Mount Jackson News

The Board of Supervisors meets at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Supervisors plan to consider a resolution to adopt the 2012 Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan and an amendment to the county code pertaining to the conservation easement program.

Scott Asbell, 21, a rising senior at James Madison University, inspects the pinsetter equipment at Shenandoah Bowling Lanes that was installed in 1958.

Most of the towns will hold hearings next week on their proposed fiscal 2014 budgets and rates for water and sewer service.

Mt. Jackson's town council received former town manager Clark Draper's sudden resignation on Monday but some have said that he was forced out.

Efforts to study the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office remain bogged down by communication issues, a criticized study and a growing list of questions.

Turnover among top government officials in the region has hit another peak with a retirement, a resignation and a departure for another job.

Clark W. Draper III resigned Monday as town manager of Mt. Jackson after less than a year on the job.

Shenandoah County The Board of Supervisors meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the county government center.

A lmost 100 years ago, on Feb. 25, 1915, the Augusta County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution honoring an extraordinary individual who had served on the board for 21 years until his retirement in 1912.

The coming of the railroad to Warren County resulted in a large influx of Irish to the area, so much so that an entire section of Front Royal became known as "New Dublin" for its Irish population.