Elkton News

A fire has severely damaged a trailer in Page County. It happened near Elkton around 1 p.m. Friday on Sunny Lane.

The PTA's Sports Night and Winter Carnival at Elkton Middle School has been over for a week, but it is still fresh in the memory of Rockingham Count Sheriff Deputy Kevin Dofflemyer, Elkton Police Lt.

The Elkton Volunteer Fire Company got what it was looking for last week - inking of tentative approval of its loan application by the Cooperative Programs arm of the state Department of Agriculture.

Coinciding with the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, George Hansbrough of Shenandoah gave a 45-minute talk on the life and political career of Lincoln at the Miller-Kite House museum on Saturday, Jan.

Mary Frances Lam of Blue Ridge Independent Church sits behind hygiene and baby kits which will go to Haiti.

Bryan Frymyer and Scott Dovel face off with their radio-controlled race cars, which can reach up to 40 mph.

On the morning after New Year's, in frigid temperatures, more than 30 volunteers helped cut wood at an Elkton farm to help dozens of families stay warm this winter.

ELKTON The Elkton Town Council, at its monthly meeting Monday, heard from Councilman Rick Workman about the trip he took to Washington, D.C. last week with Town Manager Reid Wodicka and Mayor Larry Bompiani, to visit with staff members of Virginia Senators James Webb and Mark Warner to seek federal funds for the town.

In 2005, Elkton seemed ready to pull a rabbit out of a hat. The town would turn a vacated jeans factory into a community recreation facility without incurring any significant drain on the town treasury.

At its regular membership meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 5, the members of the Elkton Volunteer Fire Company voted to approve the acquisition by the fire company of the 30,000-square-foot former Dick Myers Chevrolet-Pontiac car dealership, a move which would increase the organization's floor footage exponentially.

Three Elkton officials will travel this week to Washington, D.C. to meet with staff of Virginia's two senators, Mark Warner and James Webb, to ask for a $10 million gift to pay for town infrastructure.

Deputies in Page County are kicking off the new year by investigating an old crime.

Elkton Family and Children's Medical Clinic Director Pete Hill accepts a $3,500 donation from McGaheysville-Massanutten Lions Club President Pat Nemmers.

Some Rockingham County residents say Massanutten Resort isn't the only area in the county where short-term rentals are raising concerns.

At Journey ' s Crossing, two dozen residents at tables in the dining room watched as the group of 16 members of the Watch organization lined up to begin singing " " About halfway through the first verse, half a dozen began singing along or tapping on the table.

The nearly-finished year was a good one for the Elkton Police Department, due to the efforts of former Chief James "Jim" Morris, recently-appointed Chief Kevin Whitfield, and the entire force.

A total of about 20 inches of snow engulfed the eastern area of Rockingham County Friday night and into Saturday, causing brisk business for tow trucks along U.S. 33 pulling cars out of ditches, and shutting down most businesses almost all of Saturday in Grottoes, Elkton and Shenandoah.

Elkton Middle School's video history of Elkton began with a visit to the Elkton Welcome Center a month ago by EMS sixth grade teacher Becky Pierce.

A horse-drawn wagon carrying 20 carolers from a local church crashed into this utility pole along Stanley's Main Street on Tuesday evening after being struck by a car.

Dee-jay Tim May was playing "Here comes Santa Claus, Here Comes Santa Claus . . . ." from the back porch of the Elkton Town Hall.