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Valley Program for Aging Services to celebrate 50 years with anniversary events all year
Has faced major challenges over its 50-year history. Most notably, the rapidly aging Baby Boomers known as the “grey wave” and the COVID-19 pandemic. VPAS responded with seminars, consultation, dementia education and more support for family caregivers. “VPAS has been an important and reliable presence in our communities...
Rocktown Now Crime Report – May 9, 2024
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – Rockingham County Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson explains the details behind the Rockingham-Harrisonburg Regional Jail’s sudden temporary closure this week. If you have any questions on your mind for Sheriff Hutcheson to answer in future episodes, please send them to news@rocktownnow.com!
Stay Local, Play Local: Crozet Arts & Crafts Festival
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- In this Stay Local, Play Local, Ewa Harr talks about what the Crozet Arts & Crafts Festival has to offer. The festival, which will be held at Crozet Park from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, will feature over 125 artists and craftspeople.
Wildlife Center of Virginia encourages caution during baby season in the Valley
Staff, students and volunteers at the Wildlife Center of Virginia, a non-profit hospital for native wildlife, are experiencing the very busiest time of year: baby season. The Center, in Waynesboro, has admitted more than 1,000 individual patients since January 1, 2024, with more than 350 arriving during the past two weeks. Some of the most common species seen during baby season include Virginia Opossums, Eastern Grey Squirrels, a plethora of songbirds and Eastern Cottontail Rabbits. Many of the young animals are hand-fed multiple times a day.
Waynesboro embraces connection to outdoors; prepares to open Sunset Park to the public
Two years after Waynesboro City Council greenlighted Sunset Park, the city is preparing to put down the asphalt leading up to its newest recreation space, and officially open the greenspace to the public. The 107-acre property that once was the location of a landfill has been repurposed with an overlook,...
Bridgewater Rescue Squad hosting EMT class
BRIDGEWATER, VA (Rocktown Now) — Bridgewater Rescue Squad will be hosting an EMT class starting this fall. The classes will start August 22 and run through December 19. The classes will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 to 10pm, and will follow James Madison University’s break schedule. The...
Staunton seventh-grader wins ‘If I Were Mayor’ statewide essay contest
Aiswarya Vinu, a seventh-grader at Shelburne Middle School, was honored at a recent Staunton City Council meeting after winning the statewide “If I Were Mayor” Essay Contest for Region 3. The contest asked seventh- and eighth-graders to describe what solutions they would implement for issues affecting their community...
Virginia State Police investigating Monday crash at Smoke House & Vape store
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – Virginia State Police is investigating a single-vehicle crash in Rockingham County that occurred earlier this week at the Dayton Walmart shopping center. Sg.t Brent Coffey confirmed in an email to Rocktown Now Wednesday that the crash occurred Monday just before 1 p.m. in...
Racers to compete in 19th annual Harrisonburg-Rockingham Soap Box Derby
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - The Rotary Club of Rockingham County is inviting the community to watch kids from around the Shenandoah Valley race to the finish line on May 11 in the 19th annual Harrisonburg-Rockingham Soap Box Derby. 36 racers ages 7 to 21 will compete to earn the fastest...
Quiet subtext to 2024 Waynesboro elections: Not letting Jim Wood become the mayor
Bobby Henderson, Waynesboro’s former mayor, who is running for the at-large seat on Waynesboro City Council in the 2024 election cycle, isn’t a fan of the city’s controversial vice mayor, Jim Wood. “I didn’t want to see him become vice mayor, and I definitely don’t want to...
JMU baseball opens up series with 8-5 win over Marshall
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - James Madison baseball takes care of buisness in their series opener against Marshall Friday evening, taking down the Thundering Herd with an 8-5 win. Both teams entered the sixth inning with a 4-4 tie before JMU would take the lead following a two-run home run by...
VDOT hosts public meeting for Route 11 Corridor improvements near Staunton
STAUNTON, Va. (WHSV) - People driving through the Queen City and using Route 11 near Valley CMA’s car dealerships could notice a queue of cars waiting to turn in the center turn lane to get into one of the commercial buildings. The corridor project looks to eliminate those lines in the center of the roadway and instead use medians to help guide turn lanes and traffic.
Chalkboard: Riverheads ag students provide lunch; Hatchers' legacy honored; retired teachers award scholarships
GREENVILLE — On Tuesday, Riverheads agriculture students, along with the rest of the student body, got a chance to literally taste the results of their hard work this school year. As part of four livestock production classes, an elective class at Riverheads High School, students learned entrepreneurship skills, livestock...
Meet the student artist who the Augusta County School Board tried to ban
FORT DEFIANCE — When Abby Driscoll began putting together her art projects for Fort Defiance High School's spring show, she asked a few friends if they thought anyone would find it offensive. It was one particular piece that included Bible pages, part of a series of paintings about trauma, that she was thinking about.
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