Can't pass up Cow Pattie Bingo!
A day, or a weekend, at the Orange County Fair is a day well-spent.
School sports' off-season struggles
It’s nearly 100 degrees outside and inside your football helmet it’s even hotter.
Submission suggestions
Community newspapers are reflections of the communities they serve.
School staff shake-up
Tuesday evening, Orange County Schools got a major administrative shake-up that ended with five schools getting new principals next fall and two new central office appointments.
Celebrating independence, community
What’s the Fourth of July without a picnic or fireworks?
Citizens spoke, government listened
After more than a decade of controversy, debate, citizen activism and finally governmental intervention, the future of the Lake of the Woods dam is at last resolved.
A good idea meets a good time in Orange Saturday
Congratulations to the Orange County Litter Control Committee and the Orange Downtown Alliance for their upcoming Trashy Ribs and Blues idea.
A fresh start for the town council?
We’ve studied our Town of Orange map a long time and can’t find Disfunction Junction. Clearly its here.
Congratulations graduates!
What an exciting day! A day filled equally with rampant anticipation, yet uncertain fear. Saturday morning, Orange County High School conferred degrees to 378 graduating seniors.
Remembering on Memorial Day
This spring, as the war in Iraq grinds bloodily on past its seven-year anniversary and the war in Afghanistan has passed the eight-year mark, Memorial Day should be anything but an abstract concept.
Is short mayor term desicion shortsided?
Lame duck sessions can be interesting times. Elected officials can opt to initiate or execute any number of legislative acts for their successors to enjoy or decry. Or, they can simply table motions or issues and leave them for the incoming board or council.
A good news-bad news problem, solution
Well, as so often is the case, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that after a particularly stressful budget season, school officials find themselves with a rather unexpected and unanticipated chunk of money.
Recognizing, honoring, thanking nurses
Often described as an art and a science, nursing is a profession that embraces dedicated people with varied interests, strengths and passions because of the many opportunities the profession offers.
Talking about aging together
Every year, Aging Together holds a Community Conversation on Aging in Orange County.
Turnout disappointing, again
Collectively, more people voted in Tuesday’s town council election than the last council election, but more people are registered, too. Overall, the turnout was the same–20 percent.
Mission ambition, fruition
The Virginia Dental Association, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and the newly formed Piedmont Regional Dental Clinic (PRDC) will host the area's first free Piedmont Regional Mission of Mercy (MOM) Dental Day for Virginia under-insured and uninsured adults Saturday, May 1.
We've got to do better than 20 percent
Orange residents probably don't remember May 6, 2008. They should. That day, faced with five viable candidates for two town council seats, only 470 of the town's 2,306 registered voters participated.
Getting accurate information
Last week, we objected vehemently to the Orange Town Council’s discussion of eliminating the police department.
Our opinion
How much is enough?
Our opinion
Budget balance
Deal of the Day
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