Winchester aims to improve homelessness support and shelter options
Community volunteers discuss the need for respectful approaches to homelessness in Warren County and consider a Habitat for Humanity style complex with childcare. They note existing resources like House of Hope and Laurel Center, and plan to engage local churches and fire rescue leaders to establish a safe winter shelter similar to Winchester’s WATTS in Front Royal.
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Hart
Habitat For Humanity
Roof Over
Warren County
House of Hope
Warren St
Laurel Center
Kathy Leonard
Roth
Winchester
Watts
Front Royal
Warren County School Start Times and Renovations
The Warren County school system adopts 8 am start times for the high and middle schools with buses at 7 am and 9 am for elementary. End times are 2:35 pm for upper grades and 3:35 pm for elementary. Ressie Jeffries Elementary and Bessie Jeffries see renovations including a new front entrance floors and HVAC upgrades and traffic flow changes. The district adds 69 new teachers as students return, with Superintendent Greg Drescher urging road safety and caution for drivers near buses and pedestrians.
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Warren County Middle School
Ressie Jeffries
Bessie Jeffries
James Wells
Greg Drescher
Drescher
Fair Grove a longtime 4-H member and All Star remembered
Fair Grove spent decades at the fair as a 4 H member and leader and later a Cedarville Raritan cook. She volunteers at the North Warren Volunteer Fire Station to stay active. Joining 4 H at age nine, it became a family tradition with her husband and two kids showing animals. She sewed crafts and earned the 4 H All Star honor. One vivid memory is sewing a suit for her three year old son Ernie and a dress for herself.
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Grove
Cedarville Raritan
North Warren
Ernie
Warren County
Alaina Jones shines at Warren County fair tour stop
Alaina Jones, runner up on American Idol 2011, headlines Warren County fair with hits from Wildflower to Road Less Traveled. She tours with Luke Bryan and Martina McBride, tickets at warrencounty fair.com. Gates open 6 30 pm show 7 30 pm. Reserved seats 25 general admission 20.
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Scotty McCreery
Interscope Records
Martina McBride
Luke Bryan
Huntin
Fishin
Lovin
Alaina
Warrencountyfair.com
Waggin for Dragons Dragon Boat Race Opens Saturday
Dragon Trolleys begin spectator pickup at 8 a.m. in Walmart and Target lots. Twenty paddlers plus drummer row long boats in 200 meter races expected to run to about 3 p.m. Funds support the Humane Society for emergency veterinary care shelter needs and operations. Denney says it helps the shelter become no kill and draws corporate teams for fundraising. Spectators along the Shenandoah River can watch the fun competition.
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Walmart
Target
Profit
Humane Society
Lavenda Denney
China
North America
Denney
Shenandoah River
Opioid rally planned in Winchester to honor lives
A Winchester rally titled Adicted to Hope will run September 23 at Handley High School from 4 to 8 PM. It aims to memorialize overdose victims in the Northern Shenandoah Valley and support ongoing recovery efforts, with live music by Dave Roy and Michael Joe Frazier.
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Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Northern
Enforcement Against Narcotics
Handley High School
Coalition
Lauren Cummings
Dave Roy
Michael Joe Frazier
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Warrencountyva.net
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Candice Abell
Clymer Avenue
James Coffman
South Royal Avenue
Jose Diaz
Gibbs Street
Rockville
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Hill Street
Charles Grant
Viscose Avenue
James Grayson
Cascade Falls Drive
Bristow
Austin Jeffries
Warren Avenue
Jeremy Johnson
Maplewood Drive
Manassas
Warren County General District Court
Scottie Kilgore
Church Street
Mackenzie Lang
Marshal Street
David Massey
Dwayne Myers
Loop Road
Kanessa Presgraves
Bentonville
Eugene Rollison
Amber Ross
King David Drive
Linden
Amberley Rowe
West 14Th Street
Kenneth Wales
Charles Street
Rick Weller
West 11Th Street
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Ely Pss Ave
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