Today In History

March 22, 1990 — The trunk line from Stanley to Luray is complete and Adelphia Cable customers in the county seat should begin to be switched over to an expanded system as early as this […]

March 21, 1986 — Bill Stephenson is howling mad at his new neighbors. The newcomers are coyotes and Stephenson, a retiree who tends sheep on his Rileyville farm, fears the intruders may attack his herd […]

March 20, 1890 — Mr. D. Bradford is now in Baltimore buying material for a new paper soon to be started in this place, to be known, we believe, as the Industrial Union, and to […]

March 19, 1964 — A 36-year-old man of the Comertown section was found guilty on two counts last week of violating state and federal liquor laws. His case was heard in Page County Court. Judge […]

March 18, 1887 — Richold, the swindler, whose transactions last fall in Luray with reference to several purchases of old iron, and who, while here obtained money under false pretenses, broke jail in Winchester last […]

March 17, 1989 — Page County 4-H’ers have undertaken a project to help those who cannot see. The 4-H Guide Dog project was implemented in the county in April 1987 by Paula Doden, a member […]