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Posted on Oct 27, 12:00 AM
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As the temperatures cool down and the days shorten up, several outdoor critters are beginning to look for winter lodging. Mice, crickets, snakes and other vermin seem to be shopping for vacancy in any home with heat and a hiding place. For which reason, we need to be vigilant in watching for and discouraging such unwelcome squatters by closing up all possible entry points. 
Posted on Jan 22, 12:00 AM
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A homeless, unemployed electrician, Raymond Brackett makes no bones about what the Winchester Area Temporary Thermal Shelter program means to him.
Posted on Aug 3, 12:15 AM
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WINCHESTER -- After nearly four years in Tel Aviv, Israel, studying Middle East relations, Eli Sperling has much to say.
Posted on Jul 26, 2:11 AM
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EDINBURG - When your faith journey leads you from Hawaii to living at a vineyard to volunteering at a shelter for Los Angeles' homeless youths, and those aren't even the most compelling stopping points along the way, you must have really done something. Larush Ramosaj has.
Posted on Jul 23, 12:15 AM
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As a long-time law-enforcement officer, Todd Freiwald has come across a lot of bad guys. That made him worry for his three sons.
Posted on Jul 21, 12:15 AM
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WINCHESTER -- Corn stalks and sunflowers tower above squash, okra, cabbage and other vegetables. What sounds like a garden in a rural spot in the Shenandoah Valley actually grows among apartments and homes in the city's north end.
Posted on Jul 20, 12:15 AM
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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.
Posted on Jul 9, 12:15 AM
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WINCHESTER -- A historic church building that in recent years has hosted fundraisers and special events for local nonprofits will soon become a house of worship once again.
Posted on Jun 19, 12:15 AM
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WOODSTOCK -- The Rev. Lisa Webb is about to hand the keys to her house, her car and her church to a man she has never met and who is promising to deliver the Loch Ness Monster to the area.
Posted on May 14, 12:15 AM
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By Preston Knight - pknight@nvdaily.com MT. JACKSON -- St. Mary's Pine Lutheran Church is not as old as the hills, but it is as old as it is because of one. The challenges facing churches today are vastly different from centuries ago, and when you reach 250 years old, as St. Mary's has this year, that fact becomes all the more impressive. For example, when the church was officially established in 1760 -- according to a written history, worship started possibly as early as 1745 -- worshippers met at the northern edge or foot of Rude's Hill near the Caverns Road-Interstate 81 interchange because it needed to defend against Indian attacks. Members walked five to 10 miles to church. That, like much involved with St. Mary's, now at 7103 South Middle Road, is ancient history, but it is a part of what is being celebrated all year long for the church's 250th anniversary. Each month, the church is trying to hold one special event, but activities planned for Saturday and Sunday are making this weekend the "big weekend" in terms of celebrating, said Lenord Wilkins, St. Mary's council chairman. At 7 p.m. Saturday, local historian Robert Frye will give a...
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