American Woodmark will not release specific details regarding the Berryville location and as to how many people will be losing their job. The company will be paying employee severance and once that is complete American Woodmark expects to save $20 million/year by closing the facilities. Read full story tv3winchester.com.
Leesburg Today – Creighton Farms, the luxurious golf community along Rt. 15, northeast of Aldie, is under new ownership. Southworth Development purchased the 181-unit development Tuesday, March 23. A group that included Ritz Carlton previously owned the development and the golf course had been known as the Ritz Carlton Golf Club.
The following local students won top awards at the Shenandoah Valley Regional Science Fair at James Madison University March 10: Sherando High School — Rachel Tripp, first place in Plant Science; Holly Peterson, first place in Earth and Space Science; Nick Lee, first place in Environmental Science and Grand Champion prize; Kala Brezinski, first place [...]
Two trends are creating some changes in the local real estate market. Home purchases are increasing, and fewer people are choosing to sell their houses. Since home values have dropped so sharply, many owners have decided to rent their properties instead, or just to stay put until the market rebounds. Read full article at the [...]
WINCHESTER Va— The Shenandoah University baseball team overcame mother nature and a determined Averett University ball club to pick up its first conference sweep of the year, rallying with a pair of clutch hits in a 4-3 USA South Conference victory over the Cougars in 10 innings at Bridgeforth Field Sunday. Read Full Story at [...]
The Shenandoah Valley Christian Academy cheerleading team might not have gotten the start it wanted, but it certainly had a spectacular finish. The Patriots won the Small Varsity Music Division in the Christian Cheerleaders of America national competition at the Cabarrus Arena & Event Center in Concord, N.C., earlier this month. Read full story at [...]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (BRAIN)—The League of American Bicyclists has announced its 2008 Bike Shops of the Year. via Bicycle Retailer and Industry News.
Now that the Clarke County High School junior has been elected president of the Virginia Distributive Education Clubs of America association, she’ll be perfecting her diplomatic pose and mapping grand plans before she assumes the top office in August. A panel of her peers — students from high school DECA chapters throughout Virginia — selected [...]
The city of Frederick is playing hardball with a minor-league baseball team over a municipal ballpark lease.The city is pitching a 43 percent increase — from $17,000 to $30,000 — in what the Frederick Keys would pay to play in Harry Grove Stadium this season. Read full story here : Maryland Daily Record.