The New Market Town Council voted unanimously on Monday night to approve Town Manager Todd Walters’ capital improvement plan that will serve as the town’s road map for various projects over the next five years.

A Conicville fire engine overturned onto its side as it was responding to one of several fires in Shenandoah County over a windy weekend.

The town of New Market will begin the process of reinstating utility disconnections for delinquent water and sewer accounts as it seeks exemption from a state moratorium prohibiting localities from taking such action during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Members of New Market’s Town Council met for the first time in the new calendar year on Tuesday evening and appointed a new member to the town’s Planning Commission in its first official action of 2021.

A Shenandoah County grand jury indicted the following last week: 

 One COVID-19 death in Winchester was reported Friday, the same day that the Virginia Department of Health reported across the state the fifth-highest number of new COVID-19 case, less than 50 percent of that number on Saturday, and the seventh-highest number of new cases on Sunday.

The New Market Town Council approved changes to the current budget, some of which show COVID-19’s effect on revenues.

NEW MARKET – The town is considering a budget amendment that includes adjustments to certain revenue streams and adds new expenditures to the general and enterprise funds for the current fiscal year.

Though Gov. Ralph Northam recently put into place stricter COVID-19 regulations that make traditional parades difficult, if not impossible, to hold this holiday season, New Market town staff think they’ve come up with a way to still provide a similar experience through a non-traditional route.

NEW MARKET -- Town Council members voted unanimously to approve an out-of-town water connection to a residential property that lies just beyond the county line in neighboring Rockingham County.

Saturday is World Polio Day, when local Rotarians and other volunteers around the world educate on polio and celebrate the near eradication of a devastating disease that can cause paralysis and even death.

NEW MARKET - Town Council members on Monday approved changes to New Market’s personnel manual and a pair of policies and procedures required for the town to receive federal funding.

Area law enforcement will be hosting National Night Out events on Tuesday to encourage communication between police and the communities they serve.

NEW MARKET – Town leaders held preliminary discussions about how to distribute its share of Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act money during a Town Council work session on Monday night, during which Town Manager Todd Walters said administrators were “struggling” to come…

Following months of struggling to stifle recurring COVID-19 cases, the Life Care Center of New Market has been moved off the state’s list of ongoing outbreaks.

The Lord Fairfax Health District has weathered the COVID-19 storm better than many other regions but some outbreaks are lingering despite facilities’ best efforts to squelch them.

New Market’s Independence Day celebration that was initially postponed to September due to the COVID-19 pandemic has now been canceled.

This year’s Route 11 Yard Crawl has been canceled, the Shenandoah County Chamber of Commerce has announced.

NEW MARKET — The town will resume assessing late fees and disconnections on delinquent water and sewer accounts beginning in September after previously suspending such actions in the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

NEW MARKET — The Town Council appointed its newest member on Monday night when it unanimously approved Janice Hannah for a seat left vacant following May’s town election.

NEW MARKET – Town Council appointed its vice mayor and approved its meeting schedule in a special session on Thursday evening, the first meeting featuring new Mayor Larry Bompiani and new council members.

The Jon Henry General Store in New Market has partnered with the Virginia Fresh Match network, which will double the value of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits at the store.

Nearly a year after the New Market Town Council gave the OK for the town’s purchase of a piece of land on Ship Street to potentially serve as the site of a new water tower, the town is still waiting on state funding to get the project rolling.

New Market Town Manager Todd Walters said Wednesday that he was knocking on wood as he stated the town had gone about two weeks without experiencing a break in one of its water lines.

NEW MARKET – Town Council members on Monday gave Town Manager Todd Walters authority to sign a contract on the town’s behalf with a prospective buyer who plans to purchase a piece of property that the town had previously acquired in an effort to rid itself of a longstanding eyesore.

Several of the area’s localities have canceled their Fourth of July celebrations and festivities this year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, while others plan to hold Independence Day events either as scheduled or at a later date.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Shenandoah County Registrar Lisa McDonald said she hopes all eligible voters will participate in Tuesday’s election and that her office is doing every thing possible to ensure safety.

Virginia State Police are investigating a single-vehicle accident that killed a New Market man on Friday evening.

Shenandoah County residents will cast ballots in the following town elections on Tuesday:

Scott Wymer is running for another term on New Market’s Town Council.

Members of the New Market Town Council on Thursday gave Town Manager Todd Walters the OK to proceed with a new contract that will continue curbside trash collection within town limits.