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Andrew C. Snodgrass, 77, of Troutville and originally from New Castle, passed into the arms of his Lord and Savior Sept. 18, 2011, peacefully at his home. Andrew retired General Electric in Salem after 28 years. He was a contracted private mail carrier in New Castle for several years.
Andrew lived his life as a...
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By Edwin McCoy
BOTETOURT – The Botetourt Resource Center (BRC) needs your help again.
In what’s become an annual effort, the center– which assists dozens of senior citizens and struggling families– needs funds to remain open beyond November of this year.
Right now, Director Robyn Dobyns said the center has enough money to remain open into the fall, but...
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Katelyn Michelle LePore and Jeremy Wayne Mowles are engaged and are planning to wed May 26, 2012.
Katelyn is the daughter of Anthony and Laura LePore of Troutville. She graduated from Lord Botetourt High School and plans to graduate from Roanoke College May 2012.
Jeremy is the son of Rodney and Darlene Mowles of Salem. He...
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The Botetourt County Sheriff’s Office reported finding a missing 60-year-old man about 4:15 p.m. Monday after he was reported missing from Cave Creek Home for Adults, which is located on US 11 north of Troutville.
The Sheriff’s Department reported he was last seen Monday morning around 8:30 a.m.
Indications are, the man was not injured when...
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By Edwin McCoy
It’s time for another Party in the Park in Troutville, and it will have a decidedly patriotic theme.
Friends of the Park is holding its fifth annual fund-raiser for Troutville Town Park Saturday, Sept. 11 from 2-6 p.m.
Because of the significance of that day, the park will display the red, white and blue colors to...
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By Staff Writer
Troutville’s Chip Sullivan and three-time PGA Professional National Champion Mike Small of Champaign, Ill., were two of five PGA Professionals featured in the CBS Sports special “The Road to the PGA Championship,” last Sunday, July 25, on CBS. The program, featuring behind-the-scenes stories of some of the competitors in the season’s final major, will...
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By Edwin McCoy
TROUTVILLE – Lorna Van Ostrand was among the vendors at Saturday’s Farmers Market Fiesta at Troutville Park.
Market vendors were providing some free samples of their products and produce during the Fiesta that was sponsored by Friends of the Park.
Van Ostrand is opening a new bakery and catering business, Nick of Thyme, on Read Mountain...
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By Brian Hoffman
Allen Ginger thought he had a chance to make the golf team at Lord Botetourt this year, but he’s not going to bet $10,000 on it.
That’s how much money Allen stood to lose if he decided playing high school athletics was more important than picking up a check for 10 grand. Ginger, a rising...
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BOTETOURT – Barry and Teresa Kinzie’s Woodpecker Ridge on Stoney Battery Road just outside of Troutville is now permanently protected from development.
The bird sanctuary and popular bird-watching area has been placed under a conservation easement with the Virginia Outdoors Foundation (VOF), according to an announcement Monday afternoon.
The 106-acre tract has been in Barry Kinzie’s...
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By Edwin McCoy
The one thing Ray Snyder said his customers keep telling him is how tender the beef is that he sells.
There’s a reason folks find it so tender, and it starts on RTS Farms on Gravel Hill Road between Troutville and Fincastle, and it ends there as well.
Ray and his wife Joanne decided earlier this...
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