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TRACK Trails Celebrated At Events

A Staunton man was arrested following an attempted car theft at the Steeles Tavern Post Office last Wednesday night.

Members of the Virginia Military Institute pipe band played at the funeral of Mike Hill, the 61-year-old custodian at the Covenant School and Covenant Presbyterian Church, on April 4 at Stephens Valley Church in West Nashville, Tenn.

Mobile Health Units Expanding Access

August 1974 — Lexington loves Mel Greenburg.

The late historian, preservationist and Marshall Foundation official Royster Lyle Jr. is the author of a newly published article about the crusade in 1969-71 to save Goshen Pass and Marble Valley from being flooded to create two electricitygenerating dams.

Editor’s note: The following story was taken from a story written by Brian Laubscher posted on the W&L website last month. A section about the work in University Chapel was omitted since it was covered in our front page story.

The Rockbridge County Sheriff’s Office made the following felony arrests over the past two weeks: Robert Plogger, 45, of Fairfield, for one felony count of eluding and one misdemeanor count of driving with a suspended license on April 9.

City Codifies Procedures For Permits

City Updates Code In Line With State

The following individuals were indicted by a Buena Vista Circuit Court grand jury on April 3: Joseph Patrick Slagle, 32, for one count of larceny of checks ($500 or more) between Nov. 25 and March 24, and 30 counts of check forgery between Nov. 29 and March 24.

Former U.S. Army Kiowa helicopter pilot Amber Smith will visit Virginia Military Institute for a talk this Thursday, April 13, at 7:45 p.m. in Gillis Theater in Marshall Hall.

BV Woman Acquitted Of Attempted Murder

Congressman Ben Cline has announced his office’s participation in the 2023 Congressional Art Competition.

The Lexington Green Infrastructure Plan is to be considered at the next Rockbridge Conservation (RACC) seminar, Wednesday, April 19, at 7 p.m.

FY 2024 Proposed Budget, Capital Improvement Plan, Agency Funding Requests Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be conducted by the Lexington City Council on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. during its regular meeting, held in the first floor meeting room of the Rockbridge County Administrative Offices, 150 South Main Street, Lexington, to solicit input on the Proposed FY 2024 budget, the Capital Improvements Plan (CIP) for the period FY 2024-2028, and FY 2024 agency funding requests. City Council will take comments offered at the hearing into account. Citizens are strongly encouraged to submit public comment in writing to the following email address: jhostetter@lexingtonva. gov, by US Mail to City Manager’s Office, 300 East Washington Street, Lexington VA, 24450, or by leaving it in the City’s drop box at the rear of the building (facing the parking lot) and addressed to the City Manager’s Office. Comments will be distributed to City Council and entered into the minutes as public record. Copies of the proposed budget documents under consideration are on the City’s Finance page of the website.

Estimated costs for planned renovations to the Rockbridge County schools’ Innovation (formerly Floyd S. Kay) Center are climbing and could possibly affect the timetable for construction.

Chapel Work Slated For Summer

Contested races are taking shape for at least two of the three Rockbridge area seats in reconfigured districts of the Virginia General Assembly.