NEW MARKET – Town Council members are facing the constricting expansion of future developments as parcels of land in and around town are bought up and placed in conservation easements.
NEW MARKET – Town officials agreed to a tentative partnership Tuesday evening that will allow a new nonprofit child care center to explore grant options.
John “Jack” Otto Marsh Jr., who died Feb. 4 at 92, was buried Friday at the New Market Battlefield State Historical Park, a site he first visited in 1935 at 9 years old.
NEW MARKET – Planning Commission members have recommended that Town Council members approve Town Manager Todd Walters’ plan for major investments when they meet later this month.
NEW MARKET – Several county localities are planning to band together to bring some much-needed business analysis to town, Town Manager Todd Walters told Planning Commission members Monday evening.
NEW MARKET— One little-known baseball team is facing an uncertain future as expenses pile up and community support wanes.
NEW MARKET – Town Manager Todd Walters presented some of biggest expenses facing the town over the next five years on Tuesday night, concluding with the question of how the town will pay for all of it.
The New Market Town Council will meet tonight to discuss the capital improvement plan town manger Todd Walters is proposing. The meeting will help set major budget lines for the next five years.
New Market’s newest Planning Commission member said he is excited to dive into the nitty-gritty work it takes to help the town grow.
NEW MARKET – Town Council members approved a conditional use permit on Tuesday evening, allowing a fully licensed day care facility to operate in town.
Sen. Mark Obenshain, R-Harrisonburg, along with Sen. Bill Carrico R-Grayson, introduced a bill Wednesday that spelled out funding options for a massive Interstate 81 corridor improvements project.
NEW MARKET – Yvonne Frasier asked the Planning Commission on Monday evening to help her bring a sorely needed service to New Market — high-quality, licensed child care. Commission members recommended Town Council approve the permit request.
NEW MARKET—Town Council members have agreed to write a letter of support for the Shenandoah Valley Battlefield Foundation, allowing the foundation to apply for a grant to purchase land and place it in a conservation easement.
NEW MARKET—Town Council members renewed a franchise agreement with Shentel and approved a conditional use permit for a business transitioning from Mount Jackson to New Market during the last meeting of 2018 on Monday evening.
NEW MARKET—Planning Commission members will recommend the approval of a conditional use permit to operate an insurance business out of a residential building after hearing from the public on Monday evening.
NEW MARKET—Town Council is ready to move forward with plans to build a second water tower with the goal of offering residents improved service and providing a potential marker for the rebranding of New Market.
The New Market Town Council and Planning Commission will hold a joint a public hearing this evening to consider a conditional use permit request.
NEW MARKET – Town Council members met in a closed session last week to discuss the merits of increasing Town Manager Todd Walters’ salary.
Doug Baker, superintendent of the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Berryville headquarters, stands in front of this 1966 Oshkosh snowblower outside the Stephens City VDOT headquarters on Tuesday. VDOT was showing off its fleet of vehicles during an annual winter snow news conference. …
NEW MARKET — The Shenandoah Valley Battlefield Foundation has a vision for New Market.
NEW MARKET—Packed inside the New Market Community Center, 34 employers with tables, stands, fliers and posters stood ready Tuesday to attract the best and brightest Shenandoah County has to offer. Spilling out into the hallways were four more employers, ready to greet job seekers on their wa…
NEW MARKET — Town Council members adopted an ordinance Tuesday evening that establishes a tourism zone offering tax benefits, business license reductions and reduced sewer/tap hookup fees for a wide range of businesses throughout the town.
NEW MARKET — Town Council members are excited to move forward with adopting a tourism zone blanketing the town to attract business to the area.
Monday’s Columbus Day holiday pushed regular town meetings back a day, filling calendars for this evening.
NEW MARKET – A soon-to-be water tower project got its first push Tuesday evening during a Town Council work session. Three water tower construction companies — CB&I, Mid Atlantic Storage Systems Inc. and Caldwell — broke down the water tower basics for council members, the town manager a…
The New Market Town Council is looking forward to hearing about a proposed ordinance offering tax and start-up incentives for new and existing tourism businesses. Alex Berryman, town planner and zoning administrator for New Market, proposed the idea of a tourism zone at a council meeting ear…
NEW MARKET – Town police officers have a new way of communicating with residents and business owners if an officer stops by their home or place of business. Officers can leave door hangers with information about the stop if no one is there.
NEW MARKET — New Market Town Council members handed out two conditional use permits and a letter of recommendation Monday night.
Residents should hope for the best but prepare for the worst as Hurricane Florence approaches the United States. That is the advice of area law enforcement.
NEW MARKET — The New Market Planning Commission opened the way Tuesday evening for the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation to convert a parsonage into a museum/archive center with a gift shop attached.
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Southbound Interstate 81 traffic moves past the 298-mile marker at Strasburg on Wednesday evening. Proposals for improvements to the interstate were discussed at a public meeting Wednesday at Lord Fairfax Community College in Middletown. Rich Cooley/DailyJohn Good Jr., a Frederick County res…
Jeff Clemons, of Inwood, West Virginia, checks out a table of items at Fishers Hill during the Route 11 Yard Crawl on Friday morning. Clemons bought a pair of fishing rods and tackle. Rich Cooley/DailyShannon Campbell, of Strasburg, browses through a line of clothing items during the Route 1…
Elizabeth Barnes, a 4th grade teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Strasburg, places paperwork on the desks for new students in her classroom on Thursday. Barnes, who graduated from James Madison University in May, will start her first teaching job as Shenandoah County schools open on …
Repaving work on Interstate 81 will make next week a challenge for drivers.
A transportation coalition has called for the second round of meetings for the public to hear more about improvements to the Interstate 81 corridor.
NEW MARKET — Since 2010, Valley Health has operated a family health center and multispecialty clinic in New Market close to the New Market exit on Interstate 81.
The 14th annual Route 11 Yard Crawl, which features items for sale by residents along the 43 miles of U.S. Route 11 in Shenandoah County as well as north to Stephens City in Frederick County, is Aug. 11.
The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation has received two grants totaling a combined $1 million from the National Park Service.
New Market police have arrested a man on charges of public intoxication, abduction by force and assault against a family member.
Kermit Orndorff, 64, of Strasburg, points to his house along Junction Road, which is next to Interstate 81, as Jeff Lineberry, left, transportation and land use director for the Staunton District of the Virginia Department of Transportation, looks over his shoulder during a public hearing Tu…
The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation has announced that it is preserving a historic house and two acres of land, part of an effort to create a 1-mile historic walking trail focused on Civil War sites.
Mount Jackson police officer Keith Cowart watches the flooded Shenandoah River from the bridge at Red Banks Road in Mount Jackson on Tuesday afternoon. Rich Cooley/DailyState highway crews repair the shoulders on Route 11 at Meems Bottom Tuesday afternoon after floodwaters covered the highwa…
Keven Walker, CEO of the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation, speaks during the Women’s Memorial Society’s 151st anniversary of the Battle of New Market held Tuesday at St. Matthews Cemetery in New Market. Rich Cooley/DailyDaniel Walker, 14, a North Fork Middle School student, sings “O…
Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Office deputies executed a search warrant and arrested a Page County man recently on drug charges.
A woman was killed on Interstate 81 in Shenandoah County early Saturday morning after being struck by a commercial vehicle.
New Market officials are looking for people to fill the two remaining open seats on the town’s Urban Forestry Board.
Peggy Lee Harkness, who has served on the New Market Town Council since 2012, is seeking re-election in May.
NEW MARKET – Mayor Douglas Bradley proclaimed April 2018 to be “Autism Awareness Month” following a presentation by Heather Janelle, chairwoman of the Special Education Advisory Committee.
Former Elkton Mayor Larry Bompiani has thrown his hat into May’s New Market Town Council race.
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