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Retired Navy Petty Officer First Class and Highland resident Carl Kelk leads the fair parade down Spruce Street in Monterey to kick off the 58th Highland County Fair. See more photos on page 12. (Recorder photo by Geoff Cox) More ... MOUNTAIN GROVE — One step at a time. That's the approach residents of Gatewood Drive are taking about the bridge on their road that looped through the neighborhood connecting them with Route 39 in two places. Monday, Aug. 24, the bridge was closed permanently. More ... MONTEREY — Could Highland lose its "status" as one of the least populated counties east of the Mississippi? According to a recent federal report, this county could be quite attractive to baby boomers — those between the ages of 55 and 75 — over the next 20 years. More ... WARM SPRINGS — Representatives of Faith Covenant Family Church, located down a hill from Bath County High School, appeared before the Bath County School Board Monday asking for help with water they say runs from a retention pond on the school property onto church property. More ... MONTEREY — Making room for business isn't coming easily for county leaders. After multiple rounds of debate and a public hearing on a request to rezone property on the Monterey border, no decision was made last Thursday. More ... MONTEREY — It's not easy being green. As Highland New Wind Development pushes to get roads installed and fields leveled for foundations, efforts to build its 38-megawatt wind-generating utility here aren't proceeding smoothly. More ... WASHINGTON, D.C. — A U.S. congressman has added his voice to those who seek to protect Camp Allegheny, the Civil War battlefield now considered endangered by the industrial wind energy utility under construction nearby. Congressman Nick J. More ... MONTEREY — Protecting Laurel Fork and its watershed has been a top priority for landowners near where 19 towers are under construction on Allegheny Mountain. More ... WARM SPRINGS — The Bath County Shooting Range at Bath Alum will be closed to the public Monday-Wednesday, Sept. 7-9, the Bath County Sheriff's Department announced Monday. The range will be closed so that sheriff's departments from Bath and Highland counties can conduct firearms training. More ... Showing versatility not only on the farm, but in the kitchen, Rodney Leech (left) and Robin Vance prepare marinated lamb kebabs for the Taste of Highland picnic. (Recorder photos by James Jacenich) More ... MILLBORO - After almost a two-year hiatus, county officials have resumed planning toward eliminating future devastating flooding along Cabin Creek, primarily as it has affected homeowners in the Lower Yard Road area and the watershed. The initial restart meeting was held on Aug. 26 with 16 people attending at the firehouse. More ... HOT SPRINGS — Ashwood United Methodist Church Homecoming Service will have the Rev. Bass Mitchell as guest speaker for the 11 a.m. worship service Sunday, Sept. 20. Mitchell pastured the Hot Springs Charge from 1994-2004 and is currently a United Methodist clergyperson in Northern Virginia. More ... The Highland County Volunteer Fire Department Fire Queens rode in style in the parade. Pictured top to bottom, (queen, center; first runner up, left; second runner up, right) are Junior Miss Presley Marshall, Amy Hull and Courtney Hull; Little Miss Mary Kaytlin Lambert, Allison Stump and Monica Daniels; and Tiny Miss Hannah Newlen, Megan Hoover and Cami Carpenter. (Photo courtesy David Cockerham) More ... • Roger Simmons submitted a request to the planning commission for a conditional use permit to place a pre-built 12x20-foot shed on property belonging to Elmo Varner in Head Waters. Simmons wants to open a taxidermy business on the A-2 zoned property. More ... MONTEREY — Highland County zoning official Jim Whitelaw told supervisors several months ago that the application fee for conditional use permits, zoning changes and variances was not enough to cover the cost of putting up signs and advertising for a public hearing. More ... WARM SPRINGS — Todd Fry, candidate for the Valley Springs school board seat in a Nov. 3 special election, said he is looking forward to campaigning for the seat. Fry, unable to be reached before press deadline last week, called The Recorder Monday and spoke about the upcoming election. He is opposing current Valley Springs representative Barbara Waldeck. More ... MONTEREY — Six officials charged with making decisions on whether to rezone property for Kevin Thornsbury's "strip mall" project have potential conflicts of interest on the matter. At last Thursday's public hearing, county and town attorney Melissa Dowd gave them a disclosure form to sign. More ... • On Tuesday, Virginia Department of Transportation residency administrator Tim Fitzgerald told the Highland County Board of Supervisors VDOT had finished patching Route 84 and was starting on patching More ... • The Millboro Ruritan Club will host a Labor Day chicken barbecue on Saturday, Sept. 5, beginning at noon at the picnic shelter on Church Street. The meals will offer chicken halves, a roll and drink. The club also reminds residents the deadline for birthday calendar orders is approaching. All information should be sent to secretary/treasurer Judy Waters by Sept. More ... HOT SPRINGS - I could barely contain my excitement. There, in a newspaper, was a bit I had overlooked my first time through. I was thrilled when it caught my eye on the second pass: "Homestead Chef Finalist in Ocean Spray Recipe Contest. More ... GROTTOES — The annual Abel P. And Amanda E. Arbogast reunion of family and friends was held Aug. 16, at the Grand Caverns Park with an attendance of 95. More ... MONTEREY — Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Services has hired Jason Rexrode as an insurance agent in its Highland/Bath office. He comes to Farm Bureau from Beaumont, Texas, where he spent the last six years as an adjunct professor/academic mentor at Lamar University. More ... MILLBORO — Aimee and Andrew Watkins of Millboro announce the birth of their third child, a daughter, Georgia Belle Watkins, born on July 27, 2009, at the home. Georgia weighed eight pounds, 12 ounces, and was 20 and onequarter inches long. More ... FAIRVIEW - Two buses. Four years. Fifty states. Six million people. The figures are remarkable, and so is the service. The Partnership for Prescription Assistance bus rolled into the Fairview Community Center Tuesday at 2 p.m. By 2:30, 15 people had shown up to find out if, and how, PPA might help them. More ... WARM SPRINGS — The Warm Springs Ranger District reminds the public that Campgrounds 1, 2, and 3 within the Bolar Mountain Recreation Area at Lake Moomaw will close the day after Labor Day (Sept. 8), this year. More ... STAUNTON — The Virginia Coalition for Open Government will hold its next annual conference Oct. 15 and 16 at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel in Staunton. The conference on Oct. 16 will examine issues of access to government records, meetings and proceedings. More ... |
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Aging in the Highlands
Summer Guide '10
Farm Life '10
Spring Guide '10
Aging in the Highlands
