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By Wendy Kedzierski
UPDATE: Due to windy conditions forecast for Saturday the Golf Ball Drop has been postponed. The new date is March 3, 2012.
While the official weather forecast for Sat., Feb. 25, March 3, predicts partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the upper 40s, anyone who heads to Mackintosh Fruit Farm mid-day will experience raining [...]
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Berryville resident and founder of Red Wagon Ministry Jody Stephenson
by Mary Veilleux
When a young family welcomes a new baby, sometimes the joy is tempered by the reality of the cost of baby items. That’s where The Red Wagon Ministry can be of great service, to help ease the burden by providing diapers and wipes to [...]
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By René White (Feather)
As many reflect on the past year, this 88-year-old reminisces over the past century as she closes her Pine Grove convenience store, the “Village Market,” on Dec. 31, 2011, after serving a northern Shenandoah Valley community for the past 42 years.
Louise Tapscott McClaughry was born on July 13, 1923, just after the [...]
“Mommy, I’m hungry…” My daughter Isabelle had said for the third time. This time her chocolate eyes pleaded with me to feed her. Although I would have loved to accommodate her, we were in church, and it was the Christmas Eve service. The church was packed, and she was indeed antsy. I, on the other [...]
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By Sharon Stickland
On December 18, members and guests of the Fort Loudoun Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, met at the beautiful George Washington Hotel in downtown Winchester to celebrate the season and to swear in three new members. At this event, the chapter formally recognized the past and [...]
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By: Tammy Lanham
With Thanksgiving reflections still fresh in my mind, the season of Advent brings a feeling of anticipation and joy in Spirit that I regularly see reflected in the actions of those who live in our community. In many places this feeling of good will is shared mostly around Christmas, but in Clarke County [...]
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Moments…There are some that occur with such clarity that it allows us to embrace the gift it is bestowing. Then there are times we are riddled with a fear that engulfs the soul, and we turn from it not recognizing its beauty. This moment we all share as individuals. Though we may not walk the [...]
I often ponder the magnitude of these words clustered together. When I was young I would hear these simple words often spoken by my Grandmother. Either when she was tucking me in at night, or said after I got into a whirl of trouble. It’s nice to stroll back in time when we were young. [...]
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Tractors and Tomato Sandwiches
By: Michelle Hayes
In a small town amidst the Allegheny Mountains is where my childhood took place. This is where lessons were learned and where my story begins… One hot summer day in July I was bored senseless. I had no friends that were home and absolutely nothing to do. I was lying [...]
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Dorothy Price starting playing the Berryville Baptist Church organ in 1961 at the age of 22. Fifty years later, she is still going strong, playing the organ and piano, directing the choir and managing other responsibilities as Minister of Music. And the church congregation is ecstatic! To commemorate this milestone, church members and friends surprised [...]
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