Today In History

July 18, 1991 — Barbara Smelser, Page County’s first female appointee to the school board, feels her role as a mother and grandmother will enable her to do the job better. “It’s a big responsibility, […]

July 17, 1986 — Safeway Stores’ Richmond Division has announced that it is closing its supermarket in Luray. The announcement also said the Harrisonburg store will close at the same time, effective Aug. 16. There […]

July 16, 1987 — Nelson Long leaned against a weathered fence and gestured to a calf nestled serenely in the corner of a stall on his Stony Man farm. He grimaced to choke back the tears. […]

July 15, 1965 — A new unit of the Tastee Freez stations will be opened in Shenandoah at noon today when Mayor Griffith will cut the ribbon to the property south of the school tract […]

July 14, 1887 — Mr. Price who had made extensive and expensive preparations for working the Kimball ore bank, near Kimball, 3-1/2 miles northeast of Luray, has, we regret to state, been compelled to suspend […]

July 13, 1989 — The southern end of Page County will soon have a recycling and refuse center. Monday District 5 Supervisor Robert P. Good presented the supervisors with a proposal to purchase 1.25 acres […]