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May 11, 2007

nTelos stock price jumps

nTelos stock has been on the rise since last week's announcement of the company's first-quarter earnings, nosing above $23 a share, an all-time high for the year-old offering.

May 10, 2007

Local Briefs

Lookout for bogus BBB e-mails Football coach clinic on Saturday Crimora man killed on I-64

Waynesboro Habitat houses well under way

Two Habitat for Humanity homes will be under roof shortly in Waynesboro thanks to the help of 16 RV workers.

City budget whittled continues

Enough has been chopped from the city budget so far to allow for a 7-cent dip in the tax rate, with City Council angling to shave off at least one penny more.

Landfill tipping fees could increase increase

VERONA - Tipping fees for industries disposing of their waste at the Augusta Regional Landfill in Jollivue could be increasing.

CIP also on the agenda tonight

Hopes of securing donated lights for the Ridgeview Park ball fields have fallen through, prompting City Council to return that venture to its list of major projects.

Family says goodbye to Reynolds

Family members will go ahead with a memorial service even though drowning victim David Wayne Reynolds remains missing in Smith Mountain Lake.

Reassessment comes to a close

After a months-long appeals process, Waynesboro officials are closing the books on the 2007 reassessment, with the last remaining protesters set to receive their verdicts this week.

Suspects won’t fight extradition

Staying on the go allowed Natasha Maready and Brian Roadcap to pull off their cross-country getaway - up until a routine traffic stop landed them in a California jail.

Individual rollbacks seen during assessment appeals start out as small as $100 and, in one case, soar as high as $3 million. Claiming that top spot was Richard Spurzem, former owner of the now-defunct Waynesboro Outlet Village.

Darden advising Sayre

CHARLOTTESVILLE - John Darden got his feet wet in politics as a Norfolk elementary student, campaigning for Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater in 1964.

Local news in brief

Expoland delays grand-opening

May 08, 2007

Staunton City Council passes 90-cent tax rate

STAUNTON - A close vote Monday night pegged this city's new tax rate at 90 cents, a choice sure to please few in what has been a contentious budget season, councilors acknowledge.

Drawing on history

STAUNTON - The Newtown Bakery's outside wall has been transformed into a mural reaching more than a century into Staunton's past, and offering a glimpse into the city's future.

Couple caught in Calif.

Natasha Lynn Maready and accused murder accomplice Brian James Roadcap were found in California during a routine traffic stop Monday afternoon.

May 07, 2007

Timeless talents

WEYERS CAVE - Mary Ann Vessey earned a master's degree in music from Florida State in the 1970s, but her steady rhythm since has been painting Shenandoah Valley scenes.

May 06, 2007