For Page Henley, volunteering at the Northern Neck Free Health Clinic is a way to keep up a family tradition – one that many in the area knew well and consider invaluable. Henley, a retired attorney and corporate executive, has known the Northern Neck all his life, largely through his grandfather, Dr. Chichester T. Peirce, who spent more than six decades practicing medicine out of his office in upper Lancaster
The Town’s 20th Annual Christmas Spirit Festival will be held on Friday, Dec. 6 with activities throughout the day. The courtyard festivities will being at 6 p.m. that same evening. The Westmoreland Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary will be hosting a Holiday Bazaar on Friday and Saturday at the fire station. There is a new Christmas tree on the Courtyard and the Auxiliary will continue their solicitation of donations for the
The Festival will be held on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, on Town Hill in Colonial Beach from 1 – 5 p.m. Parade begins at 1:15 p.m. starting at Rankin’s True Value parking lot, up Colonial Avenue, right onto Washington Avenue, left on Hawthorne and left on Taylor to Town Hill The lighting of the Christmas tree is at 5 p.m. Starting at 1:15 p.m. Santa and Mrs. Claus will arrive
The water main break did not keep action from continuing in the Montross on Nov. 13 or 14. According to Town Manager Brenda Reamy, a water main break resulted in a crew being sent out to address the issue early on the morning of Wednesday Nov. 13. Reamy said she received a call about 10:30 a.m. and a crew was dispatched about half an hour later. With some areas experiencing
Winning the girls Region A Division 1 Championship and earning a trip to the state tournament last season was icing on the cake for the Colonial Beach Girls Basketball Program. But with the defending team losing their regional co-players of the year and younger than before, reloading the team has fallen in the hands of head coach Keith Dickerson once again. “It’s hard losing Caneishia Fulcher and Karley Inscoe, but
The Washington & Lee JV Girls Basketball Team will be adding some familiar faces to their coaching staff. In addition to returning head coach Elizabeth Beckham for the varsity team, standout Caroline Young will lead the JV squad this season. Young was not only a member of the W&L girls’ basketball program; she also played on the AAU level. Young was excited to receive the position after her tenure playing
The regular season title and individual awards are the next steps that remain to be taken by the boys basketball team in Colonial Beach. After taking an early exit in the playoffs, head coach Jonathan Parker’s motivation to improve is fully fueled following his team’s historic regular season last year. “It was hard every night and I know all the games we won in the Northern Neck we fought tooth
Ruby Demyen of Coles Point celebrated her 100th birthday on both Nov. 2 and Nov. 3 in grand style with friends and relatives. Asked earlier this year if she ever thought she would make it to 100, she replied without missing a beat, “Well, I’ve been planning on it for some time now!” Born in the Valle Crucis area of North Carolina, she worked in Boston, Mass. after earning her
From Oct. 24 through 27, 47 members of the Washington DC Unit of the Wally Byam Caravan Club International (WBCCI) converged on The George Washington Birthplace National Monument for a weekend encampment. This encampment was for the 2013 installation of the Unit’s officers for the 2014 camping season and was hosted by Harley Muse and John Gilliland, who are residents within the park boundaries and whose property is adjacent to
After 82 years of farming, last year Blake Wilkins gave up working the Colonial Beach farm that has given him life, love and plenty of vegetables. Born in 1922 on this farm in Maple Grove, Wilkins has never moved and has never stopped being a farmer. “It’s in my bones,” he said. When his grandfather, also a farmer, died in 1926, the 167-acre farm that had been in the family
On Sept. 26, Rylee Combs and Katie Maxey were named first place winners of the Xtreme’s Got Talent Contest sponsored by the New Life Ministries Xtreme Youth Group in Colonial Beach. The two won over the judges singing acapella. Millie McGary placed second with a liturgical dance performance, and Don Smith and Kyra Thompson placed third with a dance. “We did this as a youth outreach, designed to draw in
The First Annual Alexander Graham Bell Croquet Tournament was held last Saturday at the Bell House Bed and Breakfast in Colonial Beach. Nine hoop, or wicket, croquet was the game of the day with rules enforced by tournament founder and director Thom Savage of Fredericksburg. Under gray skies players from around the region, including weekenders, slowly appeared on the back lawn of the Bell House. A total of 25 players
Visitors and familiar faces to the fall festival in Montross can show off their knowledge in the weeks to come by participating in a quiz testing people on their knowledge of the town. Beginning Oct. 5, the public will have an opportunity to compete in the first Scavenger Hunt sponsored by Sunbelt Realty, which is one of the new highlights of the annual Montross Fall Festival. Town Manager Brenda Reamy
The Town’s 20th Annual Christmas Spirit Festival will be held on Friday,
The Festival will be held on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, on Town
Ruby Demyen of Coles Point celebrated her 100th birthday on both Nov.
From Oct. 24 through 27, 47 members of the Washington DC Unit