Mary Baldwin College News

An untold story of the Civil War will be unveiled Saturday during a symposium hosted by the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation.

STAUNTON - Southern Virginia used a strong second half Wednesday night to pull away from Mary Baldwin College for a 75-61 victory in women's basketball play.

Tom Woodhouse of Genoa, Wis., Laurie Woodhouse of Westby, Wis., and Paul and Judy Hatcher of Staunton announce the engagement of their children, Sarah Lynn Woodhouse to Brandon Lee Hatcher.

Food shoppers invited to support local schools: Customers at Food Lion, Martin's and Kroger stores can support local schools by registering their discount cards.

Music Center to present Thanksgiving Music Holiday: Garth Newel Music Center will present A Thanksgiving Music Holiday at 4 p.m. Thursday, 7 p.m. Friday and 11 am.

STAUNTON - A Staunton man accused of beating and robbing a Mary Baldwin College student had two felony charges certified to the grand jury Wednesday following a preliminary hearing in general district court.

A new study shows that Virginia has the second dirtiest waterways in the entire country.

STAUNTON -- A loud siren that howled through downtown Staunton about 10:40 a.m. was a system test at Mary Baldwin College.

WAYNESBORO - Doris Faye Webb McLear, 77, of 1054 Jefferson Ave., Waynesboro, died Thursday, Nov.

M>ary Baldwin College celebrates another odd-numbered year with their biannual presentation of a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta.

Mary Baldwin College in Staunton held an early Veterans Day ceremony Friday. It was put together by cadets from the Virginia Women In Leadership program or "VWIL". "We're honoring the veterans and men and women in uniform.

Two of the most celebrated classical-music performers in the nation - cellist Andrew Gabbert and flutist Elizabeth Brightbill - will grace the Francis Auditorium stage at Mary Baldwin College on Sunday in the latest installment of the college's Sunday Recital Series.

STAUNTON - The fall theater season takes a comic turn as the Mary Baldwin College theater department presents "The Pirates of Penzance" beginning Wednesday.

STAUNTON - To see Nan Brown, Betty Landes and Lucille Salatin throw their arms around one other and jokingly do the can-can in Rockette fashion while posing for photos, you wouldn't guess that between the three of them they had 60 years of service volunteering at the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum.

STAUNTON - Everyone has those defining moments. The ones you hold onto forever.

Fletcher and Margaret Collins' lives were filled by many sources. The Mary Baldwin College theater professor and playwright, who together built the Oak Grove Theater, found joy in theater, visual art, music and, perhaps most of all, people.

STAUNTON - The annual downtown holiday shopping kickoff will feature plenty of sidewalk entertainment this year.

STAUNTON - A walking tour was conducted Wednesday at Mary Baldwin College as part of the beginning phase of the school's plan to plant native grasses and flowers.

STAUNTON - Aimee Sanford, 18, laid her Halloween costume on her bed: a tomato soup-colored sweater, red skirt, knee socks, lens-less glasses and Mary-Jane shoes.

Students and faculty at Mary Baldwin College plan to remove half an acre of ornamental grass on campus, and replace it with native grass.