Elkton News

It was a cold day but the sentiments were warm, even emotional. As a light rain fell outside the Monger Shelter in Elkton's Stonewall Memorial Park, the Veterans Day ceremony, arranged by Haze Crider and the Elkton Neighborhood Watch, honored all American veterans, and in particular fallen Marine Lance Cpl.

The town council meeting Monday night had several highlights, including a good review of last year's budget by the town auditor and a strong report of activity by the town's new Chief of Police Kevin Whitfield.

Elkton Mayor Larry Bompiani says the town had three candidates for the new Chief of Police position.

Lt. Col. Mark Dotson addresses the crowd Monday during the Coors Veterans Group's annual Veterans Day event.

More people in America suffer from epilepsy than from muscular dystrophy, yet so little is known about epilepsy that the mere mention of the disease can arouse fright.

A local group wants to bring a major research facility to town, and - with the Town of Elkton as the official applicant - has sent a proposal to the U.S. Department of Energy for $100 million in funds to establish the Elkton Energy Research Quadrangle park on the town-owned former Kite property.

With the temperature rising only into the high 40s the Elkton Autumn Days and Fall Festival events got underway Saturday morning - with a few gaps in vendors' tents along B Street and smaller crowds than usual both there and at the festival in Blue Ridge Park.

Heritage Day activities may be gone this year from the Elkton Elementary School curriculum, but there is still much of the town's past that is being taught.

The Elkton Town Council Monday decided to give the town's 1,126 water customers a rebate spread over three months.

2. Arson, Attempted Murder Case Delayed 2009-10-17 HARRISONBURG - The case against an Elkton man accused of trying to set a house full of people on fire has been delayed.

Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Elkton on Sunday celebrated its past - by marking the church's 25th anniversary - and looked to the future as well, by holding a groundbreaking for a new fellowship hall.

The 23rd annual running of the Elkton Progressive Improvement Committee's Elkton Autumn Days, and the 26th running of the Junior Order's Elkton Fall Festival, will take place this Saturday and Sunday, Oct.

In the best of cases, he'll have a big day ahead of him. Otherwise, he'll have a little more than a big day - 26 hours? 28? 3. From Beisbol To Baseball To Board of Supervisors 2009-05-16 A Cuban boy growing up in the '40s and '50s faced one major early decision: boxing or baseball.

For the third year in a row, the Spotswood High School SkillsUSA Club, mentored by teacher Mike Davis, won the hall-decoration contest during the school's homecoming celebration last week.

The town council at its second quarterly retreat last week met at the Merck-restored Cooley House to discuss several questions.

In the excitement provided by a new fall television season, the controversy of healthcare reform, an approaching World Series, and the pleasures of Twitter, iPods, satellite radio and related technologies, is America's heritage - and with it, Elkton's own local heritage.

Since opening in October of 2006, the Elkton Area Community Center has grown steadily in programs, participants and paid membership.

SATURDAY >>BETHLEHEM BRETHREN CHURCH, Pleasant Hill Road, will hold a community yard and church bake sale from 7 a.m.-1 p.m. >>HARRISONBURG CHURCH OF CHRIST, 25 Maryland Ave., will hold its annual fall festival beginning at 10 a.m. Activities include horseshoes, volleyball, croquet, bounce house , badminton, soccer and bingo .

The town council meeting Monday night was noteworthy for its aura of good feelings and absence of tense argument.

Shenandoah Elementary Librarian Sharon Senn, dressed as the Statue of Liberty, reads to students on Constitution Day - Sept.