At approximately 6:30PM Clarke County dispatch received a 911 call from a hiker on her cell phone who had become disoriented on the Appalachian Trail. Officials were able to determine that the female hiker was somewhere between the MCI tower and Route 7 see inset map. Blue Ridge Volunteer Fire and Rescue was dispatched to [...]
I guess the recent heat and rain we have had has done wonders for the wineberries. Daughter and friend were out walking and reported back a sighting of succulent berries… So, after supper, in the cool of the evening (okay, cooler part of the day), Hubby and 12-year-old Granddaughter, with buckets (huge buckets) in hand [...]
The Clarke County community is coming together this Saturday, July 24, 2010 to celebrate the construction of the new Clarke County High School. Please help us spread the word and if you’re in town this Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. please join us to show your support. There will be student leaders as [...]
The Clarke Daily News reports that : A family camping trip ended tragically over the weekend when a Maryland woman drowned in the Shenandoah River near Berryville, Va. Andrea Hernandez, 64, of Riverdale, Md., was found floating in the river by her son at approx. 8:30 p.m. Saturday north of Watermelon Park, according to the [...]
On July 10, 2010 at approximately 9:30 pm Jose Cuevas-Gonzalez was arrested in Hostotipaquillo, a town in Jalisco in Mexico. When confronted by federal police, Cuevas-Gonzalez attempted to flee but was taken into custody by agents of the Policia Federal Ministerial (PFM), which is the former AFI agency. Specifically, he was arrested by the extradition [...]
The Clarke County School Board approved a food service management contract with Sodexo for the 2010/11 school year Monday evening. Sodexo’s corporate website claims the firm as the leading provider of integrated food and facilities management services in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The $7.7 billion dollar multinational serves 6,000 clients in the U.S., Canada, [...]
West Virginia Police seized $30,000 worth of cocaine and about two pounds of marijuana Friday from a Kearneysville, W.Va., area apartment. Steven Craig McDaniel Jr., 29, of 306 Needy Road, Kearneysville, and Taneka Renea Payton, 26, of Chalmers Court, Berryville, Va., were charged with possession with intent distribute cocaine and marijuana, as well as conspiracy [...]
Clarke County Education Association (CCEA) President Andy Kiser is pleased to report that county officials have agreed to make a pension contribution for new teachers — a move that will keep the school division competitive in the region as it pursues new staff. In an article published online in the Clarke Daily News, Robina Rich-Bouffault, school [...]
Entrepreneurial exuberance proved inadequate to power the relaunch of the Main Street Bistro in downtown Berryville. The restaurant deal has fallen through and the fate of the space is being revisited. Darrell Jones of Harrisonburg, Virginia entered a contract to purchase the establishment and had plans to reopen on Monday, April 5th. Those plans seemed [...]
Clarke’s Farmer’s Market inaugurates a new summer season Saturday May 8th at the Town of Berryville municipal parking lot on Church Street. The market features locally grown produce, meats, fruits, honey, flowers, baked goods and more. The summer market runs every Saturday through the end of October. Over two dozen vendors participate in the market. [...]
