Warren County eyes boost in Fire and Rescue volunteers
Warren County supervisors approved a five year goals plan including developing training to recruit volunteers for Fire and Rescue. Officials say volunteer numbers have dwindled as costs rise and workers juggle jobs and family commitments, a broader national issue.
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Warren County Board of Supervisors
Shenandoah
Richard Traczyk
Warren County
Traczyk
Warren
County Department of Fire and Rescue
Warren Sentinel
Dan Murray Jr
WCFR
Richard Mabie
Murray
Mabie
Shenandoah Valley
Washington, DC
Officials address heroin epidemic 11 overdose deaths in 2014
Winchester area officials and 100 stakeholders gathered April 18 at Shenandoah University for the third heroin summit to confront a growing abuse crisis. The group discussed Winchester Front Royal Strasburg and surrounding counties with 11 overdose deaths and 18 nonfatal cases in 2014. U S Attorney Timothy Heaphy urged continued action and alarm.
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Winchester
Timothy J. Heaphy
U.S
District of Virginia
Heaphy
Shenandoah University
Front Royal
Strasburg
Frederick, Clarke
Page
Shenandoah
Warren
Front Royal Council balks at consultants in budget talks
Front Royal officials weigh the fiscal 2015 budget with early sessions showing little debate. Councilman Gene Tewalt, a former mayor and longtime town public works director, criticizes paying for studies, saying he has done many and found few followed.
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Front Royal
Gene Tewalt
Tewalt
Cross of Honor dedication at Shenandoah graves site
Descendants of Lemuel Fox and relatives gathered with the Col. John S. Mosby Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in Shenandoah National Park near Dickey Ridge Visitors Center to dedicate the restored Civil War era Fox ancestors graves. Cheryl Fox-Wyrick Archie Fox and Patricia Fox Brinklow accepted flags from Camp Commander Dwayne Mauck, as small cemetery stones stood around them.
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Kevin Seal Reer
Dwayne Mauck
Clay Baugher
Col
Fox Hollow
Lemuel Fox
John S. Mosby
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Shenandoah National Park
Dickey Ridge
Fox
Cheryl Fox-Wyrick
Archie Fox
Patricia Fox Brinklow
Six year old struck and killed on South Street Front Royal
A six year old boy Ja'Marion Tyreek Daw son was hit by a green Toyota 4 run ner in front of McDonald's on South Street near Royal Plaza Shopping Center and died instantly. Police say he ran into traffic after getting separated from family at Martins Grocery Store.
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Front Royal
South Street
Royal Plaza
Norman Shiflett
Ja’Marion Tyreek Dawson
Hilda J. Barbour
Dawson
McDonald’s
Shiflett
Virginia State Police
Front Royal Police
Tyler Smith
Tsmith
Frontroyalva.com
Samuels Library Third Annual Taste for Books Fundraiser
The Samuels Public Library hosts its third annual Taste for Books fundraiser on Saturday at 6 p.m. The event features book themed tables from local groups with decor food and costumes, live piano music, a wine and beer pairing, and a silent auction offering airline tickets hotel stays and retailer gift cards. Proceeds aim to raise about 15 000 to boost the adult collection with ebooks audiobooks and DVDs while noting Virginia libraries average 4.14 books per person.
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Samuels Public Library
Nicki Lynch
Paris
Sam’s Wild West
Samuels Library Board
Mark Flasch
Friends of Samuels Library
Desert Rose Winery
Lynch
Grand Ol’ Opry
Martin’s and
Target
Virginia
Samuels
Obituaries list for several residents across Virginia and Texas
Obituaries note James Curtis Minor Jr 63 of Front Royal Virginia Kline 72 also of Front Royal Babs Brown 86 of Radford Arthur William Grover 87 of Reliance Ralph Sonny Kuser 60 of Luray and Beverly Berryman 68 of San Antonio Texas.
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James Curtis Minor, Jr
Front Royal
Virginia Kline
Babs Brown
Radford
Arthur William Grover
Reliance
Ralph
Sonny” Kuser
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the Sentinel
Council
By Kevin Seabrooke
Lemuel F. Fox
Kile Photo Women's Resource Center
Sheila Lamonts
Middle East
Hawks
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