Get your priorities straight Elkton editor letter urges focus on growth
Brenda L. Conley of Elkton argues utilities should rise gradually for stability and questions civic promotion of a welcome sign to Elkton. She calls for restoring Stonewall Memorial Park with landscaping and attracting businesses to avoid turning Elkton into a ghost town, citing Grottoes’ park as a model.
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Elkton
U.S. 33
Stonewall Memorial Park
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Town debates taxes and sewer plant upgrades amid rate fears
The paper cites cigarette tax shortfall near 10,000 with 2011 budget 65,000 and 2013 budget 110,000 while actual receipts exceed 105,000. DEQ mandates fixes to raise plant flow, including 1.8 million for new clarifiers. Residents face tax water sewer and electric bills. leaders favor small increases over larger hikes.
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Department of Environmental Quality
Elkton map to feature sponsor locators on map face
Four Star Realty owner Pete Bonavita outlines a sponsor map for Elkton area. Each business will receive a numbered locator printed on the map face correlating to a sponsor number on the reverse. Sponsors can pay 150 for a large ad with a locator or 35 for a telephone-book style listing. ERBC will handle accounts and printing. 15 000 to 20 000 maps will be published depending on sponsor support. Calls for interest at 298-0280.
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Four Star Realty
Pete Bonavita
Elkton
Bonavita
ERBC
U.S. 33
Ted Hayes
Diabetes group to meet at RMH on August 12
The Rockingham Memorial Hospital Adult Diabetes Support Group will gather from 7 to 8 30 p m Monday August 12 in the Hahn Medical Building conference room. The topic is Foot Screening and the session is coordinated by the Patient Education Department. Attendance is free and open to the public.
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RMH
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Hahn Medical Building
Top Gun Auto Body Expands With Insurer Partnerships
McDaniel offers a range of services including frame straightening with a 22 foot machine that fixes severe front end damage like a Ford F-150 with rails torn off. He uses PPG paint and color-matching software to blend colors and can repair metal signs and upholstery via partners and his windproof booth.
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McDaniel
Rockingham County weighs digital textbooks in schools
Rockingham County Public Schools discuss adopting digital textbooks replacing printed texts. The plan would require devices such as iPads and laptops, affect all schools, and shift teaching toward more audio video resources and student collaboration while potentially changing curriculum and SOL delivery.
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Rockingham County
Oskar Scheikl
Kevin Perkins
Scheikl
Water release plan at Stonewall Memorial Park project
In mid June a project to gradually release water into a park begins at a 160 foot tank. Water travels from the tank into ditches and underground pipes, ending at Stonewall Memorial Park. The 21 cement lid-pieces weigh 16,000 pounds each. Participants include Mc Daniel Contracting Services, Cave Hill Corporation, Sarah and Corey Redifer, and George McDaniel. Ted Hayes.
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Stonewall Memorial Park
McDaniel Contracting Services
Cave Hill Corporation
Sarah
Corey Redifer
George McDaniel
Ted Hayes
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