Goshen News

The failure Monday afternoon of one of the gates at the Lake Merriweather dam poses no immediate danger to the public, Rockbridge County emergency management coordinator Robert Foresman emphasized from the Goshen site later this evening.

Work has already begun on Rockbridge County's reassessments for 2011. Commissioner of the Revenue David Whitesell stated this week that the appraisers for the county's general reassessment are currently working in the Glasgow and Goshen areas of the county.

Rockbridge County on Monday came to the aid of the town of Goshen. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to provide up to $250,000 to Goshen so it can proceed with a $2.7 million project to replace the town's aging water system.

Pete Adams at Goshen Pass. Adams returned, wounded, from the Iraq war to recuperate at his Rockbridge County home before rejoining the metal band Baroness.

The snow didn't stop a special train from stopping in Goshen Saturday morning. Santa, along with some U.S. Marines, hopped out of the train, visited with families, handed out candy, and picked up toys for the Toys for Tots program before continuing on to Craigsville and Staunton.

The project to replace the picnic shelter at Goshen Pass came together when the community found out over two years ago that VDOT was planning to demolish the restrooms and shelter.

Jack Furst, chairman of the National Scouting Center project, surveys a 10,600-acre site in Fayette County where the Boy Scouts of America hopes to build a high-adventure base and a permanent home for its national Jamboree, an event that attracts up to 40,000 Scouts and 200,000 visitors.

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

The Rockbridge area remains under a flood warning today, Thursday, as the remnants of a tropical storm continues to batter this area of the East Coast.

Cline said he is looking forward to returning to Richmond to work with a Republican Governor for the first time where he will work for the people and not the other way around.

Steven Glen Allen of 904 Old Whitehill Road, Stuarts Draft, and Shanna Jane Fainter of 19 Knous Lane, Stuarts Draft were married Sept.

Women's group set to meet: Valley Women's Connection of Greater Staunton Area will meet 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. Oct.

The prospect of a national Boy Scout jamboree in Goshen may no longer be an issue, but there are still concerns about the dam at Lake Merriweather among residents who live along the Maury River.

Quilting group schedules meeting: The Quilting Group will meet 10 a.m.-noon Wednesday at Goshen Public Library, 1124 Virginia Ave.

The twisty gravel road rises and falls, clinging at times to a steep, rocky hillside called Hogback Mountain.

WEEMS - Matthew and Dawn Hinkle announce the birth of a son, Austin Matthew Hinkle, born Aug.

Sim Franklin Fitzgerald and Tina Marie Adams, both of 14 Fitz's Lane, Greenville, were married Aug.

The news that the national Scout jamboree wouldn't be coming to Goshen was heralded by some as victory for maintaining the environmental sanctity of the area and by others as a lost opportunity for desperately needed economic growth.

The Boy Scouts of America's decided Tuesday it won't be bringing its national jamboree to Rockbridge County and turned its attention to a possible site in West Virginia.

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