VDOT Warns of Delays on Route 7 in Loudoun

State transportation officials are warning commuters traveling Route 7 in Louduon County that construction of Dominion Virginia Power’s 12-mile, high-voltage power line between Hamilton and Leesburg   will require periodic traffic stops of up to 15 minutes on Route 7 from mid-May through September.
Dominion Virginia Power is building the line from a new substation northwest [...]

All Virginia State Choir Includes Clarke Voices

Clarke County High School senior, Kaitlyn Dykes and junior, Megan Wilson spent Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in Tysons Corner. But the pair wasn’t on a three-day shopping spree. Dykes and Wilson are representing Clarke County High School in the 2010 All Virginia Mixed Choir workshop held this week at the Sheraton Premiere hotel in Vienna, [...]

Legislation Signed To Make Virginia “Veteran Friendly”

Last December Col. Van T. Barfoot, one of the country’s last-surviving Medal of Honor winners, was under the gun from his Henrico County community’s homeowner association. In a five-paragraph letter, Barfoot was ordered to remove the “illegal” flagpole from his yard where he raised the U.S. flag every day. The incident garnered massive national attention [...]

CCHS Marching Band at 2010 Apple Blossom

On Saturday May 1st, the Clarke County High School Marching Band performed in the 83rd Annual Apple Blossom Festival Feature Parade. This video was captured at the intersection of Washington Street and Cork Street.

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Historic Northern Shenandoah Valley Site Tours, May 2 & May 16

[ Sunday May 2, 2010; 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ]  

The Northern Shenandoah Valley Branch of Preservation Virginia will have two meetings in May 2010.   The first meeting is the rescheduled winter quarter meeting that was cancelled due to the snow.   The second meeting is our regular spring quarter meeting.   We hope you will be able to join us.   [...]

Berryville Voters Will Decide Town Recorder Tuesday

Tuesday is election day in Clarke County and it has proven to be a slim field with most candidates running unopposed. In Berryville, Allen Kitselman and David Tollett are both running unopposed for Town Council seats. In Boyce, Erika Kelbe is unopposed for a seat on the Town Council, while Tamara Myer is unopposed for [...]

Obituary for Sara Calhoun Smithy Caldwell

Sara Calhoun Smithy Caldwell, 71, died peacefully at her home in Berryville, Virginia, May 2, 2010, under the care of Blue Ridge Hospice and Home Instead Senior Care, after a long illness.
“Sally” was born in Charleston, South Carolina on November 6, 1938, to Sara Rankin Smithy of Charleston and Dr. Horace Gilbert Smithy, Jr., a [...]

Fireworks Injure Spectators At Apple Blossom Event

Friday night at Handley High School, the feature fireworks display malfunctioned and launched two mortars sideways hitting a crowd of people. A child was treated at the scene with minor injuries and a woman was taken to the hospital with burns on her arm. Several other people were hit by debris and received   [...]

61st Blue Ridge Hunt Point-to-Point Races Held

Huntsman Dennis Downing and Whipper-In Ross Salter
The 61st Blue Ridge Hunt Point-to-Point organizers braved date changes and a thunder storm forecast this year but pulled off the event on Sunday May 2nd with aplomb.    Snow on the track  in March necessitated the change according to Doris Stimpson, race coordinator.    Billy Eyles, Point-to-Point [...]

Fire Flow Debate Consuming School RFP Target

After a thorny School Board review last week, School Board Chairperson Robina Bouffault’s proposal to replace PHR&A’s custom designed fire flow system with a lower cost, pre-fabricated, Flowtronex solution received an incredulous reception from the Berryville Town Council today. Based on the Council’s comments both during and after the meeting, Bouffault’s attempt to buy time [...]