Elkton Council Moves To Study Water and Trash Rate Hikes
Elkton Town Council approved a policy Monday night to allow a future 3 percent rise in water sewer and trash rates. The vote was 5-0 with Mar garetta Isom absent. No actual increase was enacted, only the policy. A first reading of the proposed hike followed, with a second reading and public hearing required before any final vote. Residents Haze Crider and Mildred Shifflett spoke against the plan. Councilman Jay Dean defended the increases while Mayor Roy Davis presided.
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Margaretta Isom
Crider
Mildred Shifflett
Jay Dean
Roy Davis
Memorial Day celebration to honor veterans in Shenandoah
Shenandoah hosts a multi day Memorial Day event from Thursday evening through Saturday May 26 featuring a major parade starting at 1 30 p m from downtown near Maryland Avenue and U S 340 led by classic cars and motorcycles a car and motorcycle show book sale and motocross race at Shenandoah Speedway plus a veterans remembrance organizers invite entrants and provide contact details for participation
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Hinkle
Day of Caring boosts Elkton Area United Services space
About 60 volunteers from EAUS and local companies joined the Harrisonburg Rockingham United Way event to clear scraps and expand EAUS offices on West Spotswood Avenue. Executive Director Marsha Deavers said the project privacy for client services improves and the pantry will gain space. EAUS will also receive a $15,000 United Way grant.
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Harrisonburg
EAUS
Marsha Deavers
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United Way
Safety Day shock scene at ERHS dramatizes crash
East Rockingham High School staged a sobering Safety Day with a crash scenario in the parking lot. Sheriff deputies, Elkton fire crews, and a medical helicopter joined the demonstration as a dramatic head‑on collision left an apparently dead passenger in one car and a wounded driver loaded for trauma care.
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Ted Hayes
East Rock Rundown
Joshua Gooden
Underwater prom theme tops Eagles night at ERHS
ELKTON East Rockingham High staged its second prom with an underwater theme Depths of Forever. A sunken boat display and swimming fish set the scene as the all juniors prom committee led decorations and tickets sold for a crowd of several hundred. Math teachers Hatton and Rickard supervised the underwater setup while juniors Devin Butler Haley Life and seniors Daniel Verdan Grace Taylor served as prom royalty attendants.
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East Rockingham High
ERHS
Michelle Hatton
Amanda Rickard
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