January 2023

Courthouse plans delayed

January 17, 2023 Pagevalleynews 0

January 17, 1991 — The Page County Board of Supervisors put plans for a courthouse addition on the back burner at Monday’s meeting. Lowell Baughan, an architect with the Luray firm of Baughan and Baukhages, […]

Stanley

Council members approve raise, park projects updated and other news from Stanley

January 16, 2023 Pagevalleynews 0

~ PVN staff report STANLEY, Jan. 11 — Members of the Stanley Council last week unanimously approved a $75 increase in their monthly stipends for serving on the council. About one-third of the increase will […]

Shenandoah Valley…the next Gatlinburg?

January 16, 2023 Pagevalleynews 5

Recently, a cadre of Page County citizens rose up to fight the building of a solar farm on a tract of land on a two-lane road coming into town. Bolstered by this support, the Board […]

Museum has drawn more than 600 visitors, ‘enhanced’ award and other news from Shenandoah

January 16, 2023 Pagevalleynews 0

~ PVN staff report SHENANDOAH, Jan. 10 — The Town of Shenandoah Museum and Welcome Center drew 61 visitors in December. Since the museum’s opening in June of 2022, there have been 616 patrons and […]

Editorials

Public Notice amendment provides for more awareness, financial savings and fairness

January 16, 2023 PVNPublisher 1

Contact state legislators to support SB1237 allowing Public Notices to be published by online news sites, instead of mandating printed newspapers as only outlet By Randy Arrington, publisher Although various bills have been presented in […]

Flood relic surfaces

January 16, 2023 Pagevalleynews 0

January 16, 1986 — The Great Flood of ‘85 resurrected a relic which vanished in the Great Flood of ‘42. Ruffner’s Ferry, a hardwood boat which carried people, livestock and other cargo across the South […]