Beaverdam News

Riverside Baptist Church, 20057 Teman Road in Beaverdam will hold a yard and bake sale on June 2, starting at 7 a.m. The Missionary Ministry of Zion Hill Baptist Church, 10411 Cooktown Road, will celebrate Annual Friends and Family Day on May 27 at 11:15 a.m. The worship service will be held outside, with a cookout to follow.

A Beaverdam man will spend at least eight years in prison for a crime he says he doesn't remember.

Bettie Rose Carter, 73, of Spotsylvania County went home to be with her Savior on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at Golden Living Center of Fredericksburg.

Only 26 people spoke, but the auditorium was standing-room-only at the Board of Supervisors' budget public hearing April 4. Residents were able to share their views on any aspects of the $364.7 million budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2013, which includes a $199.4 million general fund.

Beaverdam Elementary School and Mechanicsville Elementary School are among 92 schools in Virginia to receive the designation of "Title I Distinguished Schools." Those two schools represent Hanover County Public Schools, according to a report recently released by the Virginia Board of Education.