Fincastle News

David Austin & Friends will perform three Christmas concerts this year, two in Botetourt County and one in Roanoke County.

One of Leonardo's top sellers is a veggie pizza with green peppers, mushrooms, onions, black olives, tomatoes, garlic and cheese.

When the First Baptist Church in Gainsboro burned in 1995, a local architect wanted to save the ruins -- four walls and the tower.

On Thursday, October 8, 2009, Breckinridge Elementary in Fincastle was visited by a unique guest.

Susan Guill glues together a lampshade at Roanoke's Mario Industries, which manufactures lamps and lighting fixtures.

Fall Sale at Fincastle United Methodist Church is October 24. The rooms are beginning to fill up with treasures over at the Fincastle United Methodist Church Family Life Center.

Child Id program continues and is sponsored by Free Masons and Eastern Star members around Virginia and this group at Fincastle During the Fincastle Heritage Days, Freemasons and Eastern Star members provided a community service to parents and children by providing them with free identification hardcopy and CDs.

Award-winning guitarist Cheryl Lunsford will be appearing. 11 a.m. Pleasant Dale Church Of The Brethren, Breckinridge Mill Road, Fincastle.

After asking for $2.65 million but finding no buyer, then lowering the price to $1.85 million with no luck, the church organization that owns Camp Fincastle in Botetourt County is now putting the 476-acre property up for auction.

The Fincastle Library is offering a new Story Hour program each Tuesday morning at 10:00. Bouncing Baby Lapsit is for children from 3 months old up to two years, and their parents or caregivers.

FINCASTLE, VA, September 21, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Faye Owen Caldwell, Co-Owner of Caldwell Mountain Copper, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of coppersmithing.

After years of planning, Lewis-Gale Medical Center is moving closer to breaking ground on a medical office building at the Daleville Town Center.

The biographer for a former Army reservist involved in the Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal says the soldier's agent should stop using a Web site designed to promote the book and instead build his own "to promote Lynndie England, 'the celebrity."' In his response to a lawsuit over copyright and financial issues, Virginia writer Gary Winkler ...

Denise Sprinkle is a hard working teacher who has taught 31 years in Botetourt County.

Next weekend in Fincastle, you can take a journey back in time while checking out some live music and plenty of food.

Former Army reservist Lynndie England is suing the biographer who wrote the book she hoped would tell her side of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal and salvage her image.

In the September newsletter of Virginia Wine Lovers Magazine, publisher Frank C. Britt lists the Rockbridge Wine Festival, to be held at Lime Kiln on Saturday September 12 from noon to 5 p.m., as a "don't miss" along with the Virginia Wine Festival in Centreville on September 19 and 20.

The principals of James River High School and Lord Botetourt High School presented plaques of appreciation to both elected boards in Botetourt at the Football game on Friday, Aug.

Attic Productions in Fincastle is calling for auditions for "Papa's Angels: A Christmas Story," a musical set in the Appalachian Mountains about an widower and his family facing their first Christmas without their beloved wife and mother.

Seasonal flu vaccine is now available in Roanoke and surrounding communities. The Roanoke and Alleghany Health Districts will offer the vaccine in a series of seasonal flu clinics throughout the area, beginning Thursday, September 3, 2009.