HooDoo Night Lights Elkton Streets With Costumed Parade
Elkton hosts the annual HooDoo Halloween event with goblins, butterflies, ghosts and more. Police blocked Spotswood Avenue to direct traffic as crowds, families, and merchants distributed candy from the Family Dollar to Subway and Sound Check while Neighborhood Watch guides aided crossing. Local residents like Adam Williams and Ruth Robertson enjoyed the festive evening and participation by stores and sponsors.
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Elkton
Spotswood Avenue
Adam Williams
Breelyn
Family Dollar
Subway
Upper Room Lights Up the Night at Safe Halloween event
Upper Room Church hosted its second Light Up The Night Halloween event drawing about a dozen decorated vehicles and several dozen attendees. Pastor Barbara Hensley highlighted the non spooky theme as families arrived in costumes for free hot dogs and cocoa, with attendees viewing hay bales, leaves, a scarecrow and illuminated pumpkins in a church lot.
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Barbara Hensley
Hensley
Allan
Hollie Lahocki
Ted Hayes
Kaydence Williams
Upper Room Church
East Rockingham drama wins Shenandoah District on stage
East Rockingham High School acting club won first prize among five Shenandoah District schools at Wilson Memorial High School with their one act The Lake At The End of the World. Coach Kathleen Milligan named district Coach of the Year. The group rehearsed since early in the semester and earned a regional chance at ERHS on November 10 at 7 p.m.
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East Rockingham High School
Shenandoah
Wilson Memorial High School
Kathleen Milligan
Milligan
Breeden to Challenge Good for Rockingham School Board
Dan Breeden owner of Trail blazer Auto Sales in Harrisonburg area challenges incumbent W R Good for the Fifth District seat on the Rockingham County School Board. The district runs from Penn Laird through Pineville McGaheysville and Elkton. Both were asked their qualifications and plans if elected.
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Dan Breeden
Trailblazer Auto Sales
McGaheysville
W.R. Good
Federal District Court
Harrisonburg
Rockingham County
Weekend Bluegrass benefit aids Bethel church fire rebuild
Grottoes and Crimora residents rallied for a bluegrass benefit to aid Bethel United Methodist Church after a Sept fire that destroyed the building. Pastor Neil McLaughlin said the sanctuary, organ, pews, basement rooms, and youth area were lost, but services continue in the Grottoes fire department and will move to a warehouse in Crimora next week. Firefighters from Grottoes were praised for their quick response, and community support has been strong.
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South River
Bethel United Methodist Church
McLaughlin
Grottoes
Caleb Bailey
Rockingham
Crimora
Darren Howdyshell
Allegheny Blue
Neil McLaughlin
Ted Hayes
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Colton Allison
East Rock Group
By Ted Hayes
Todub
Comez
Ast.net
Koyce Croy
Chancellor Morris
John Levengood
Jacob Blackshaw
Leah Heller
Abigail McNeely
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Kira Dodge
Ethan Morris
Kate Baney
ERHS
Abigail McNeeley
Kayce Croy
Joshua Gooden
Breeden
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Mary C. Comer
Stanley Lewis F. Jones
William D. McCarthy Sr
Hazel M. Roach
Isabell L. Shuler
Spotswood
Casey Billhimer
Harman
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