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D.C. budget dilemma closes national park campgrounds

October 11, 2021 Pagevalleynews 0

October 11, 1990 — Campgrounds at Shenandoah National Park were closed as of noon Monday and employees manning the sites were sent home, according to Chief Park Ranger Larry Hakel. The cause, the federal budget […]

Smokey Housden

October 11, 2021 Pagevalleynews 0

PageValleyNews.com salutes SMOKEY HOUSDEN, for his service in the United States Army.

Bear at Bixler’s

October 10, 2021 Pagevalleynews 0

October 10, 1889 — Early last Sunday, in the neighborhood of Bixler’s Ferry, while several boys were going to their rabbit traps they were confronted by a large black bear near Mr. G.W. Sedwick’s, which […]

Theater closed

October 9, 2021 Pagevalleynews 0

October 9, 1986 — Page County returned to the silent screen era this week as the Page Theatre closed its doors. Manager Tony Thurston, who took over the business in March, said marginal profits did […]

Calvin Bruce Alger

October 8, 2021 Pagevalleynews 0

Age 68, New Market, Va. Calvin Bruce Alger, 68, of New Market, passed away at his residence on Oct. 7, 2021. Bruce was born on Aug. 6, 1953, in Luray, Va., to Elizabeth Jane Tidler […]

Josephine “Jo” Rinaca

October 8, 2021 Pagevalleynews 0

Age 89, McGaheysville, Va. Josephine “Jo” Rinaca, 89, of McGaheysville, passed away on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at Oak Lea, VMRC Harrisonburg VA. Born on November 13, 1931, in Huntington, West Virginia, the daughter of […]