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Placing First At State

Placing First At State

The Gobblelicious 5 Destination Imagination team from Maury River Middle School placed first in the Fine Arts Challenge, Flip the Script, at the state DI tournament last month. Team members included (from left) Emma Johnson, Joshua Hughes, Coach Sarah Schultz, Maddie David, Brigette Aguilar and Dasha Billias. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

MRMS Band Director Wins District Award

MRMS Band Director Wins District Award

Maury River Middle School band director Matt Schucker has been dedicated to helping students grow through music for 17 years. In February, he was selected for the Virginia Band and Orchestra Director’s Association District 5 Educator of the Year award. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM 2

Government Notices

Government Notices

FY 2024 Proposed Budget, Capital Improvement Plan, Agency Funding Requests Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be conducted by the Lexington City Council on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. during its regular meeting, held in the first floor meeting room of the Rockbridge County Administrative Offices, 150 South Main Street, Lexington, to solicit input on the Proposed FY 2024 budget, the Capital Improvements Plan (CIP) for the period FY 2024-2028, and FY 2024 agency funding requests. City Council will take comments offered at the hearing into account. Citizens are strongly encouraged to submit public comment in writing to the following email address: jhostetter@lexingtonva. gov, by US Mail to City Manager’s Office, 300 East Washington Street, Lexington VA, 24450, or by leaving it in the City’s drop box at the rear of the building (facing the parking lot) and addressed to the City Manager’s Office. Comments will be distributed to City Council and entered into the minutes as public record. Copies of the proposed budget documents under consideration are on the City’s Finance page of the website. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

Costs Rising For Innovation Center Project

Costs Rising For Innovation Center Project

Estimated costs for planned renovations to the Rockbridge County schools’ Innovation (formerly Floyd S. Kay) Center are climbing and could possibly affect the timetable for construction. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

W&L Wall Reimagined

W&L Wall Reimagined

Chapel Work Slated For Summer 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

Races Shaping Up For This Fall

Races Shaping Up For This Fall

Contested races are taking shape for at least two of the three Rockbridge area seats in reconfigured districts of the Virginia General Assembly. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

No Tax Increases Proposed For BV

No Tax Increases Proposed For BV

Five percent pay raises for city employees and no tax or fee increases are included in a proposed budget for fiscal year 2024 that Buena Vista City Council will consider next month. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

Lexington Budget Features Fee Hike

Lexington Budget Features Fee Hike

The Lexington City Council held its first budget work session of the year last week and will hold additional work sessions tomorrow and next week ahead of a scheduled public hearing on the budget on April 20. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

Warner Talks Water Improvements

Warner Talks Water Improvements

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner speaks outside the Maury Service Authority’s pump station at a ceremony Tuesday afternoon unveiling plans for the MSA’s new raw water pump station. Warner spoke of the importance of the pump station for the Rockbridge community and highlighted that it was one of several long-term projects that the MSA is working on to improve access to water for MSA customers. Warner and Sen. Tim Kaine secured a $3 million grant for Rockbridge County to be put toward the cost of the project in the Senate appropriations bill for the 2023-24 fiscal year. The bill was approved by both houses of Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on Dec. 31. (Hope Huger photo) 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

‘Ben Cline, Did You Know?’

‘Ben Cline, Did You Know?’

04/12/2023 01:00 AM

Kesterson Given NWS Award

Kesterson Given NWS Award

Recognized For Being A Weather Observer For 55 Years 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

RC Track And Field Team Wins Three Events

RC Track And Field Team Wins Three Events

Winning three events, the Rockbridge County High School outdoor track and field teams had many strong performances in their first meet of the season on March 29 at Broadway. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

Rockbridge Baths Resident Claims Dirt Showcase At Bristol

Rockbridge Baths Resident Claims Dirt Showcase At Bristol

By Jonathan Schwab 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

PM Nets Win Over Alleghany

PM Nets Win Over Alleghany

The Parry McCluer High School girls tennis team improved to 2-0 by earning a 6-3 road win over Alleghany on Tuesday of last week. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

VMI Third In Boxing Tourney

VMI Third In Boxing Tourney

The Virginia Military Institute boxing club team, called the Regulators, placed third overall in the 2023 United States Intercollegiate Boxing Association National Tournament, which was held in VMI’s Cocke Hall March 23-25. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

VIRGINIA McCURDY

VIRGINIA McCURDY

Virginia “Jince” Niceley McCurdy, 97, died peacefully at home in Altoona, Fla., on Dec. 5, 2022. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

KENNETH MOORE

Kenneth Frazier Moore, 84, of Lexington died Monday, April 3, 2023, at Shenandoah Valley Health and Rehab in Buena Vista. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

JOHN GOODBAR

Stanley Todd Lowry, 95, died April 10, 2023, at his home in Lexington after a brief illness. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

In Memory

TRIXIE JENKINS ACEY Born 29 October 1933 Died 10 April 2020 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

SAM PATTON

Samuel Kinnear Patton died peacefully on April 5, 2023, at age 93 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

JOHN GOODBAR

John Cameron Goodbar passed away on April 8, 2023. 04/12/2023 01:00 AM

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