Sefton to Play Football at Hampden-Sydney College

Clarke County High School senior Alex Sefton has committed to play football next fall at Hampden-Sydney College in Farmville, VA.
Sefton was the Bull Run District Defensive player of the year and first team Bull Run District linebacker, first team Bull Run District punter and second team Bull Run District tight end. He was also second [...]

Hardworking Scouts Raise Funds Delivering Mulch

By Mark Wiseman
Contrary to recent reports, a group of Boy Scouts did not stage an “Occupy Madden Drive” event on March 31st.  They did use that location in the Hermitage, however, to stage the deliveries for their annual mulch sale.  Troop, Crew, and Pack 500 recently completed their sale by delivering almost 1200 bags of [...]

Clarke Resident Travels to Witness End of an Era

By Bob Stewart
Photo credit Bob Stewart
I can remember excitedly watching the first manned space launches from when I was just eight years old. Seemed like I watched almost every launch from the Mercury launch of Friendship 7 through the Apollo era. Today was the last flight of a manned spacecraft for some time. I doubt [...]

Town Orders Removal of Church’s Easter Sign

By Jill Valentine
Five days before Easter, the Town of Berryville ordered Apple Valley Baptist Church, a local Southern Baptist Convention church plant, to remove an Easter sign the church had erected on the corner of Main Street and Buckmarsh Street (Route 340).
The sign, an orange 3 x 8 foot banner secured to its own free [...]

Berryville Daughter Poised to Open for Dave Barnes in Minneapolis

By Paula Shipman
Alex Masters, local aspiring talent, has been participating in a contest sponsored by TopBlip.com to be the opening act for up and coming star, Dave Barnes at the Minneapolis, Minnesota venue, The Varsity.  Alex learned of the contest through a friend on the social networking site, Facebook.
Her friend kept urging her to post [...]

Unfolding Tea Party Impact Rang Out Locally in GOP Presidential Primary

111 Berryville voters tested political jujitsu of major parties to fend off Tea Party inroads
By George Archibald
BERRYVILLE, Va. –– At Tuesday’s statewide GOP presidential primary balloting, area Republican and Democratic  activists swooped in to garner political advantage and neutralize  Tea Party viability as a growing  alternative third party.
A struggle emerged at the Berryville voting precinct between signature gatherers with qualifying petitions [...]

Weekend Forecast: Golf Ball Showers

By Wendy Kedzierski
The official weather forecast for this Sat., Mar. 10, predicts sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 40s, and the Clarke County High School Chamber Choir is banking on it. After twice postponing a fundraiser due to poor weather conditions, they hope this Saturday will be a banner day as golf balls rain [...]

Alicia is all “Pink”

by Mary F. Veilleux 
Entrepreneurial blood must run in Alicia Leith’s veins.
In 2009, before being laid off from AOL, Alicia had already set up her own waste management business with a bright, spunky pink garbage truck and a company logo – a sassy pink cat pushing a bin.  When not driving her Alley Cat refuse truck, Alicia [...]

Behold “Beauty” Youth Art Show Opens at Barns of Rose Hill

“Creating opportunities for our youth to engage in community” is the reason Catherine Burzio is spearheading a new Barns of Rose Hill exhibit.

Coinciding with Youth Art Month, the exhibit will feature local students’ artwork through March 17. Many of the budding young artists will be available at the opening reception on Sat., Mar. 3, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event is free, and the public is invited and encouraged to attend.

Local Church Takes Congregation to the Daytona 500

By Van Welton
The Daytona 500 is NASCAR’s biggest, richest and most prestigious race of the year and is usually sold out months in advance.     Most race fans can only dream of attending the Daytona 500 and are limited to viewing the race on television.
This past Sunday, Apple Valley Baptist took its congregation to the race [...]