2008-02-14

Community Calendar



Sheriff’s Report



Highland County ¦ Feb. 6 – Mark Siron was charged by the Virginia State Police for leaving the scene of an accident and reckless driving. ¦ Feb. 7 – Responded to report of a disturbance at a Monterey business. ¦ Feb. 8 – Investigating report of a stolen wallet. ¦ Feb. 8 – Investigating report of stolen wood, Doe Hill. […]

Legend disputes demise of buffalo



Editor’s note: The following article is taken from the Feb. 24, 1972 issue of The Recorder. Joseph T. Pritchard was publisher. Once, in the days before the dense forests were cleared to make way for farms, Highland County was the preserve of buffalo herds, who ranged in the woodlands, fearing only the Indians’ arrows. Indeed, it is said that surveyors […]

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25 years ago

FEBRUARY 17, 1983

The Highland County Chamber of Commerce met Thursday of last week to make final plans for the 1983 Highland Maple Festival. This year’s festival will be held Saturday and Sunday, March 12 and 13 and Saturday and Sunday, March 19 and 20. Dr. T.E. Billingsley reported that the gravel floor in the Maple Museum just south of Monterey will be […]

50 years ago

FEBRUARY 13, 1958

Heavy snows for the past three weekends gave Highland County highway workers plenty of trouble. On Route 250 just east of Hightown, snow banks stood 12 feet high, formed by drifting snow and pushed higher by plows. A Walters snow plow was brought in from Staunton to move the drifts which completely blocked Route 250 as heavy winds buffeted the […]

SCC judge’s comments insulting to Highlanders



Editor, The Recorder, Outgoing SCC commissioner Judge Theodore Morrison Jr. poked a stick in the eye of all the many citizens of Highland County who fought so hard to protect the Allegheny Mountain against wind turbines when he said that the project is largely symbolic. The destruction of a mountain top is symbolic of what? Further, he said, “I wish […]

McBride name will be remembered in Highland



Editor, The Recorder, It is extremely sad to see Highland County residents getting hosed at every turn by the Highland New Wind Development project. I suspect the name McBride will long be remembered in Highland County written and oral history with much disdain. It is especially distasteful to see a historic county known for its spirit of coming to one […]

Persistence pays off



You’d think getting part of our area deemed “exceptional” wouldn’t be tough to do considering the untouched natural beauty we are privileged to enjoy in Bath and Highland counties. After all, most of us believe our environment and quality of life here to be exceptional here in many ways. But when that designation comes from Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality […]

Pictorial



Trucks of all sizes loaded with tree limbs, shingles, siding and other debris headed for the landfill Monday morning after winds that reached near hurricane force swept through the county Sunday. The quick response from power companies, deputies and state police, and Virginia Department of Transportation crews made all the difference this week when roads turned into obstacle courses. Residents […]