Community Christian School's second annual summer enrichment academy, which had 64 participants -- less than half students at the school -- ended Thursday and featured classes ranging from pottery to river cleaning to working with digital media.

WOODSTOCK -- The personnel committee opted Tuesday to send a new code of ethics policy to the Town Council for a vote.

WOODSTOCK -- Karen Hoffman and Brooklyn Chase Minor have both been affected by their birth order. Hoffman, now 57, ushered in Shenandoah Memorial Hospital's maternity wing when she became the first baby born there on Oct. 1, 1951. Brooklyn, born on Tuesday, has the honor of being the last baby delivered before the closure of the family birthing center.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County School Board has given Superintendent Keith Rowland a new contract through 2013.

WOODSTOCK -- A Central High School FFA student and the chapter adviser were among the award winners at the state convention at Virginia Tech late last month.

WOODSTOCK -- The Town Council's ordinance committee reluctantly recommended Monday that the full panel adopt an ordinance that would move balloting in town elections to Central High School.

WOODSTOCK -- As he prepares to step down after nearly a quarter-century on the bench, General District Court Judge Norman deVere Morrison wants to be remembered as someone who made a positive difference in people's lives.

WOODSTOCK -- In her first speech wearing a judge's robe, Amy Tisinger was true to form -- thorough, fair and long winded.

WOODSTOCK -- The Town Council voted 4-3 Monday night, with Mayor Bill Moyers breaking a tie, to adopt a budget for next year that includes funding for Woodstock's enhancement program.

Despite budget cuts and an unstable economy, the fuse is still burning on many of the region's Independence Day celebrations.

WOODSTOCK -- In separate lawsuits against town doctors filed in April in Shenandoah County Circuit Court, two women are seeking a combined $4.7 million in damages.

WOODSTOCK -- The new neighbor on Swartz Lane has some fence mending to do if he wants to fit into the neighborhood. First, he'll have to tear down the fence he's building -- the one that cuts off access to their homes.

WOODSTOCK -- The grieving mother of slain 16-year-old Brendon Manning Barker is suing his accused killer for $500,000.

WOODSTOCK -- The parents of a 17-year-old boy who plunged to his death from his Massanutten Military Academy dorm window in 2007 are suing the institution for $25.35 million.

WOODSTOCK -- Contestants who want to participate in Dave Martin's Bullride Mania at this year's Shenandoah County Fair must register by Aug. 14. People can sign up for bull riding, bronco riding and barrel racing by calling 717-334-7724, according to...

WOODSTOCK -- Six people will vie for three spots on the Shenandoah County School Board in November's election.

WOODSTOCK -- A 65-year-old man was arrested on trespassing and drug charges Friday, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.

WOODSTOCK -- Though some of its funding could be redirected, "nobody wants to just throw away" the Woodstock Enhancement Committee, Councilwoman Jackie Lambert said Tuesday.

WOODSTOCK -- Aspiring Shenandoah County District 4 Supervisor candidate Carolyn Miller couldn't have come any closer to getting on this November's ballot.

WOODSTOCK -- A Shenandoah County Circuit Court grand jury indicted an Edinburg man late last month on charges that he maliciously wounded and attempted to rape a 16-year-old girl.

WOODSTOCK -- An Edinburg man pleaded guilty last week in Shenandoah County Circuit Court to his involvement in a gunfight more than 18 months ago, according to online records.

WOODSTOCK -- Supporters of Woodstock's enhancement program packed the Town Council's chamber Monday night, urging the panel to reconsider plans to cut the endeavor's funding from next year's budget.

WOODSTOCK -- Tickets went on sale Monday for events at this year's Shenandoah County Fair, according to a press release.

WOODSTOCK -- Lord Fairfax Community College will begin offering evening classes at Central High School this fall, officials said late last week.

WOODSTOCK -- Shenandoah County Public Schools' first encounter with voters during a non-general election could have gone a little better, Superintendent Keith Rowland told the School Board on Thursday night.

WOODSTOCK -- A canoe was reportedly stolen from the 200 block of River Road.

WOODSTOCK -- Two propane tanks were taken from an outbuilding in the 100 block of Stultz Gap Road, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.

WOODSTOCK -- A Peter Muhlenberg Middle School assistant principal will move to North Fork Middle School to become its principal in 2009-10.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Planning Commission has recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve a special-use permit to allow an archery business just south of A-Way 2 Play on U.S. 11 south of Woodstock.

WOODSTOCK -- James Woodrow Strawderman killed two birds while stoned. As he cooked methamphetamine at locations throughout Shenandoah County, specifically the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, an always-armed Strawderman would use the occasion to take target practice, according to evidence presented Wednesday in Shenandoah County Circuit Court.

WOODSTOCK -- Town business owners offered varied opinions this week on the Town Council's recent decision to cut all funding for Woodstock's enhancement program from next year's budget.

WOODSTOCK -- Aside from the inmates, there aren't really any cons to entering into a regional jail project, at least according to attorney William H. Hefty.

WOODSTOCK -- Shenandoah County's Planning Commission has recommended approval of a site plan for the renovation and expansion of the former Dorothy's Inn on U.S. 11 south of Woodstock.

WOODSTOCK -- It was the command they had been waiting to hear for years: "Class of 2009, dismissed!"

WOODSTOCK -- Reductions some families have had to make because of the slumping economy might have international implications.

WOODSTOCK -- A town woman faces a charge of felony child neglect after her 2-year-old child was found wandering around the used car lot at Grubbs Chevrolet.

WOODSTOCK -- The woman who used to run the Shenandoah County Jail accused the Board of Supervisors of blowing smoke when it asked Sheriff Timothy C. Carter to research alternatives to building a new jail.

WOODSTOCK -- The Democratic challenger seeking the 15th District House of Delegates seat says he has an idea that can break a partisan deadlock over expanding unemployment insurance.

WOODSTOCK -- Though it's been nearly a year since the Town Council's first public hearing on an ordinance that would relocate balloting in town elections to Central High School, some residents' concerns about the move haven't changed.

WOODSTOCK -- Former Shenandoah County School Board Chairman James Fitzsimmons has announced he is challenging incumbent Sharon Baroncelli for the District 4 Board of Supervisors' seat.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors isn't yet prepared to make a decision regarding whether it takes part in a proposed regional jail, Chairman David Ferguson said Thursday.

WOODSTOCK -- The owner of Multistone International Inc., which was burned out of its Strasburg home last year, has been released from the Shenandoah County Jail after receiving a positive review from a Western State Hospital psychologist.

WOODSTOCK -- Two Central High School students were charged after allegedly having alcohol at school.

WOODSTOCK -- No matter which road Jamie Pham takes, enthusiasm and expressing herself will follow.

WOODSTOCK -- The bulk of the $93,600 the Town Council recently voted not to spend on Woodstock's enhancement program in fiscal 2010 still must be spent on tourism, officials said Wednesday.

WOODSTOCK -- Robert Carroll is finding religion and sin all at once, according to Shenandoah County Circuit Court records.

WOODSTOCK -- In a 3-2 vote Tuesday night, the Town Council amended its proposed fiscal 2010 budget to eliminate all funding, including salaries, for the Woodstock's enhancement program.

WOODSTOCK -- Town police have released a picture of a truck similar to the one used as a getaway car for the man who robbed Stellar One Bank on Friday.

WOODSTOCK -- Say adios to "omg" and "lol." The text message is the line of communication of choice among today's youth, and when the fruits of a teacher's labor can be found in one, you know a lesson plan went right. That has been the case for students in one of Nora Fletcher's eighth-grade Spanish classes at Peter Muhlenberg Middle School.

WOODSTOCK -- Police are on the hunt for the man who robbed a Stellar One bank branch Friday afternoon.

WOODSTOCK -- An Edinburg man was sentenced in Shenandoah County Circuit Court on Wednesday to serve four years in prison for his role in a local methamphetamine ring.

WOODSTOCK -- Shenandoah County's Relay for Life has raised more than $200,000 so far this year.

WOODSTOCK -- Eighteen months after two Edinburg men got into a gun battle with each other, one of them has been indicted by a Shenandoah County Circuit Court grand jury on a charge stemming from the incident.

WOODSTOCK -- The murder trial for Jody Lynn Bradley has been pushed back to August, according to Shenandoah County Circuit Court records.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday took a step back in its fight against the Strasburg Volunteer Rescue Squad.

WOODSTOCK -- An Edinburg man must serve three years in prison for growing hallucinogenic mushrooms at his residence.

WINCHESTER -- The Valley Conservation Council recognized several people and organizations with better models for development awards Thursday night at the George Washington Hotel.

In the hours after the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors closed down the Strasburg Volunteer Rescue Squad, some volunteers wondered aloud if their squads were next to be shuttered.

WOODSTOCK -- Cancer has different ways of affecting people and, for heartwarming and tragic reasons, Wanda Wakeman knows all about it.

WOODSTOCK -- Those in the stands and dotting the hillsides at Massanutten Military Academy on Friday sat in near silence as the final roll call was read during the school's Memorial Day ceremony.

WOODSTOCK -- To save his life, Rodrick Bradley Strawderman quit his job at George's Chicken LLC.

WOODSTOCK -- While their counterparts in Warren County were expected to pick the site for a controversial regional jail Tuesday night, not all the members of Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors are sold on the idea of a three-county lockup.

WOODSTOCK -- Jill Yew's directives ended on a positive, and appropriate, note. "Have fun," she said to a group of 10 youths Tuesday. "That's the main reason why we're in here."

WOODSTOCK -- Massanutten Military Academy cadets will honor graduates and Shenandoah County residents who died at war Friday afternoon.

WOODSTOCK -- The need to care for a growing number of older patients is pushing newborn babies out of Shenandoah Memorial Hospital.

WOODSTOCK -- Next month, nearly a year after the panel declined to move voting in town elections to Central High School, the Town Council will seek public comment on an ordinance that would do just that.

WOODSTOCK -- Working under the theory that all three campuses were created equal, the Shenandoah County School Board adjusted the 2009-10 budget it passed Thursday night by more than $50,000.

WOODSTOCK -- District 4 Supervisor Sharon Baroncelli held on to the Shenandoah County Republican Party nomination for her seat by a wide margin Friday night.

WOODSTOCK -- The new traffic light at the intersection of Hisey Avenue and Va. 42 will go into full operation Monday, according to a news release from the Virginia Department of Transportation.

WOODSTOCK -- The Department of Motor Vehicles' Woodstock office will be closed May 19 as the agency prepares for a new process to issue drivers' licenses, according to a DMV press release.

WOODSTOCK -- It's hard for a doctor to heal a wound or treat an illness if he's not allowed to do a thorough examination. That's the situation Dr. John C. "Jack" Potter finds himself in.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to continue on the track toward a regional jail.

WOODSTOCK -- An Edinburg man must serve two years in prison for having sex with a 14-year-old Mt. Jackson girl.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Department of Fire and Rescue is saying "thanks, but no thanks" to the county EMS agencies' former operational medical director's offer to once again oversee local rescue squads.

WOODSTOCK -- The Town Council is considering a code of ethics that would apply to elected and appointed leaders, as well as town employees.

WOODSTOCK -- The Warren County Board of Supervisors is questioning the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors' commitment to a proposed regional jail.

WOODSTOCK -- A town man has been arrested on charges of distributing methamphetamine and cocaine, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office has charged a Woodstock woman with distribution of methamphetamine.

WOODSTOCK -- An Edinburg woman faces charges of drunken driving and felony hit and run related to an April 30 incident, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.

WOODSTOCK -- Building a methamphetamine empire is easier than taking it down. While the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office and other local law enforcement agencies were pleased last year when they broke up the largest meth operation known to the area, the fact remains that the whole ring existed for a long time in their backyard.

WOODSTOCK -- An addiction to methamphetamine can be deadly long before a person even gets the supposed high that comes with it.

WOODSTOCK -- Shenandoah County government workers got a last-minute salary reprieve Thursday afternoon when the Board of Supervisors adopted the fiscal 2010 budget.

WOODSTOCK -- Five people were sentenced to a total of 67 years in prison Wednesday in Shenandoah County Circuit Court for their roles in a methamphetamine-making enterprise.

WOODSTOCK -- The phones began ringing around 1 a.m. on April 21, and within half an hour a group of volunteers had gathered to open a shelter for travelers caught behind a fatal tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 81.

LURAY -- In the final analysis, it comes down to people. That's why Democrat John Lesinski, of Washington, Va., is trying to unseat two-term Del. Todd Gilbert, R-Woodstock.

WOODSTOCK -- Several town business owners encouraged the Town Council on Tuesday to continue funding the Woodstock Enhancement Committee.

WOODSTOCK -- The Town Council unanimously approved a bid Tuesday night for the refurbishment of the tennis courts at W.O. Riley Park.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote on a $100.4 million fiscal 2010 budget on Thursday afternoon.

WOODSTOCK -- A Mt. Jackson man has been arrested in relation to a January larceny in Woodstock, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.

WOODSTOCK -- Normally, sheriffs don't like to think of breakouts in relation to jails. But, in the case of Shenandoah County, Sheriff Timothy C. Carter is hoping the Board of Supervisors breaks out of the "regional jail box."

WOODSTOCK -- Carl Donald Hammett has found life difficult since his release last summer from prison, his first look at freedom in five years.

WOODSTOCK -- Though some of the project's funding will likely come from Woodstock's rainy day fund, the finance committee will recommend the Town Council move forward with plans to refurbish the tennis courts at W.O. Riley Park.

WOODSTOCK -- The southbound lanes of Interstate 81 were closed for just over an hour Friday afternoon after a tractor-trailer overturned near the Va. 42 interchange, state police Sgt. F.L. Tyler said.

WOODSTOCK -- After years of telling the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors that he is opposed to plans for a proposed regional jail, Sheriff Timothy C. Carter seemed to have gotten through to them, or at least most of them, at a Thursday night public safety and code committee meeting.

WOODSTOCK -- A Shenandoah County Circuit Court grand jury has indicted a Quicksburg man on charges related to the shooting death of a family dog.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Fair Association has rounded out its entertainment lineup for the 2009 fair with country singer Jamey Johnson, according to its Web site. Johnson joins country acts Kenny Rogers and Julianne Hough and classic rock group...

WOODSTOCK -- Shenandoah County Public Schools has money to play with for a change.

WOODSTOCK -- A Broadway man was sentenced Wednesday to serve nine years in prison for his role in stealing vehicles, power tools, hand tools and car parts.

WOODSTOCK -- Keeping the Strasburg Volunteer Rescue Squad's problems quiet is "coming back to bite us now," Shenandoah County District 4 Supervisor Sharon Baroncelli said Tuesday, and the county should handle such situations differently in the future.

WOODSTOCK -- Finland's mark on some Americans might be summed up by one of two personal interests -- hockey or Conan O'Brien.

STAUNTON -- A Woodstock man faces dozens of child pornography counts in Staunton Circuit Court.

WOODSTOCK -- No stranger to the courtroom, Michael James Phillips will have five years to try to find a way to become less of a presence there.

WOODSTOCK -- Preliminary hearings for the two New Market Volunteer Fire Department volunteers charged with burning barns and abandoned houses locally have been set for 3 p.m. May 15.

WOODSTOCK -- Two charges against convicted killer Donna Hockman's son were certified to a Shenandoah County Circuit Court grand jury Friday afternoon.

WOODSTOCK -- District 4 Supervisor Sharon Baroncelli intends to seek re-election this fall.

WOODSTOCK -- The involvement of hazardous materials "played a huge role" in how emergency personnel handled a fiery crash on Interstate 81 Monday night that left three people dead, Shenandoah County Fire and Rescue Chief Gary Yew said Thursday.

WOODSTOCK -- One of the three men identified as a main cook in a major local methamphetamine manufacturing operation pleaded guilty to two charges earlier this month in Shenandoah County Circuit Court.

WOODSTOCK -- Two Edinburg men were among the three people killed in a fiery Monday night crash on Interstate 81 that left the highway's southbound lanes closed for about 16 hours Tuesday.

WOODSTOCK -- Attorneys for the Strasburg Volunteer Rescue Squad have countered the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors' legal claim against the agency.

WOODSTOCK -- A fiery crash on Interstate 81 late Monday night killed three people and shut down the highway's southbound lanes for about 16 hours Tuesday.
South-bound traffic stalled for hours Tuesday
Officials pull from previous incident to streamline response

WOODSTOCK -- The Town Council is ready for the critics. The panel scheduled a public hearing for May 5 for its proposed fiscal 2010 budget during a work session Monday night. The budget has a $4.53 million general fund and $9.2 million public utilities fund, which includes a 10 percent increase in sewer rates.

TOMS BROOK -- Randy Jones has a personal statement to live by in his endeavors as a truck driver.

WOODSTOCK -- Lessons learned from a 2007 crash that closed northbound Interstate 81 near Strasburg for 18 hours proved valuable to those handling the fatal collision that closed the highway's southbound lanes for about 16 hours Tuesday, officials said.

WOODSTOCK -- The theme of the 2009 entertainment lineup for the Shenandoah County Fair should be "crossing over."

WOODSTOCK -- People from all over Shenandoah County and those with roots here came together to celebrate the county's -- and their families' -- history on Saturday.

WOODSTOCK -- Rather than laying off a handful of employees in the face of revenue shortages, the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors on Friday instead opted to spread the misery around.

WOODSTOCK -- In Virginia's world of hallucinogenic-mushroom making, Chad Frank Murden has put Edinburg on the map.

WOODSTOCK -- As it pertains to its coming annual fundraiser, the Shenandoah County Free Clinic has seen the effects of the weak economy all too much.

WOODSTOCK -- A Shenandoah County Circuit Court grand jury indicted Jody Lynn Bradley on Wednesday on a charge of first-degree murder in the shooting death of his daughter's boyfriend.

WOODSTOCK -- Until a state police investigation into the New Market Volunteer Fire Department's finances is complete, the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors will withhold $30,000 in funding for the organization.

WOODSTOCK -- Volunteers with the now disbanded Strasburg Rescue Squad wanted to know how they could get back into business Tuesday during an open meeting following the decision to dissolve it.

WOODSTOCK -- Although five class 1 misdemeanor counts against him were dismissed in Shenandoah County General District Court on Friday, Strasburg developer Jerry King remains fired up about Fire Marshal David Ferguson having him arrested on alleged code violations in January.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors' budget committee meeting scheduled for 8 a.m. today has been postponed, according to county administration.

WOODSTOCK -- Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors Chairman David Ferguson was right when he said the possibility of laying off county workers would be unpopular.

WOODSTOCK -- Karen Whetzel is working toward leaving Shenandoah County Public Schools in better shape.

WOODSTOCK -- Two Winchester men have been arrested after they allegedly tried to sell meat without a license.

WOODSTOCK -- Downsizing the Shenandoah County budget for fiscal 2010 might mean downsizing the government workforce.

WOODSTOCK -- The Town Council has scheduled a public hearing on a request for a boundary line adjustment that would allow a nursing home to add a wing.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of more than $1,000 worth of tools from a shed in the 1000 block of Lakeview Drive.

WOODSTOCK -- The driver of the vehicle a Woodstock police officer was chasing when his cruiser struck a pickup Tuesday afternoon was arrested at home several hours after the incident, Woodstock Police Chief Jerry Miller said Wednesday.

WOODSTOCK -- A Woodstock police cruiser struck the rear of a pickup truck while an officer was pursuing another vehicle on U.S. 11 on Tuesday afternoon, according to state police.

WOODSTOCK -- Each time Tom Connors made a new estimate, the number got larger -- as did the size of the stars in his eyes and level of enthusiasm in his voice.

WOODSTOCK -- The fur was flying during a heated exchange at the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors' property and public works committee meeting Thursday.

WOODSTOCK -- Residents can share their thoughts about restoring two-way traffic on Locust Street at the first of a trio of town public hearings Tuesday night.

WOODSTOCK -- Michael Gray Jr.'s second chance will include spending the next two years in prison.

WOODSTOCK -- First Baptist Church will be holding a civil forum on the economy at 6 p.m. April 24.

WOODSTOCK -- Had he known that several million federal stimulus dollars were heading to Shenandoah County Public Schools, Superintendent Keith Rowland never would have asked county supervisors to pony up an additional nearly $800,000 or face teacher cuts.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Department of Social Services has seen the number of clients it helps through food stamps increase by one-third in the past six months.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Fire and Rescue Association is exploring standardizing equipment among companies throughout the county.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Fair is taking a gamble this year, but it should be a safe one.

WOODSTOCK -- The former owner of the burned-down Multistone International Inc. in Strasburg has been jailed on a probation violation and will undergo a psychiatric evaluation because he poses a danger to himself and the public.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County School Board approved a $54.5 million 2009-10 budget Monday in which it also gave Superintendent Keith Rowland freedom to explore creative ways to save the three high school swim teams.

WOODSTOCK -- Paid and volunteer fire and rescue workers in Shenandoah County have formed a committee to study how to recover the cost of doing business, the Board of Supervisors' public safety and code committee was told last week.

WOODSTOCK -- A Shenandoah County General District Court judge ruled in favor of County Administrator Vince Poling and the Board of Supervisors in a Freedom of Information Act case Friday afternoon.

WOODSTOCK -- A Shenandoah County Circuit Court grand jury will hear the case of a Quicksburg man accused of shooting and killing a family dog.

WOODSTOCK -- A town man has been charged with several driving offenses after he allegedly drove several miles while authorities tried to stop him.

WOODSTOCK -- It is basically the same story, but different year, for the Shenandoah County School Board.

WOODSTOCK -- An 18-year-old man has been charged with taking guns and money from a neighbor's home.

WOODSTOCK -- A mother and daughter face drug charges after narcotics were discovered in their car during a traffic stop, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.

WOODSTOCK -- A Broadway man must serve 10 years in prison for repeated sex offenses he committed against a 7-year-old girl.

WOODSTOCK -- Lisa Currie has a vision for Shenandoah County Public Schools, but it will be someone else's task to see that it gets carried out.

Ex-cop charged with using an electronic device to meet minor; May bench trial set By Preston Knight -- pknight@nvdaily.com WOODSTOCK -- A former Berryville Police Department sergeant indicted on one charge of using an electronic device to meet a minor...

WOODSTOCK -- They may not like it, but currently there is nothing Shenandoah County supervisors can do to prevent out-of-state sludge being spread on county farms.

WOODSTOCK -- Barring a last-minute change, Shenandoah County Public Schools will be bidding farewell to its grant writer position after only a year, yet will leave the door open for a return.

WOODSTOCK -- Massanutten Military Academy's new leader has military schools in his blood.

WOODSTOCK -- As accused killer Jody Lynn Bradley coldly told a 911 operator that he'd just shot "an intruder" in his home, his teenage daughter's loud, keening sobs were also being recorded.

WOODSTOCK -- The 2009-10 budget presented by Shenandoah County Public Schools on Thursday night includes no layoffs, but just about everything else will see cuts.

WOODSTOCK -- A Saturday disturbance on Lakeview Drive led to two people being arrested on assault charges.

Pair manufactured drugs in what police believe is largest disbanded operation By Preston Knight pknight@nvdaily.com WOODSTOCK -- Two people have received prison sentences in Shenandoah County Circuit Court for their roles in a local methamphetamine-cooking operation. Cynthia Tease, 38, of...

WOODSTOCK -- A Roanoke man made it on Shenandoah County Circuit Court Judge Dennis L. Hupp's personal list of records and will spend five years in prison because of it.

WOODSTOCK -- A local legislator is seeking another two years in Richmond. Del. Todd Gilbert, R-Woodstock, announced Tuesday that he will seek a third term in Virginia's lower house.

EDINBURG -- Francisco Mosqueda's bad back likely saved his life when his home caught fire Tuesday morning. Mosqueda was asleep in the walk-out basement of his sister and brother-in-law's home at 16974 Old Valley Pike when the smoke alarm woke him up around 8 a.m.

WOODSTOCK -- Shenandoah County supervisors and residents are watching proposed rules for federal forests and federal money closely.

WOODSTOCK -- An Edinburg man has been indicted by a Shenandoah County Circuit Court grand jury on charges that he grew and sold hallucinogenic mushrooms from his residence.

WOODSTOCK -- As high school memories go, prom usually makes for some lasting ones.

WOODSTOCK -- Even as a young girl, the 26th Judicial Circuit's first female general district judge dreamed of a law career.

WOODSTOCK -- One local consequence of the national recession may be a spike in the production and trafficking of illegal methamphetamine in the coming year, Shenandoah County Sheriff Timothy C. Carter said.

WOODSTOCK -- Shenandoah County Public Schools will presents its plan to reduce its 2009-10 budget by $2.4 million from the current fiscal year on Thursday.

WOODSTOCK -- Before renovation of the former Safeway building even starts, Shenandoah County will likely have to perform more than $800,000 in prep work.

WOODSTOCK -- A Strasburg woman who was charged with trying to drown her then 5-year-old son last April, and pleaded guilty to reduced charges in January, was sentenced Wednesday to serve three years in prison.

WOODSTOCK -- Wide confusion can be found among people trying to decipher the Virginia Department of Transportation's $2.6 billion plan to cut costs, and a local delegate appears to be among them, a VDOT spokesman said Wednesday.

WOODSTOCK -- Shenandoah County could be in for a bumpy road. Lots of bumpy roads, actually.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors has awarded a Lynchburg company a $220,500 contract to design engineering plans to build a pipe connecting the county landfill and the wastewater treatment plant located across U.S. 11.

WOODSTOCK -- The Town Council unanimously approved the expenditure of up to $113,500, though the project will likely cost less, for a solids handling system at Woodstock's water treatment plant Tuesday night.

WOODSTOCK -- A young Woodstock man has been charged in connection with several area burglaries, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.

WOODSTOCK -- The World Foundation for Children has elected two new people to sit on its board of directors.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office has charged a town man with stealing scrap metal.

WOODSTOCK -- In the coming weeks, the town will solicit bids for the refurbishment of the tennis courts at W.O. Riley Park and officials will look for money for the project in the current budget.

WOODSTOCK -- The time seems right for the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors to develop a wind energy ordinance.

WOODSTOCK -- Shenandoah County residents offered their opinions Tuesday afternoon on an application for a permit to spread biosolids on 1,753 acres in two parts of the county.

WOODSTOCK -- A town man is accused of doing around $900 in damage to a Shenandoah County Jail holding cell.

WOODSTOCK -- A video game and money were reported stolen from a home in the 24000 block of Senedo Road on Feb. 16.

WOODSTOCK -- Green is the new school color of North Fork Middle School.

By Preston Knight -- Daily Staff Writer WOODSTOCK -- A Broadway man pleaded guilty Wednesday in Shenandoah County Circuit Court to his role in a large scheme that involved stealing vehicles to then take power tools, hand tools and car...

WOODSTOCK -- A Strasburg woman was found not guilty Tuesday in Shenandoah County General District Court of stealing Vicodin pills.

WOODSTOCK -- In a unanimous decision, the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday agreed to spend about $2.6 million to buy land for two new schools.

WOODSTOCK -- As the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors works toward possibly developing a private wind generation ordinance, the Shenandoah Forum is doing its part to spread information about the technology.

WOODSTOCK -- Longtime Shenandoah County Supervisor Dennis Morris will face some heat from one of his constituents if he opts for a re-election bid this year.

WOODSTOCK -- Given the fluid nature of developing the state budget, the Shenandoah County School Board is taking a wait-and-see approach.

WOODSTOCK -- The simple circumstances that led to a Tuesday crash involving a Shenandoah County Public Schools bus gave the division's Partners for Safe Teen Driving program an object lesson at just the right time.

WOODSTOCK -- A busy fire season for the Shenandoah County chapter of the American Red Cross is not being matched by a crowded sum of donations into its disaster budget, putting it in danger of losing its charter, Executive Director Sharon Baroncelli said.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office has arrested a Winchester man for allegedly threatening a county woman.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office is investigating a car break-in in the 200 block of Lakeview Drive.

WOODSTOCK -- There are two facts to bear in mind when learning about the Rev. George Bowers and Haiti: It took him years to finally make it there and it may take a few more before the fruits and vegetables of his labor can be witnessed.

WOODSTOCK -- A proposed bill that would eliminate state aid for new jails is just another example of the General Assembly letting localities down, say local government leaders.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah Valley Music Festival has announced its newly elected officers and a new member on its board of directors.

WOODSTOCK -- By his own count, Brandon Scott Williams has barely seen six consecutive months of freedom in years, a claim confirmed by a Shenandoah County assistant commonwealth's attorney in Circuit Court.

WOODSTOCK -- Two-way traffic should again be permitted on Locust Street, the Town Council's street committee said Tuesday.

WOODSTOCK -- Throughout his adult life, Hobert Wayne Bryant has operated without ever needing to explain himself beyond just saying he looks out for others.

WOODSTOCK -- The Town Council unanimously approved an $87,643 change order for the $1.3 million trunk sewer line project last week, Town Manager Larry Bradford said Monday.

WOODSTOCK -- A child safety seat check is scheduled from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday at Rite Aid Pharmacy.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors joined neighboring jurisdictions Tuesday, voicing support for a federal home-buying program.

WOODSTOCK -- With a combination of spending cuts and existing loan proceeds, the town staff was able to fit about $150,000 in capital outlay items and projects into the proposed fiscal 2010 budget.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Planning Commission reviewed two annual reports Thursday night, and can now fully focus on 2009.

WOODSTOCK -- Rather than raising sewer rates 30 percent in fiscal 2010, officials will likely split the increase into smaller jumps over several fiscal years, the Town Council's finance committee decided this week.

WOODSTOCK -- A 14-year-old town boy has been charged with stealing a laptop computer from Peter Muhlenberg Middle School.

WOODSTOCK -- Shenandoah County Public Schools has three weeks to trim $1.4 million from its proposed 2009-10 budget.

WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors has two upcoming public hearings regarding land for a proposed new elementary school.

WOODSTOCK -- To fill their stomachs with something, Haitians often rely on mud cookies. Two local men are scheduled to leave today to work toward changing that.

WOODSTOCK -- A New Market woman has been indicted on charges that she fled from the scene of a hit-and-run traffic crash and hid in a local cornfield.

WOODSTOCK -- There are many ways to win points with the man upstairs. Town resident Robert Carroll evidently overlooked all of them.

WOODSTOCK -- Shenandoah Memorial Hospital is looking to expand its personnel -- offering great hours, rewarding work and the chance to meet a variety of new people.