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Cinderella’s carriage highlights fairy tale ball

GLENVAR – Cinderella herself would have felt at home in the pumpkin-shaped carriage that arrived to pick up Joe Thomas and friends last week. A while back, Salem carriage service owner Buck Simmons promised retired contractor Thomas when he turned 91, Simmons would give him a carriage ride. On April 26, Simmons made good... »

Providing the final dignity for 40 years

SALEM – For 40 years in snow, rain and 100-degree heat, Donald L. Loving and Ronald G. Loving have provided the final dignity for people whose eternal resting place is Sherwood Memorial Park. The ground crew members have dug the graves, lowered the caskets and filled in the grave sites after final rites are... »

Salem High School principal will leave with Class of 2013

SALEM – When the Salem High School Class of 2013 graduates in June, so will their principal. And like some of those students, C. Littlejohn Hall isn’t quite sure what he will be doing next after he officially retires June 30. His wife, South Salem Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Linda Hall, is retiring then,... »

Glenvar player’s gift is joy and strength

SALEM, VA – One of his parents’ favorite pictures of their son shows Michael Sandridge, leaping high in front of the Arc de Triompe in Paris during a family trip in May 2011. “We love this photo of him full of strength and joy, and the location is full of symbolism, as well, as... »

Teen angels

Fifty teen and little angels, shepherds, cherub carolers, children playing the roles of assorted animals – and Mary and Joseph, plus 5-week-old Charlotte Ross Hening as the Baby Jesus – waited to make their appearance at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Salem on Sunday morning. The church was full of awe (and aaahhhs) and... »

Getting to see Christmas

SALEM, VA – All Thomas Harp III wanted for Christmas was to be able to see – and to work again. Now he can. “I love to work,” said the 59-year-old Salem carpenter and builder who had been blind in his right eye for more than 15 months. It was hard for him to read... »

Teens make sure older residents get gifts

SALEM – Kids seem to get all the gifts at Christmas, but one Glenvar High School student wanted to make sure older people in her community weren’t forgotten. “I thought what I would want if I was older,” explained 15-year-old Laura Leonard. “I wanted to volunteer here at the Joseph C. Thomas Center, and... »

Police hold school shooter exercise

GLENVAR – Gunshots rang out at 8:40 a.m. at Glenvar Middle School today – but it was only an exercise and nobody was hurt. Roanoke County Police cars went tearing up the drive between the elementary school and middle school. More shots were heard near Glenvar High School and officers scrambled to check the... »

Police training drill at Glenvar schools Friday

GLENVAR – Police will be doing a training exercise on Friday, Dec. 21, at Glenvar Middle and High School. This training drill was scheduled back in October before the mass school shooting in Connecticut. Police will begin training in the morning. This is an active shooter training exercise. Neighbors around the school have been... »

Students will be ‘really cooking’ on TV this Sunday

GLENVAR – Nathan Keffer and Alvin Wheeler watched carefully as Executive Chef Steve Alls showed them how to stir pasta until it was perfectly cooked “al dente.” “Bite it and tell me if it’s done or not,” said Alls. Al dente pasta shouldn’t be too soft, he explained. Viewers can see how well the... »