Family ties: Man restores home shared by nine generations of relatives

WOODSTOCK -- Despite battles with everything from Indians to time itself, nine consecutive generations of the Sheetz family at some point have called a single house along Narrow Passage Creek home.

For one local dad, every day is take your child to work day

FRONT ROYAL -- For most people who walk through the doors of Ramsey Hardware, the store is simply a place to get a key cut or pick up a box of nails.

Making split ends meet: Salon offers area children free haircuts, school supplies

KERNSTOWN -- Several hundred youngsters will start classes with new school supplies and new hairstyles thanks to a team of dedicated hairstylists.

Paying it forward: Youth program teaches respect for land, helps state parks

DELAPLANE -- This summer at a 3-square mile state park along Va. 17 in Fauquier County, teens and young adults from around Virginia have spent their summer vacation doing what few others can claim to have done.

Group effort: Library meeting helps novices with family history search

FRONT ROYAL -- Ever since she was a teenager, Juanita Atwood longed to embark on a seemingly endless scavenger hunt in search of new and revealing facts about her family history.

Free summer camp offered to area youth

WINCHESTER -- Summer camp often brings up thoughts of fishing, swimming and friendly competition.

Fresh Outlook: Youths give time to fix up woman's home as part of weeklong program

FRONT ROYAL - Mildred Giles says the youths who are sprucing up her home as part of the Impact the Valley program are a gift from God.

Kicking down barriers

FRONT ROYAL -- Increased physical fitness. Self-discipline. Greater concentration. Any martial arts instructor will tout the benefits of the sport for his students, and for members of the My Child and Aspergers Support Group, a summer camp at U.S. Martial Arts Academy has been no exception.

Start them early: Dentists advise visiting sooner

WINCHESTER -- How early is too early for a child's first trip to the dentist? Up until recently, dentists recommended parents have their child make their first visit at age 4 or 5.

Boy's life: Woodstock resident looks back on storied past of Scouting

WOODSTOCK -- In the Shenandoah Valley, the name George Beatty is almost synonymous with Boy Scouts. Considering he can stand on the deck of his Shenandoah County house and look out on Scouts from all over Virginia toasting marshmallows on any given weekend during the warmer months, his knowledge of the organization is pretty much a given.