Shenandoah council to move elections from May to November
Shenandoah votes 4-1 to shift town council elections to November, delaying next year’s election by six months. Mayor absent. Vice Mayor conducts meeting. Move aims to save about 2000 and boost turnout as towns like Luray and Stanley already switched. Charter changes planned to reflect past boundary shifts including 2007 adjustment.
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Shenandoah
David Hinkle
Senting
Clinton O. Lucas Jr
Bill Kite
Luray
Stanley
Weather postpones Monday's meeting in Elkton
Elkton town council meeting set for Feb 16 was postponed to March 16 due to snow. Items included a special permit for an Auto Zone sign at Old Spotswood Trail and US 33, a town hall light pole, and a welcome sign location on the east edge of town.
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Elkton
Old Spotswood Trail
U.S. 33
Town Hall
Joshua Gooden
Gooden
Bill Madden
South River Properties Wins Community Award
South River Properties LLC at 196 W Spotswood Ave wins a local community award for its contributions. The firm, owned by local leaders, was praised for neighborhood improvement and engagement with residents.
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South River Properties
South River Properties LLC
W. Spotswood Ave
Elkton honors first Community Enhancement Award
Lise Beaudette and Jeff Crider presented the February 2015 Community Enhancement Award to Elkton Downtown Revitalization Corporation recognized building owners for notable property improvements. The cited site, dating back to the 1930s, traces to Leo B. Lam and William Lam with their wives Thelma and Mildred, who ran a restaurant at the location and operated Cave's Barber Shop nearby.
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Lise Beaudette
Jeff Crider
Elkton
Snowfall snarls roads as warnings curb travel
Harrisonburg reports fewer calls after a Saturday snow squall and a state of emergency. Schools closed across the Valley as temperatures dip into the single digits, with winds light but treacherous roads. State Police logged 901 calls statewide between 4 and 8 pm Monday, 380 crashes, 99 calls in Division II including 60 crashes. no fatalities reported.
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Harrisonburg
Mark Monger
Rockingham Emergency
Virginia
Rockingham County
Winchester
Culpeper
Auto Zone gets closer in Elkton with land purchase
Memphis firm CBI General Contractors filed for a building permit for a 6,768 square foot Auto Zone at 15090 Old Spotswood Trail near U S 33. The sale of 1.84 acres closed earlier this month. A sign variance hearing was postponed to March due to snow.
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Elkton
CBI General Contractors Inc
Old Spotswood Trail
U.S. 33
CBI
Cynthia Workman-Whitelock
Massanutten Realty
Auto Zone
Rallying for Lexi: Charlottesville area bands behind Rucker family
The community rallies around 4-year-old Lexi Rucker after a bone marrow biopsy diagnosed B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Lexi, who had strep throat in October and a limp, began chemotherapy soon after the diagnosis at the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital in Charlottesville.
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Shenandoah
Lexi Rucker
Rucker
University of Virginia Children’s Hospital
Charlottesville
Alexis Nicole Rucker
Stephanie Rucker
Rockingham Page FFA Leadership Workshop Held at East Rockingham
ELKTON The Rockingham Page Future Farmers of America Federation held a leadership workshop on February 10 at East Rockingham High School. About 100 FFA members from Broadway East Rockingham Spotswood Turner Ashby Elkton J Frank Hillyard Montevideo and Wilbur S Pence middle schools joined activities led by the 2014 15 federation officer team headed by East Rockingham president Gabbrial Conley.
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Rockingham
Page
Future Farmers of America Federation
East Rockingham
FFA
Broadway
Spotswood
Turner Ashby
J. Frank Hillyard
Montevideo
Wilbur S. Pence
Federation Ffa
Gabbrial Conley
Bailey Carpenter
Clinton Fitzgerald
Matthew Koon
Morgan Schroeder
Caitlin Buchanan
Mas
East Rockingham High School
Rebecca Holloway
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