harrisonburg apartment on December 23. Councilman Josh Gooden read the letter in full.
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Elkton
Ben's
Spotswood High School
Ben Graessle
Harrisonburg
Josh Gooden
Elkton group crowns FEACC logo winner at town meeting
At the Elkton Town Council session FEACC president George McDaniel announced Hayley McGraw as the contest winner. McGraw, a East Rockingham High School student, designed a logo that interlocks the letters FEACC in Michele Rosengarth’s ERHS art class. McDaniel thanked five ERHS students and urged ongoing student inspiration and community unity.
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Donna Kinsey
FEACC
Katie Ellen
ERHS
Michele Rosengarth
Hayley McGraw
Eric Baylor
George McDaniel
McGraw
Ted Hayes
Friends of the
Elkton Area
Elkton
East Rockingham High School
McDaniel
Gether
Rockingham County
Shenandoah Faces Severe Flooding From Heavy Rains
The town endures repeated flood damage at the U S 340 and Pennsylvania Avenue intersection and nearby streets. Water pools from multiple sources including a broken terra cotta pipe under a Baptist church parsonage, rooftop runoff, and clogged storm sewers. A large two foot intake grate installed by the state stands out amid a river of smaller, older, debris clogged inlets.
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Shenandoah
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourth Street
U.S. 340
Pennsylvania
Third Street
Council approves 15 year computer SES dropoffs plan
The Shenandoah Town Council held a brief public hearing before its regular meeting last Tuesday December 10 and voted to approve a 15 year plan regarding computer and SES dropoffs.
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Shenandoah Town
Shenandoah Council renews Comcast cable franchise and approves tech upgrade
Shenandoah Council renews its Comcast cable franchise and, in its Wireless Broadband Authority capacity, confirms continued legal authority. During the regular session it authorizes 4 400 to buy 12 Gateway computers monitors and software for the Computer Center, enabling a full year purchase and substantial savings. Parents are still drop-
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Gordon S. Morris
Bridgewater
Elkton Historical Society
Kathy Billhimer
Casey Billhimer
Dan Goodson
Terri Davis
Paul Davis
Katie Whitfield
Rick Maiden
Debby Maiden
Michael Lucas
The
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Miller-Kite Museum
Karen Laker
David Loker
Beth Reynolds
Joshua Gooden
Margaret L. Pugh
Billy D. Robinson
Junior L. Seal
Stephen E. Winegard
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Shenandoah Council
Blue Bell and Wrangler
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