Mount Solon News

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Joseph Hagadone of Mount Solon, Va., graduated cum laude from the University of North Dakota on May 16.

MOUNT SOLON - Hank Williams Chandler of Verona and Jennifer Lynn Thompson of Mount Solon were married June 6 at Spring Meadows.

The department of environmental quality is getting the word out, about the need to improve area creeks They held a meeting Thursday evening in Mount Solon, to discuss some possible causes of pollution and options to improve the water quality.

STAUNTON - Gangs, alcohol, drugs and unhealthy relationships and their effect on children will be the focus of a community panel discussion Friday in Staunton City Council chambers.

The Greene County School Board heard heated comments about revising its policy on electronic communication devices in schools at its regularly scheduled meeting Wednesday, May 13.

The Valley, for many, provides a stress-free environment. For Hank Chandler, this rings true, as he takes to the hills on his 2001 Suzuki GSX-R motorcycle.

Guidance counselors worked Tuesday at Fort Defiance High School with students grieving the loss of a sophomore who died Monday.

Investigators say a gun-cleaning accident killed a teenage boy in Augusta County Monday afternoon.

The mother of an accidental shooting victim in Mount Solon remembers her son. She says her son, 16-year-old Andrew Wesley Simmons, was cleaning his gun when it went off around 3 p.m. Monday, killing him.

Authorities do not believe foul play was involved Monday in the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy at a Mount Solon residence.

WAYNESBORO - Randall and Karen Fortune announce the engagement of their daughter, Kristen Elizabeth Fortune of Waynesboro, to Martin Luther Driver IV, son of M.L. and Melissa Driver of Mount Solon.

MOUNT SOLON - Charlene Howdyshell Long, 79, of Mount Solon passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2009, at her home.

MOUNT SOLON - The North River Telephone Cooperative is considering a sale to Shentel, and will conduct a meeting for co-op members at 7:30 p.m. June 1 at the Sangersville Towers Ruritan Hall gym to consider the offer.

Rebecca Derrow of Staunton and Luke Talley of Mount Solon announce their engagement.

Greene's supervisors unanimously approved an amendment to the county ordinance that raises lodging taxes on visitors from two percent to five percent at their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday, April 14.

MOUNT SOLON - Jesse Minor Propst Jr., 78, of Mount Solon passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2009, at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital.

Sens. Mark Obenshain, R-Harrisonburg, and Emmett Hanger, R-Mount Solon, joined other Senate Republicans on Wednesday in opposing a portion of the federal stimulus money to be used for unemployment compensation.

The Greene County Board of Supervisors is expected to vote on a proposed amendment to the county ordinance to raise a lodging tax on visitors from two percent to five percent, at its regularly scheduled meeting April 14.

The 2009 Jan - Mar Weight Loss Challenge winners announced! Monday, March 30 was the culmination of the Biggest Looser of 09 Weight Loss Challenge.

MOUNT SOLON - North River 4-H Club met March 23 at North River Elementary School.