Elkton memorial honors first responders
At 1 pm Saturday the last bolt was set on a new monument in Stonewall Memorial Park and Elkton First Responders Memorial prepared for unveiling at 4 pm. The ceremony drew more than 100 attendees including six NYC Police and Fire Departments members, NY Port Authority Police, Elkton and McGaheysville crews, and other guests to honor Sept. 11, 2001 responders. The structure features two stainless steel columns and an I beam from the World Trade Center.
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Stonewall Memorial Park
New York City
World Trade Center
Horse Show Sees Late Day Turnout Despite Slow Morning
Elkton show organizers faced a lean morning as attendance lagged, but by 3 p.m. the Blue Ridge Park lot filled with dozens of horse trailers and cars. Casey Billhimer collected $3 entry fees at the gate as spectators crowded the track and the afternoon session began with renewed optimism.
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Elkton
Junior Order
Blue Ridge Park
Casey Billhimer
Elkton Historical Society
Jeff Lam
Stanley Powell
Rocky Bottom Farm
Stanardsville
Sam
Richmond
Powell
Carrie Null
Cross Keys
Carrie
Elkton Wins 2010 VML Achievement Award for Small Towns
Elkton is named a winner of the Virginia Municipal League 2010 Achievement Awards for towns under 5,000. The entry highlights its partnership with James Madison University to support town operations through policy analysis in three areas, including an economic development plan. Reid Wodicka initiated the collaboration with JMU President Linwood Rose and Prof. Nicholas Swartz in the Public Administration program, providing students credit for work on the projects.
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Virginia Municipa League
Elkton
Reid Wodicka
VML
James Madison University
Wodicka
JMU
Linwood Rose
Nicholas J. Sw
Elkton Emergency Squad honors memory of first responders
Elkton Emergency Squad members recalled recent runs and demonstrated operations at a First Responders memorial dedication. President Tom Schroeder and officers Mark Long and Elizabeth Long described the four minute response standard and revived a spectator during the event demonstration.
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County Fire and Rescue Department
Elkton
Tom Schroeder
Mark Long
Elizabeth Long
Harrisonburg
Schroeder
Ted Hayes
TVB
Obituary List from Harrisonburg and Nearby Areas
Norlyn L. Driver age 78 of Harrisonburg Milford V. Meyerhoeffer Jr. age 66 of Harrisonburg Jayne O. Pupek age 48 of Maidens Billy L. Samuels Sr. age 74 of Elkton Pauline J. Shifflett age 76 of Elkton are named in an obituary listing.
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Norlyn L. Driver
Harrisonburg
Milford V. Meyerhoeffer Jr
Jayne O. Pupek
Maidens
Billy L. Samuels Sr
Elkton
Pauline J. Shifflett
Shenandoah Rescue Squad Contract Scrutiny Continues
As August ends the Page County Board of Supervisors canceled the rescue squad contract set to expire. On Sept 7 the Shenandoah Board of Supervisors met with current chief David Huffman and potential new members led by Joseph Turner to discuss guidelines for a combined old and new squad and a viable plan for Shenandoah.
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Page County Board of Supervisors
Shenandoah Rescue Squad
Shenandoah Board of Supervisors
Rescue Squad
David Huffman
Joseph
Joe” Turner
Shenandoah
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Montevideo Middle School
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Elmer
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Dennis
Debbie Baker
Keezletown
Elkton Hotel
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