Romeo, the Shih Tzu “with a bad attitude,” was calm as clumps of matted black-and-white hair fell to the table beneath him. A rescue dog with a history of aggressive behavior, Romeo now has a loving home. He returns to the Hanover Humane Society for occasional “TLC” at the hands of resident groomer, Josetta Liner. “The behavior that he had – this is a 360 from where he used to
The Richmond area’s oldest Court Appointed Special Advocate program turns 25 this year. The CASA concept dates back further. In 1977, a Seattle judge developed the idea of trained volunteers providing independent advocacy for children involved in the domestic court process. The program spread throughout the country since then, arriving in Hanover in 1988 through the efforts of Marilyn Blake, Nina Peace and Dean Lewis, then the County volunteer coordinator,
Remember when Ashland was the North Pole? A pair of local authors hopes many people do. Doug Riddell and Donna Strother Deekens are writing a book about the Miller & Rhoads Santa Trains that ran from the late 1950s through 1971. The working title is “Virginia’s Legendary Santa Trains: How Miller & Rhoads and Other Stores Brought Christmas to Town on a Rail.” Their research is in-progress, and they’re
Dignity is overrated. More than 400 friends and neighbors had fun on stage last weekend in the 2013 Ashland Musical Variety Show, “Ashland’s Bandstand,” at Randolph-Macon College’s Blackwell Auditorium. Folks of all ages and skill levels hammed it up to entertain audiences (and each other) and to raise money to improve the roof at the Hanover Arts & Activities Center. Lorie Foley and Sue Watson returned as co-directors and
Clark Mercer thought he was in a movie. The cinematic state came during rehearsals for this year’s Ashland Musical Variety Show, when Clark and his wife, Kelly, Ashland newcomers and first-time show participants, encountered their first rendition of the “Ashland Song.” “We didn’t realize there was an ‘Ashland Song,’” Clark said. “The other night when it was getting practiced, we just kind of stood back and watched everybody get
Yashna Nainani knows her words. She’s been winning spelling bee contests since the third grade. The Chickahominy eighth grader won all three countywide spelling bees in her middle school career. She was the county runner-up in fifth grade, the county champion the year prior, and the school champ before that. This year, she’s made it her farthest yet, and she did so by correctly spelling “chresard,” a word that Spell
Ashland resident Earl “Buddy” Cousins has plenty of Vietnam stories to tell. He collects his assorted misadventures and wartime photography in his first e-book, “NAM! The Hell If I Wanted to Go!” “It’s about a guy that didn’t want to go to Vietnam that was drafted and once there did the best he could,” Cousins said. He self-published late last year through the Amazon Kindle store, and he freely admits
Romeo, the Shih Tzu “with a bad attitude,” was calm as clumps
The Richmond area’s oldest Court Appointed Special Advocate program turns 25 this
Toni Radler, a long-time Hanover County resident and community activist, today announced
They knew something was up when there was cake at a special
They’ve literally grown up, and together, in front of our eyes. Seven
With only one competitive game left for Capital District softball leader Atlee,
Romeo, the Shih Tzu “with a bad attitude,” was calm as clumps
The Richmond area’s oldest Court Appointed Special Advocate program turns 25 this