2016-05-05

Non-resident student guidelines approved



HOT SPRINGS — New guidelines for non-resident students who want to enroll in Bath County schools were approved Tuesday by the Bath County School Board. There will be no tuition for non-resident students for 2016-17. The school board voted to eliminate that tuition at its March meeting. The schools received $7,100 in tuition last year. Applications will be available and […]

SUZANNE J BRINTZENHOFE



DAMASCUS, Md. — Suzanne J. Brintzenhofe, 86, passed away peacefully at her home in Damascus on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. Mrs. Brintzenhofe was a retired RN who practiced in the field of holistic health. She loved to garden and was a gifted decorator—making beautiful homes for her and Dick to reside, first in Silver Spring, later in the Shenandoah Valley, […]

GEORGE T. MEADOWS



WARM SPRINGS— George Thomas Meadows, born George Thomas Webb III, 68, of Warm Springs, died Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at his home in Bath County. He was born Oct. 20, 1947 in Warm Springs, the son of the late George Thomas Webb II and Myrtle Lee Webb Meadows. He was raised from the age of seven by his mother and […]

In brief …

Bath County School Board

• Tuesday, the Bath school board recognized Valley Elementary School kindergartener Rylee Ward, VES seventh-grader Karrigan Black, and Bath County High School senior Lindsay Malcolm for participating in the Virginia School Boards Association Valley Regional Student Art Contest. • The resignations of BCHS cheerleader sponsor Catherine Chestnut, BCHS teacher and athletic director Will Fields, and BCHS teacher Jim Lucente were […]

2016-05-05 E-Edition

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Improved Highland Center opens doors



MONTEREY — “Amazing.” “Jaw-dropping.” “Stunning.” The renovated Highland Center elicited numerous exclamations of surprise and delight following an official ribbon cutting ceremony and tours Sunday, May 1. The weather was perfect for a grand opening celebration, replete with presentations of the U.S. flag and ceremonial key, plus musical entertainment by the Allegheny Mountain Strings Project, which capped a $3 million, […]

BCH expands, sees more patients

Renovations nearly complete; July 9 open house planned

HOT SPRINGS — No, the 100-year-old Bath Community Hospital is not closing or being sold. The BCH board has repeatedly answered to numerous rumors about its future, and did so again recently, following its April board meeting. The hospital is not for sale. In fact, it’s growing. Like other rural hospitals and critical care facilities, BCH must expand what it […]

Feds open 30-day pipeline scoping period



MONTEREY — Despite landowner requests for a 90-day scoping period, federal regulators have opted for a third of that time frame to receive comments on the realigned route of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Tuesday marked the beginning of a 30- day scoping period for the realignment, with scoping meetings set for 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. May 20 at […]

Lancaster retires from BCPS after 35 years



HOT SPRINGS — What was supposed to be a one-year stop turned into a 35-year career for Bath County Public Schools director of technology and administrative services Paul Lancaster. Lancaster’s retirement was accepted at the school board meeting Tuesday, effective July 31. “I came for a year in 1980 to be a school psychology intern, and I never found a […]