Fincastle News

Dr. Max and Nancy Bertholf of Daleville celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary on June 21.A Dr.

Annabelle is a border collie/hound mix that Jay Moore of Fincastle adopted from the League of Animal Protection in February.

If you drive through Fincastle very often, you may have noticed that the old Captain's Tavern and Bill's Seafood location is the site of a brand new Italian restaurant called Leonardo's. Botetourt County community journalist Cathy Benson has a little bit more info on her blog .

The Miss Virginia pageant is going on this week at the Roanoke Civic Center and one of the contestants is Madison Van Duyne of Fincastle, competing as Miss Central Virginia.

This week the Botetourt View is covering some of the nine classes held for Journey the Botetourt County Public School's program for the gifted and talented.

Joel Branscom isn't pictured in the Sol Revolt band photo online yet, so he posed with the band members in his office recently.

Youth from Fincastle and St Mark's UMC's particpate in sponge tag. School's out and so are the students.

Jake Cress is a gifted cabinetmaker in Fincastle, Virginia. Besides traditional pieces in the Chippendale vein, he makes whimsical "animated furniture," several pieces of which can be viewed on his site.

This moth probably never planned on being dinner! It's Terrific Tuesday again. How's everything in your neck of the woods? Thirty years ago today I married my college sweetheart Bobby Benson and thought I would grow old along with him.

Justin Barnard's ability to eat small amounts of peanut products has "taken a huge bit of stress off us," said his mother, Melissa Barnard.

Trent Smith gets his fingerprints electronically entered with the help of Mason Doug Ross.

Buchanan's America Legion Post color guard at Relay for Life. Hey it's Terrific Tuesday again! How's everything in your neck of the woods? On Saturday I met with P-38 Lightning fighter pilot and WWII veteran Allan OwenA of Eagle Rock and a two plus hour interview transpired.

NATURAL BRIDGE - The Steel Block Bandit Late Model racing series made its inaugural visit to Natural Bridge Speedway a few weeks later than originally planned.

Officials are crafting a boundary-adjustment proposal in Troutville that would approximately triple the tiny town's area.

Catherine Teaford with a sugar bowl in the Horseshoe pattern of Depression Glass on display at Fincastle Library.

A Salem man linked to break-ins in three counties pleaded guilty Tuesday in Botetourt County Circuit Court to several thefts near Buchanan and Fincastle.

It's always cold when the Blackberries are in bloom! It's Terrific Tuesday again-- how's everything in your neck of the woods? This morning at my house at 6:22 a.m. it was a balmy 32 degrees and yes, on the 19th day of May we had frost.

Christian Obenshain graduted from JAG school. Proud Parents Joe and Marcia Obenshain submitted this! First Lieutanant J. Christian Obenshain graduated from the U.S. Army's Judge Advocate General's School, receiving recognition on the Commandant's List, on May 6, 2009 in Charlottesville, VA.

The Virginia Association of Free Clinics announced that its Board of Directors has approved the application for membership of the Christian Free Clinic in Botetourt at its May 8th meeting in Charlottesvelle.

Johnny Harris and Bob Morrison listen to Morrison winning the 1940-72 antique vehicle division with his 1953 Chevy.