Mount Crawford News

The Get Alarmed, Virginia! smoke alarm installation and education campaign, now in its eleventh year of helping to prevent fire related deaths and injuries across the Commonwealth by installing smoke alarms in at-risk homes, potentially saved 5 more lives in the Mt.

A Mount Crawford woman says smoke alarms saved her family's lives after their house was struck by lightning.

Membership meeting: 3 p.m. The Waynesboro Heritage Foundation meeting will feature a PowerPoint presentation of the book 'Images of America: Waynesboro' by Elizabeth Spilman Massie and Cortney Skinner.

The local county and municipal ballots for the Nov. 3 general election took shape with last week's filing deadline for candidates.

MOUNT CRAWFORD - Rebel 95.5 radio station's Saturday morning line-up will include "The Skyline Sports Show." A cast of the area's most recognized sports experts will host the live two-hour show at 8 a.m. Saturdays beginning in August.

For more than 60 years, Mrs. Rowe's Restaurant in Staunton has been luring hungry travelers and townspeople with its authentic, homemade Southern entrees and desserts.

Wellington's Mt Crawford Jail is to reopen next month because of a recent increase in the national prison population.

Weather caused a lot of problems for one Mt. Crawford family Tuesday morning. Rain fell and puddles gathered in front of a home on the 3000 block of Cross Keys Road.

Green Valley Auctions has begun offering in-state moving services. The Mount Crawford company is now known as Green Valley Auctions and Moving, according to a news release.

Religion Calendar Posted 2009-05-30 SATURDAY >>COWBOY CHURCH OF VIRGINIA services will be held at Riverview Farms, off Va.

The choice of being able to buy necessities over luxury items is easy. However for those facing hardships from the economy and rate increases for utilities are leading some to have to decide what necessities they can afford.

MOUNT CRAWFORD -Augusta Area Retired Educators met May 7 at Mrs. Rowe's Country Buffet to award the Carrie Cook Scholarship and to install officers.

Allegheny Power customers in the Northern Shenandoah Valley will see their bills go up an average of 6 percent beginning this summer.

School band to host Jazz Social: The Wilson Memorial High School Band will host a Jazz Social at 7 p.m. today at the school at 189 Hornet Drive.

MOUNT CRAWFORD, Va. - Roscoe Vernon Alexander, of South Main Street, Mount Crawford, died Saturday, May 16, 2009, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Harrisonburg.

MOUNT CRAWFORD - The AARP, Staunton Chapter 1650, met May 5 at Rowe's Country Buffet.

Five employees of Mount Crawford-based Riddleberger Brothers Inc. were recently awarded the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional designation.

Daniel Van Pelt was driving the Ford Escort when he was allegedly hit by Ovidio Rivera.

MOUNT CRAWFORD - Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative plans to increase its service area and customer base by about 130 percent within the next year.

Jeff Hutchens of Waynesboro and Sandie Donald of Buena Vista announce the engagement of their daughter, Stephanie Grace Hutchens of Mount Crawford, to Robert Michael Weiss of Nokesville.