Boones Mill News

July 11, 2009 "Bluegrass on the Maggodee" to benefit children's therapy Bluegrass lovers will want to make their way out to Boones Mill Saturday afternoon.

Surrounded by relatives, Dick, 70, and Loretta McGarry, 68, who have been married 50 years, renew their wedding vows at Our Lady of Nazareth Catholic Church on Sunday.

The Franklin County Board of Supervisors wants to work with the Town of Rocky Mount on eliminating a hazard at the dam on the Pigg River.

A Boones Mill man is preparing to leave on a cross country trip in his 1920 Model T Ford coupe.

Woman whose Sea-Doo collided with pontoon boat over holiday weekend listed in fair condition.

In the letter she left at the orphanage, Katherine Morris pleaded with social workers to treat her baby boy right.

May 29, 2009 A Broadway hit revived, features Franklin County actor Grisetti is from Boones Mill and we've caught up with him when he's gone back to talk to the Franklin County High School Drama Club.

A three-judge panel in Franklin County Circuit Court ruled unanimously Thursday that Ben Flora will remain mayor of Boones Mill.

Frank Biscari of Boones Mill sends us this photo with the message: "I thought your readers could use a laugh.

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office has arrested a woman and her daughter charged in a bank robbery last year.

May 13, 2009 Mother and daughter accused of bank robbery in Franklin Co. arrested in Las Vegas News7 was on the scene not long after the bank robbery in Boones Mill happened last July.

Town residents will soon welcome clean water from their faucets thanks to stimulus funds announced this week.

Kimberly Jones, a guidance counselor at Callaway Elementary School, has been named Franklin County's Teacher of the Year for 2010.

Actor Josh Grisetti, a former resident of Franklin County who grew up in Boones Mill, has been nominated for awards for his performances in off-Broadway and Broadway shows.

In addition to placing warning signs, city officials said they met with people in Garden City, Riverland/Walnut Hill and Old Southwest to try to reduce the inconvenience to drivers.

Sixteen teachers have been nominated by their schools for Franklin County's Teacher of the Year for 2010.

The third annual Maggodee Children's Fishing Rodeo will be held Saturday, April 25.

The kindergartners at Boones Mill Elementary School learned recently that trees are more than just trees.

Teens listen to Ill Omen perform at Southside 220. Joey Coleman is the drummer with the band Madrone.

Twenty-two eateries are vying to see who will win "Best Hot Dog in Franklin County 2009." The contest, organized by the Franklin County Retail Merchants Association, features hot dogs at a variety of places throughout the county, including three at Smith Mountain Lake.