Downriver owner passes torch to Harris for canoe business
After decades of leading Downriver Adventures, Gib son retires from daily operations and names Harris as successor. The Front Royal enterprise expands with online reservations and bike rentals, leveraging Shenandoah River state park access and local partnerships. Harris plans bike and paddle packages and year round repair capability.
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U.S. Army
Gibson
Ohio
Shenandoah River
Shenandoah
Harris
Downriver
Shenandoah River State Park
Warren County Board of Supervisors
Front Royal
Downriver.com
John Gibson
Downriver Canoe Company
Mark Harris
Silver Tea Pioneers Helped Build Samuels Library Legacy
The article recounts the Silver Teas started in 1921 by Chester Street ladies to raise funds and expand the library collection. It traces volunteers, key figures like Gertrude Blackwell Melton and Mattie Brown, and efforts leading to Ivy Lodge, Villa Avenue move, and ongoing community programs. It notes current fund raising needs to maintain operations and seek independence.
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Chester Street
George Washington
Snyder
Warren Sentinel
Warren Heritage Society
Lewis Moten
Amy Hayes
Gertrude Blackwell Melton
Randolph-Macon Academy
Mattie Brown
the Sentinel
Bertie Beaty
Warren Beaty
Elizabeth Millar
Front Royal
RMA
Samuels
Ivy Lodge
Bernard Samuels
Walter Samuels
Villa Avenue
Hileen Grady
Studio 330
Mellon Foundation
Joey Waters
Warren County Public Schools
Waters
Warren County
E. Wilson Morrison
Sydney Patton
Friends of Samuels Library
FOSL
Laurel Ridge Community College
Patton
COVID
Hotek
Public hearing on short term rental at 422 Timberline Ridge Road postponed
Shenandoah Farms commission postpones closing of the conditional use permit hearing for a short term tourist rental at 422 Timberline Ridge Road to allow Vesta Properties additional site information. The consent agenda authorized notices for hearings on permits for campground and short term rentals, a subdivision variance and a conservation easement withdrawal.
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Timberline Ridge Road
Shenandoah Farms
Vesta Properties
W. Properties LLC
Rockland
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Mark
Gether
Laura Ruby
Ruby
Rich Cooley
Nvdaily
Grady
Criser Road
Fruby
Nicki Lynch
Right
Samuels Library
Joyce Jenkins-Wimmer
Center
Henry
Board of Supervisors
Fork
Commission
Chase Lenz
Board of Zoning Appeals
Alex Bridges
Jimport
Domestic General Repai
South Main Street
Woodstock
Kiblersautocareclinic.com
Winchester Road
Bill
Autocareclinic.com
Ase
Carschanges
Clark, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah and
Warren
Carschanginglives.com
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