Virginia City News

The Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows honored State Senator Bernice Martin Mathews with the Distinguished Service Award at its 33rd annual banquet at the Silver Legacy Resort Casino Nov.

Submitted By Barbara Neddenriep An historic building in downtown Wellington is home for dolls from around the world, puppets, teddy bears, doll houses, nutcrackers, antique dolls, handmade pull toys, antique toy trucks and cars, and children's rocking chairs lovingly collected for over 60 years by Margaret Parsons representing five generations.

Lacy J. Dalton The Lacy J. Dalton concert oN Nov. 28 at 7:30 p.m., will benefit Virginia City's Piper's Opera House, a nonprofit dear to Lacy's heart.

Accolades to organizers of the Virginia City Veteran's Day Parade held November 11th annually at the 11th hour of the 11th month of the year in honor of the signing of the armistice ending World War I. Besides saluting America's Vets during the parade, veterans were also guests at the free luncheon spaghetti feed held at the VC Senior Center, ...

They'd been coming to the Virginia City Veterans Day parade for two decades, and Wednesday was no exception.

Piper's Opera House in Virginia City gets plenty of attention inside; tonday the outside was the primary focus.

Hollywood on the Comstock. That was the headline in the Nevada Appeal last weekend, as columnist Sue Morrow detailed how a Virginia City resident is hoping to attract Hollywood filmmakers to our area.

The Dayton High School Marching Band marched through their 2009 season proudly, despite much to set them back.

James Clark on the set of "Wild Wild West," which is just one of the close to 250 movies that Clark has worked on.

The Nevada Writers Hall of Fame will induct its newest members on Thursday -- Las Vegas author H. Lee Barnes, whose work often looks into the lives of working-class characters of the Southwest and of war veterans; and the Sagebrush School -- a group of writers who chronicled life in Virginia City and on the Comstock Lode 150 years ago.

Operation Christmas Child has a goal of filling 8,800 shoe boxes and is seeking donations and help of volunteers Nov.

Set in the heart of Carson City, this historical home started its life in Virginia City in 1910.

Back of the House Cooking School, Vintage Wine Shop and RENO magazine present the first in a series of 'Perfect Pairings' food and wine evenings from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Nov.

Of all the holidays, I think that Halloween has to be the best. Not necessarily the most meaningful but the most enjoyable.

Spectators can see President Abraham Lincoln, 200 years old this year, riding in a horse and buggy Saturday in the Nevada Day parade in Carson City.

As far as public records are concerned, Jack Hursh's house on Vine Street came into this world in 1893 or maybe 1892, a small frame building, curiously out of time and place for the era.

We drive or walk by them every day. The former school house that serves as an arts center, the unusual museum, the gingerbread mansion, the tiny railroad depot.

For more local events, or to upload your group's event on our community calendar, go to nevadaappeal.com/calendar. Tuesday Swing dancing, 6:30- 9:30 p.m., El Charro Avitia's Restaurant, 4389 S. Carson St.

The Ghost of Mark Twain, McAvoy Layne, will be performing at p.m. Friday, Nov. 13 at the Gold Hill Hotel in Virginia City for Mark Twain's 174th Birthday.

Former Virginia City High School teacher William Allen Beeson was sentenced Friday to 12 months in the Storey County Jail, fined $2,000 and ordered to register as a sex offender for 15 years after pleading guilty in August to charges that he sexually assaulted a former student.