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Column by Stan Horst Many of us dream of finding the perfect place to live, Stan Horst found that perfect place when he moved to Central Virginia 20 years ago where he runs Cabin Creekwood, a vacation rental business near Waynesboro with his wife Debbie. Stan say he will never grow tired of the variety…
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The states of Virginia and North Carolina share many beautiful things – mountains and forests, farmland and coast, rich heritage and friendly towns. They also share the 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway and an appreciation for the many talented artists who live along its route.
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The Waynesboro Players are presenting the world premiere of the locally written Shenandoah Moon, a fictional account of the story of the seizure of land from mountain families to clear the way for the development of the Skyline Drive and the Shenandoah National Park in the 1930s. AFP editor Chris Graham reporting. Includes a sneak…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The Skyline Drive has been given the designation of National Historic Landmark by U.S. Secretary of Interior Dirk Kempthorne. “This designation reminds Virginians of what an extraordinary national treasure we have in the Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway, that portion of the road extending beyond Shenandoah National Park,”…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Six historic overlooks in the Shenandoah National Park are on the hook for modifications to make the compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Architectural Barriers Act – but first the National Park Service wants to know what you think about the whole deal.
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Shenandoah National Park is temporarily closing the Marys Rock-Appalachian Trail trailhead to accommodate the removal of buildings in the Panorama area of the park at the intersection of U.S. 211 and Skyline Drive.
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Shenandoah National Park is planning an aerial-spraying program aimed at suppressing exotic gypsy-moth caterpillars along sections of the Skyline Drive corridor. The program will begin in mid-May, a park spokesman said today. The effort is being undertaken because gypsy-moth levels have built over the course of the past two years…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Teens ages 15 to 18 can apply now for a position in the Shenandoah National Park Youth Conservation Corps program. Applications for the program are being accepted through the middle of April for the program, which provides jobs and educational experiences to teens who work to maintain park trails, roads,…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It took a year to get from the first public announcement to the groundbreaking. The question now is, how long does it take to go from groundbreaking at the new SRI International Center for Advanced Drug Research in Rockingham County to the point where we start referring to the Valley…
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Fire managers in Shenandoah National Park have called off a planned prescribed burn in Big Meadows because of “increasingly unfavorable” weather conditions.
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