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Colorful Start To 2023

We live in a community where so many people care so much about each other. All during the holiday season, our neighbors have shown incredible support for the nonprofit organizations that work every day to make life better.

Rain and fog that cast gloom on Saturday, New Year’s Eve, receded overnight, making way for clear skies and unseasonably mild temperatures on Sunday, the first day of 2023, perhaps portending a sunnier outlook for the year ahead. We would certainly like to think that we are heading toward better days in the new year.

Around Thanksgiving 2021 fifteen- year-old Alice Tapper began to suffer from abdominal pain. The pain became unbearable enough that her pediatrician, fearing appendicitis, sent her to the hospital.

The Democratic nominee for the House of Delegates’ 24th District in a special election on Jan. 10, Jade Harris, who just concluded a stint as Glasgow vice mayor and a member of Town Council, cites a couple of instances in which she has been involved in initiatives that are benefiting the town’s citizens.

Some hunting dogs found themselves in some difficult sitations last week before being rescued by Glasgow volunteer firefighters.

Law Enforcement, Schools Top Campbell’s Priorities

Farmers Report Overall Good Year For Crops

The Parry McCluer High School girls basketball team defeated a pair of nondistrict rivals last week, cruising to a 58-33 home win over Waynesboro on Thursday afternoon before earning a 45-35 road win over Riverheads on Friday night. The victories extended the Blues’ winning streak to five games.

The Parry McCluer High School boys basketball team swept Riverheads in a pair of games last week, winning in a 66-44 rout last Tuesday in Buena Vista before earning a 49-44 overtime victory on Friday at Riverheads.

Competing against larger schools, the Parry McCluer High School wrestling team placed 13th of 20 teams in the Take Down The New Year tournament on Thursday and Friday at Heritage High School in Lynchburg. PM, a Class 1 school, was the smallest school there, and the largest was a Class 6 school.

Foundation’s Toy Drive Brings Christmas Joy To Area Children

Karyn Gardner, (540) 228-2176, (540) 655-3646 [email protected]

Mary Orange Huffman, 88, of Buena Vista went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022.

April 16, 1936 – Dec. 31, 2022 Born in Richmond, to the late Benjamin Clifford Goode and Mary Williamson Goode, Phebe began her life on her mother’s birthday.

Ruth Ann Hartless, 75, of Charlottesville but formerly of Rockbridge County, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022 at the University of Virginia Hospital.

Judy Carter Clements, 85, formerly of Buena Vista, who was residing in New Port Richey, Fla., passed away Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022.

Phillip Darrell “Shorty” Staton, 71, of Buena Vista, went to be with his Lord Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022.

Joyce Clements Campbell, 84, of Timber Ridge passed suddenly and peacefully at her home on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022.