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Little Miss Highland Carly Thomas and her dad Jed make their way down Main Street to kick off the 59th Highland County Fair Wednesday night in Monterey. Melissa Dowd on Spirit is in the background. More ... MONTEREY — Highland High School has been in the running for Blue Ribbon School designation, but needed one more hurdle to jump — the school had to meet Adequate Yearly Progress benchmarks under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. More ... MILLBORO — The home of Stanford and Tonya Howard on Lower Yard Road was badly damaged by a fire late Tuesday morning. More ... MONTEREY — Kevin Thornsbury believes he can make a difference in Highland County. He bought some vacant land on the east side of Monterey on U.S. 250 last year and intends to build what he calls a “landmark property” there. Initially the project will consist of two 40x40-foot buildings connected by a 20-foot breezeway. More ... MONTEREY — After seven years of planning, the Highland/Monterey sidewalk project could come to a sudden and incomplete end by Oct. 1, depending on whether two private landowners agree to provide easements across their land. More ... WILLIAMSVILLE — “So far, so good.” That’s how superintendent Eric Wooding described the operation of the newly-renovated Coursey Springs Fish Cultural Station. More ... What could be more fun to watch than the Little Switzerland Cloggers? Bucky the Clown clogging with them. (Recorder photo by James Jacenich) More ... GOOCHLAND — Dillon Rapalee of Troop 710 in Goochland has achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. This is the Boy Scouts’ highest achievement. Rapalee completed numerous badge requirements, and many years of involvement in his troop, as well as planning and carrying out a community service project. More ... MONTEREY — You know how it is. You’re standing in the middle of the aisle at the grocery store wondering what to fix for supper. A seemingly endless variety of foods beckon to be on the menu. Now imagine yourself in the middle of the woods 1,000 years ago with the same question. More ... WARM SPRINGS — Andrew Jones was re-elected as chairman of the Bath County Republican Committee on June 17, at the Republican Unit Mass Meeting held at the Bath County Library. More ... MONTEREY — Two licensed Highland County gun dealers were recently told they had to have a zoning permit to sell firearms from their homes. More ... • The Highland County Planning Commission reviewed the following conditional use permits and recommended continuing them for another year — Don “Robin” Sullenberger has been operating a tourist lodge in an agricultural (A-2) district north of Monterey since 2005; Martha Leech has been operati More ... Highland Junior Girl scout Troop 586 is putting the Girl Scout Law into action and working to “make the world a better place” by placing plastic & aluminum recycle bins at the Girl Scout f More ... Two photos of the Relay for Life in last week’s edition of The Recorder were miscredited. The photographs of talent show judges and the luminaria were taken by Wanda May. More ... MILLBORO — The Bath County shooting range near Bath Alum will be closed to the public Sept. 7-9 for firearms training by the Bath and Highland sheriff’s offices. More ... Deerfield Fire and Rescue fire chief Barry Marshall stands in front of the 1990 fire engine his department donated to the Bath-Highland VFD last Saturday. (Photo courtesy Tina Simmons) More ... STAUNTON — The 15th annual Raymond Nelson family reunion was held on Saturday, Aug. 7, at Gypsy Hill Park in Staunton. More ... A special thanks to all those who donated goods at Neighbors Helping Neighbors Day at The Highland Farmers’ Market. Donated items will be used to assist this community. More ... Many young riders came out to show their talents during the horse show events, which had 39 different classes. More ... MONTEREY — On Sept. 11, 2001, America had the greatest “awakening call” of this generation. The United States of America was changed forever. However, that did not stop hundreds of thousands of Americans from banding together on their knees in prayer. More ... MONTEREY — The Highland FFA and 4-H members have been getting their animals ready for the Highland County Fair for a year. After all of the steer, goat, lamb and hog shows throughout the week, it is time to sell the animals. Each member will sell his or her animals on Saturday evening. The students have sent letters to prospective buyers. More ... |
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Aging in the Highlands
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Aging in the Highlands
