2018-05-31

2018-05-31 E-Edition

Highland Center welcomes new youth advocate

MONTEREY — Jessica Durovy has joined The Highland Center team as the new programs manager and youth advocate. Originally from Chesapeake, Jessica attended Old Dominion University in Norfolk with a focus on criminal justice and sociology. After graduating, she joined the Peace Corps and spent two years in Azerbaijan near the Caspian Sea. She rounded out her education with a […]

James River bests Bath Co.


BUCHANAN — James River took advantage of a shorthanded Bath County team last Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Class 1A/2A Region C girls’ soccer tournament. With only 11 eligible players, the minimum for a full team, the Charger girls played for 80 minutes straight. “We played a tough game against a tough opponent in James River. Playing with just […]

Bath County High School Class of 2018

25 years ago

JUNE 4, 1993

• “You might think this is too much work and I’ll just sell the sheep. Well, if you do, you’d better sell the calves, too,” said coyote trapping expert Tom Tomsa. Last year, 700 calves in Virginia were killed by coyotes. Every county in Southwestern Virginia reported calves killed by coyotes. In 1990, 4,100 out of 157,000 Virginia sheep (2.6 […]

50 years ago

MAY 30, 1968

• The last-minute replacement of new telephone carrier equipment found to be defective is hampering the switching of Mill Gap area subscribers to the Monterey Exchange of the Monterey Telephone Company, but the work is still scheduled to be completed by Sunday. Company officials said three of the new carrier units installed at Mill Gap are to be replaced by […]

24-year-old aims for skies aboard rescue helicopter

Flying high

Editor’s note: The following article was gleaned from the Thursday, July 9, 2004 edition of The Recorder. P. Lea Campbell Jr. was publisher and editor. The article was written by James Jacenich. MONTEREY — She’s come a long way in only six years, from hometown Highland High School graduate in 1998 to a now nationally- and state-certified paramedic. She plainly […]

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