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The Blue Ridge Parkway announces the temporary closure of the access ramps to the Parkway at Route 250.

The Blue Ridge Parkway announces the temporary closure of the access ramps to the Parkway at Route 250.

Shenandoah National Park Superintendent Jim Northup announced today he has denied Madison County’s request to establish a new entrance for motor vehicles into the national park on Rapidan Road in Madison County.

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) and Michael Enzi (R-Wyo.) introduced bipartisan legislation to authorize the minting of coins to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the National Park Service (NPS).

The Harrisonburg Campus of National College announced the graduates in the class of 2013.

The Shenandoah Valley Art Center, during the month of April, is exhibiting paintings by Michael Simon, angling artist who has been painting beautiful fishes and their equally beautiful surroundings for over 50 years.

Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park is once again offering ranger-conducted programs this year. The National Park Service began public programs in 2010, and has been expanding its offerings in the three years since.

After an overflow crowd packed the Yellow Barn at Shenandoah Caverns for the “Shenandoah Jamboree” in January, Ben “Cooter” Jones has announced a monthly schedule for the event, which features Jones along with “Cooter’s Garage Band” and a number of country music legends.

Terra Nova Nurseries’ resident plant guru and past guest on “The Martha Stewart Show,” Dan Heims, will be speaking at the Shenandoah Valley Plant Symposium, March 27, 2013 at the Best Western Inn & Conference Center in Waynesboro, Va. The event will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT, including morning and afternoon sessions with a catered lunch in between. Heims is one among four guest speakers scheduled for the event.

After 13 years of protecting and interpreting Civil War battlefields in the eight-county Shenandoah Valley National Historic District, the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation has a new home. The Battlefields Foundation has purchased the historic Lee-Jackson Building at the intersection of Congress Street and Old Cross Road in New Market, the original portion of which was constructed around 1808 for John Strayer’s home and mercantile business.

Be inspired by nationally renowned plant experts Dan Heims, Peter Hatch, Pam Baggett and Bryce Lane. They will be presenting their favorite ideas and solutions for all your planting problems. It will be just what the doctor (or horticulturist in this case) ordered as winter ends and the spring planting season begins.
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