Elkton 7-Eleven Stays Open Amid Storm Busy Hours
Elkton’s 7-Eleven at 203 S Stuart Ave remained open during the storm and saw a surge in customers Friday and Saturday. Owner Whiteside said business doubled while some employees logged long hours, with 17 hours on Saturday and 27 combined hours on Friday and Saturday. Delivery trucks paused, Food Lion closed early and reopened Sunday. supply chains expected to normalize by week’s end. Whiteside has run the store since 1995 and notes Elkton 7-Eleven only closes in a power outage.
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District studies cost of digital classroom rollout across grades
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Family to bring home trained service dog in August
Jeffery, a young child with mood and attention disorders, will travel to Ohio for two weeks of service dog training in August after an anonymous donor covered the remaining 3619 dollars. The dog will help calm him, track him if he runs away, and provide tethering support in public.
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Safe communities ranking lists Virginia towns and leaders
The 2014 data ranking places Halifax Vienna West Point Edinburg and Culpeper in top ten with Front Royal Timberville Stanley Luray Dayton Shenandoah Elkton Charlottesville Harrisonburg and others further down. Grottoes Town Manager Jeff Nicely praises the community alongside a strong Police Department while Hopkinton Massachusetts is cited as the safest and City of Industry California as the least safe nationwide.
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