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The Community Foundation has announced the addition of three new board members. They are Ingrid Barber, Chuck Barger and Matthew Fogo.

Washington and Lee University junior Alina de Zoysa has been awarded the Voyager Scholarship, the Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service. She is is a sociology major with a double minor in education and poverty and human capability studies. A native of Jackson, New Jersey, she graduated from Jackson Memorial High School.

The George C. Marshall Foundation held a weeklong professional development seminar for secondary school teachers at its Lexington headquarters in June. The program, spearheaded by Dr. Bradley Coleman and Amanda Conway, brought 11 teachers from across the commonwealth to the Marshall Foundation to discover resources, network with historians, educators and economists, and develop lesson plans.

NB Man Arrested For Break-in

A fire heavily damaged a house in Buena Vista last Wednesday afternoon.

The Rockbridge County School Board requested $157,000 for repairs to the high school’s public announcement system at its joint meeting with the Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors.

Washington and Lee University’s Staniar Gallery will present “Proposals,” a solo exhibition by artist Mary Mattingly. The exhibit will be on view from Sept. 4 through Oct. 25.

It was a fairly quick, routine meeting for Glasgow Town Council on Aug. 8.

Kendal at Lexington has announced its collaboration with the Valley Program for Aging Services to present a program titled “Everything You Wanted to Know About Dementia But Were Afraid to Ask.”

Matriculation Truly Brings Some Families Together

Police Chief, City Manager Visit Site

The George Washington and Jefferson National Forests is seeking public comment on proposed fee increases at three recreation sites in the Glenwood-Pedlar Ranger District.

Virginia Military Institute has welcomed Capt. Eli B. Facemire ’19 as the new associate chaplain, filling the vacancy left by Col. John P. Casper ’04 who was promoted to institute chaplain in July following the retirement of Col. Robert “Bob” Phillips ’87.

First Phase Of MGCC Project In BV Celebrated

Boy, was it hot for the annual Rockbridge Community Festival Saturday. Luckily, there were several cooling stations available in downtown Lexington, which was once again filled with a variety of booths, including one selling witch hats. Yes, fall and Halloween aren’t that far away. For more photos from the festival, see page B1. (Stephanie Mikels Blevins photos)

Agency Seeks Grant For Survey

Former BV Police Chief Gets 2 Years Suspended

The owners of Quail Ridge Sporting Club are appealing rulings by the Rockbridge County Board of Zoning Appeals that upheld the zoning administrator’s determinations that certain activities at the club’s shooting range are out of compliance with the county’s zoning regulations.

Aug. 28, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: Valorizing the moral failure of oppression is dangerous. The tableau described in the Confederate monument letter of Aug. 16 argues for its removal, not retention.

Last week marked the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year for all three area school districts, with Lexington and Rockbridge students returning on Aug. 15 and Buena Vista students on Aug. 16.