2007-07-26

Old Millboro school facing doom or bloom



BY CHARLES GARRATT STAFF WRITER MILLBORO — The decision whether to tear down all of the old Millboro school buildings or turn them over to a developer to be renovated into apartments drew closer this week when Bath supervisors set a public hearing on the question for Aug. 23. Four supervisors and 18 citizens attended a presentation by John Garland […]

Bracing for wind in Bath

National forest land may get industry local officials can't control

WARM SPRINGS – As neighboring Highland County continues contentious discussions on commercial wind power, Bath County officials have taken another step toward learning what they can and should do to prepare for more inquiries from the wind industry about developing ridge tops here. Though supervisors and planners agreed they need to plan head, the federal lands making up half the […]

Dividing McDowell

Historic preservation, growth should balance

MONTEREY – With assurances from Howard Kittell, executive director of the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation, that most of the McDowell battlefield had been protected and growth areas west of McDowell will be respected, the McDowell Battlefield Preservation Plan committee set its next meeting for 7 p.m. Sept. 20 in Staunton at the Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission office. The meeting […]

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Sticky business! Honeybees swarm at the old McCutcheon home on Doe Hill Road in Highland this week. A hive reported to number 70,000-80,000 bees was between the walls. Tuesday bee specialist Bill Harman began removing the hive, hoping to relocate the queen and retrieve as much honey as possible. See more photos on pages 28-29.

History project in need of old photos



McDOWELL – Chris Scott of McDowell is compiling a pictorial history book of Highland County after he had submitted a proposal to Arcadia Publishing, which was accepted. “This will be a book chronicling a wide cross-cut of Highland history,” said Scott. “I want everyone in and of the county to be involved so this will be a community history.” Contributors […]

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Members of the Highland County Rescue Squad and the McDowell Volunteer Fire Department carry injured Pittman employee Jeff Pritt to the waiting Carilion Life Guard 10 for transfer to Roanoke Memorial Hospital Tuesday. Pritt was clearing brush from BARC power lines and is reported to have fallen 30 to 40 feet, landing on a pile of debris and fence. According […]

Grant money will bring preschool to Millboro



WARM SPRINGS – Bath County schools have received a grant to pay for equipment and first-year operating expenses for a full preschool for at-risk four-year-olds at Millboro Elementary School. The program at MES will be the same as the one now offered at Valley Elementary School, Sue Hirsh, director of instruction and personnel, told supervisors Tuesday. Supervisors authorized county administrator […]

BCHS renovations well under way



Head Waters couple restoring school house



MONTEREY – “It’s like taking a step back in time,” said Cy Houff. “This school house goes back to a period of time nobody remembers anything about.” Houff and partner Karyn Doane are renovating the Head Waters School, a one-room school house that probably dates back to the late 1800s. They are not restoring, they are saving it, said Doane. […]

Catherine Hirsh recalls 42 years in Garden Club



MEADOW LANE – Flower-bedecked chapeaux. Breezy summer sundresses. Genteel conversation. Sounds like just what you’d expect at a garden party, eh? Now, add some bubbly champagne, loud guffaws, and a feisty 92-year-old grande dame as speaker, and you’ve got a garden party to remember. It was all about the memories when the Warm Springs Valley Garden Club met at Meadow […]